White House unveils new cancer programs on Moonshot anniversary
On the anniversary of the revived Cancer Moonshot, the Biden administration unveiled partnerships directed at cancer care and prevention such as providing clinical and patient navigation support to families facing childhood cancer and boosting access to screenings and early detection. The 13 initiatives announced Thursday are part of the White House’s overarching effort to reduce cancer death […]
‘Utah Innovation Lab’ would be a state-sponsored angel investor for university startups
They call it “the valley of death.” In the technology startup world, it’s the gap in funding between the federal grants that fuel research at universities and the venture capital that funds startups when they’re starting to scale up. Can a state-created nonprofit be the angel investor that walks the state’s tech entrepreneurs through the […]
UC Santa Cruz gap funding opportunity to develop university innovations
The Innovation & Business Engagement Hub is now accepting applications for its new Innovation Catalyst Grant; a proof-of-concept program focused on providing targeted gap funding, training, mentorship, and support to UC Santa Cruz researchers in order to help de-risk and/or validate the implementation and adoption potential of early-stage technology innovations. The overall objective of the program is to […]