Purdue researchers receive $470K for commercialization – Inside INdiana Business
Eight researchers from Purdue University are receiving a total of more than $470,000 from the university’s Trask Innovation Fund and Proof of Concept Fund. The university says the investment is designed to help the researchers commercialize their work. Brooke Beier, senior vice president of commercialization for the Purdue Research Foundation says the goal is to […]
2 new medtech startups will spin out of Johns Hopkins research fund grants
Two new medical startups, focusing on addressing vision loss and catheter-associated urinary tract infections (UTIs), are on the horizon thanks to the $200,000 in grants the research teams received from the Johns Hopkins University’s Louis B. Thalheimer Fund for Translational Research. 14 researchers applied to the Thalheimer Fund, which was created to provide seed funding for proof-of-concept […]
NIH funds UK, XLerateHealth partnership on digital learning platform | UKNow
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 18, 2022) — XLerateHealth (XLH), a national health care accelerator based in Louisville, Kentucky, in partnership with the University of Kentucky through UK Innovate, has been awarded the first phase of a potential $3.25 million multiyear grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through the IDeA Regional Entrepreneurship Development (I-RED) Program. The purpose of the grant […]
UWM Research Foundation awards Bridge Grants to UWM startups
The UWM Research Foundation has awarded a total of $178,220 to five UWM startups that are managed by faculty, students or staff and also have licensed intellectual property from the Research Foundation. These Bridge Grants are designed to provide “gap” funding to startups that have progressed past the government-funded basic research stage and are moving […]
OSF Ventures launches $100M innovation investment fund, its largest to date | Fierce Healthcare
OSF Ventures, the investment arm of Illinois-based OSF HealthCare, announced this week the launch of a $100 million fund targeting early innovations that could be deployed within the health system. The fund is OSF Ventures’ third capital investment fund and its largest. To date, the program has made 26 direct investments and seen nine successful […]