Applications open for second round of Northwestern University N.XT $10M Fund investments
The N.XT Fund is now open and collecting applications for its second round of investments. The $10 million innovation fund was provided by the University to support Northwestern’s early-stage innovations that are too advanced for federal funding but too early for private investment. The goal of the fund is to de-risk assets owned by Northwestern and propel them to the […]
NIH Common Fund announces 2016 High-Risk, High-Reward Research awards
The High-Risk, High-Reward Research (HRHR) program, supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) ’s Common Fund, awarded 88 grants to highly creative and exceptional scientists with bold approaches to major challenges in biomedical research. The awards span the broad mission of the NIH and include groundbreaking research, such as engineering immune cells producing drugs […]