Venture Fund helps Mines students, staff, alumni bring transformative ideas to life

Bold ideas. Industry-leading innovation. Forward-thinking businesses. The Mines community is known for pursuing new ventures that provide solutions to industry and societal challenges. To help students, faculty, staff and alumni bring those transformative ideas to life, the Foundation launched a critical new resource last year: the Mines Venture Fund 1. We talked to Todd McLean, […]

Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University Alliance for Health Care— Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program | Research Development

January 22, 2025 The 2025 Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University Alliance for Health Care— Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program (LOI) deadline has been extended to February 14, 2025. The Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University Alliance for Health Care is offering a Seed Grant Program to encourage new collaborative research projects between Mayo Clinic (Arizona, Rochester, […]

New UKRI proof-of-concept funding set to bolster innovation

UKRI unveils a new £9 million proof-of-concept fund to help convert world-class research into market-leading products and services. The new initiative announced by the UK’s major public funder of research and innovation follows an independent review of university spin-outs, published in November 2023. A key theme emerging from the review highlighted the need for more proof-of-concept […]

University of Liverpool £10 million in funding for health tech innovation zone 

A programme led by the University of Liverpool is expected to invest nearly £10 million in funding for a Civic HealthTech Innovation Zone (CHI-Zone), with a further £2.5m in funding expected from other sources including the university itself. Based in Liverpool Science Park, the CHI-Zone will be developed as part of the 10-year Liverpool City […]

Drexel Selects Orthopedic Surgical Device Startup for Innovation Fund Support

Drexel University has selected Ultrafix, a Drexel-affiliated orthopedic medical device startup, to receive support from its Innovation Fund. The company, founded by Sorin Siegler, PhD, professor emeritus in Drexel’s College of Engineering, will receive an investment of $150,000 from the fund. This is the third such tranche of support offered to Drexel-affiliated startups since the Innovation Fund’s creation […]

State to give U-M $10M to help develop new startups | The University Record

The University of Michigan is poised to receive about $10 million in new state funding for research commercialization, as part of a package of bills recently signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The bipartisan legislation establishing the Michigan Innovation Fund and Research and Development Tax Credit is designed to bolster Michigan-based startups and attract potential investments […]

Six U Michigan postdoctoral researchers chosen for commercialization fellowships 

Innovation Partnerships has announced the funding of six new Postdoctoral Commercialization Fellowships, based on the strong commercialization potential of the recipients’ doctoral research. The fellows will be supported by the Michigan Economic Development Corp.’s Tech Transfer Talent Network, along with the U.S. Economic Development Association Global Epicenter for Mobility program and the Build Back Better […]