Florida State University GAP program puts some dollars towards improving the human condition
As the fall 2012 semester concludes, research at Florida State University is at an all time high. It’s so high, in fact, that four research projects from the Tallahassee community have recently been granted a total of $106,000 by the Florida State University Research Foundation to further pursue their individual area’s of expertise, which range […]
Slideshow of seven, university venture funds
Upstart Business Journal just released a slideshow of seven university venture funds: Stanford University University of Minnesota Harvard University New York University University of Washington Carnegie Mellon University University of Texas System Ohio State/Ohio University Slideshow here: http://upstart.bizjournals.com/money/loot/2012/12/13/universities-starting-venture-capital.html
U Washington C4C releases its Fall 2012 Commercialization Gap Fund awards, $420K in funding
Nine Research Teams Receive $420,000 to Develop Fledgling Technologies The UW Center for Commercialization (C4C) today announced the award of $420,000 in Commercialization Gap Funds (CGF) to nine UW research teams currently working on promising technologies. The CGF program is a partnership between the C4C and theWashington Research Foundation to provide up to $1.25 million per […]
University of Illinois-UC announces Fall 2012 gap fund award winners
The Office of Technology Management (OTM) is very pleased to announce the granting of the second Proof of Concept (POC) Gap Funding Awards. A total of 44 projects from across the UIC Campus were submitted to the OTM for review. Eight finalists were then chosen to submit full proposals and “pitch” their product ideas to […]
Ohio TechAngel Fund raises fourth fund with support form Ohio Third Frontier, $610K to back university POC work
The Ohio Third Frontier program has seeded a fourth fund with a $3 million award to the Ohio TechAngel Funds as part of the latest round of distributions from the state bond-backed technology initiative. The Third Frontier Commission approved the award this week as part of $24 million for its Pre-Seed Fund Capitalization Program, which […]