UMaine’s MIRTA accelerator program welcomes four teams into 2024 cohort
Four faculty- and staff-led innovation teams have been selected to participate in the seventh cohort of the University of Maine’s MIRTA accelerator program. The 2024 projects will involve developing research innovations in environmentally-friendly advanced manufacturing, web privacy protections, water filtration for a group of chemicals known as PFAS, and accelerated soil carbonation to reduce carbon emissions from […]
New support for WashU startups, St. Louis region
A new funding program for Washington University in St. Louis-affiliated startups focuses on strengthening the St. Louis region. The WashU Venture Network Follow-on Investments is a joint effort between WashU’s Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the “In St. Louis, For St. Louis” initiative. It will award up to $150,000 each year to companies with […]
Stony Brook University Launches AI Innovation Institute
In a move that will enhance its capabilities as a leader in AI research and application, Stony Brook University is launching the AI Innovation Institute (AI3), which will expand the Institute for AI-driven Discovery and Innovation established in 2018 from a department-level institute within the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences to the university-wide AI3, reporting to […]
$50 Million ‘Build to Scale’ Funding Opportunity Aims to Boost Technology Entrepreneur Ecosystems Across the Nation
The U.S. Economic Development Administration is accepting applications for its FY24 $50 million Build to Scale program to support organizations that strengthen entrepreneurial ecosystems to support entrepreneurs as they build and scale technology-driven businesses—and the employees in the new, good jobs they create—to make and deliver new technology products and services. Click here to read the full FY24 […]
EPIC Ventures and University of Utah Launch New Fund
Epic Ventures and the University of Utah have announced a partnership for a new fund —University of Utah Ventures. The University of Utah and EPIC Ventures, a Salt Lake City based early-stage venture capital firm, have partnered to launch University of Utah Ventures, Powered by EPIC. By combining the University of Utah’s innovation engine with […]