Gov. Whitmer Announces Awardees of First-Ever Michigan Innovation Fund | Michigan Business

Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the initial eight recipients of the first-ever Michigan Innovation Fund (MIF) signed into law earlier this year. With bipartisan support from elected officials in the state Legislature, the fund received a $60 million appropriation to distribute across existing early-stage evergreen venture funds in Michigan, emerging evergreen funds in Michigan, and others […]

U Miami Sylvester Innovates Accelerates Early-Stage Cancer Discoveries and Inventions 

A new innovation fund will accelerate translational oncology research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Carefully designed to advance faculty-led projects, the Sylvester Innovates Fund (SIF) will provide up to $1 million for promising cancer discoveries and inventions with clinical potential. “Our Sylvester Innovates Fund—Biomedical Competition is designed to accelerate the translation of promising cancer research into […]