UCSD Chancellor Unveils New Catalyst Award Program to Boost Interdisciplinary Teams
UC San Diego’s excellence in research, innovation, and discovery, has a new tool, the new Chancellor’s Interdisciplinary Team Catalyst Awards. The awards aim to foster sustainable, interdisciplinary collaborations and to assist teams in developing tailored funding strategies for grand scientific and societal challenges. “Our aim is always to empower and equip our world-class faculty with […]
Six innovative energy projects received MIT Energy Initiative Seed Fund grants | MIT Energy Initiative
As part of the 2023 Seed Fund Program, the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) has awarded $900,000 in grants to support six novel energy research projects. Each project has been recognized for showing promise for high-impact, transformative energy research, and will receive $150,000 in funding over the span of two years. “It is important that we […]
U Kentucky to partner with GMU on NSF ART award to get us climate-ready
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 25, 2024) — The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced the first-ever Accelerating Research Translation (ART) investment in which the University of Kentucky will partner with George Mason University (GMU) to advance societal and economic impact of research by strengthening the infrastructure for scaling translational activities. As part of NSF’s ART, more than $100 million will be […]
Rice U Accelerator Program Startup Raises $19M in Series A
A health tech startup based out of a newly formed accelerator program at Rice University has raised venture funding. Motif Neurotech closed its series A round with an oversubscribed $18.75 million. The company, which develops minimally invasive bioelectronics for mental health treatment, was formed out of the Rice Biotech Launch Pad that launched last fall. The round was led […]