NC State University Chancellor’s Innovation Fund is mobilizing a bridge over the digital divide

More than two billion people worldwide who don’t have internet access often miss out on life-changing benefits of being connected, such as automated micro-lending for entrepreneurs, marketplace applications and information services including weather forecasts and market pricing. To help overcome this digital divide, NC State innovators have developed a new platform that enhances the capabilities […]

At Oregon Health & Science University, healthcare tech is a priority

Oregon Health & Science University’s Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute Biomedical Innovation Program (BIP) , in coordination with the Department of Technology Transfer & Business Development (TTBD),  takes an integrated approach to identifying, supporting, and accelerating the commercialization of new healthcare technologies. (For more on how OHSU commercializes technology…) The BIP/TTBD facilitates commercialization through direct project management, […]

Gov McAuliffe announces Virginia Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund Awards

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced $2.7 million in funding to support 40 Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund awards representing targeted areas of promising research commercialization, including advanced manufacturing, cyber security, energy, environment, information technology, life sciences, and unmanned systems. “The Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund has provided funding to Virginia’s innovators at critical points in their research, helping […]