Rice grants $800,000 to DivInc Sports Tech Accelerator
Rice University is awarding an $800,000 grant over three years to DivInc to fund the operation of accelerators designed to support diverse founders building innovative startups shaping the technology of tomorrow. The grant supports DivInc’s mission to generate social and economic equity through entrepreneurship and address the capital gap to produce thriving startup companies’ success […]
McMaster innovators team up through Innovation Matchmaking Program for cross-disciplinary health solutions
Eight multidisciplinary research teams pitched their cutting-edge health technologies as part of McMaster’s Innovation Matchmaking program. Launched this year, the program connects researchers from McMaster and its affiliated hospitals to work together to develop and commercialize a technology solution that tackles a pressing health challenge. Teams competed in a pitch-style competition for $75,000 in prep-funding that […]
Maryland TEDCO Enhances MII Commercialization Funding
TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, has announced significant updates to the Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII) program. These changes are designed to amplify the program’s impact on bringing innovative research to market, thus driving economic development across the state. MII, a collaborative effort between the State of Maryland and five academic research institutions, aims to […]
American Cancer Society Supports Cancer Research Pathways for Next-Gen Scientists
It’s the biomedical version of the classic Catch-22 conundrum. Early-career researchers often can’t obtain funding because they have no track record. But they can’t establish a track record without financial backing to get the research ball rolling. Stepping into the breach for the past 18 years, the American Cancer Society has provided Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part […]