GAP Impact: University of Bath : £572,000 Funding Round Advances “Undruggable” Cancer Therapies
Summary University of Bath spinout Revolver Therapeutics has secured a £572,000 funding round led by QantX, with follow-on investment from the UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (managed by Future Planet Capital) and the University of Bath. The investment will accelerate development of a novel peptide platform targeting transcription factors, proteins long considered “undruggable” using […]
University College Dublin Researcher Awarded ERC Proof of Concept Funding for New Treatments for Paediatric Growth Disorders
The European Research Council (ERC) has today announced funding totalling €27.3 million for the first-round of 2026 Proof-of-Concept Grants to enable ERC-funded ideas to progress on the path from ground-breaking research towards innovation. University College Dublin (UCD) researcher Professor Niamh Nowlan, UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and a fellow of the UCD Conway […]
University of Bonn Secures Three Proof of Concept Grants
Three University of Bonn researchers have been awarded a Proof of Concept Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). Neuroscientist Professor Dominik Bach, chemist Assistant Professor Ala Bunescu and radiologist Professor Philipp Vollmuth (from the University Hospital Bonn) are each receiving €150,000 over a period of 18 months. This program helps researchers to take findings […]
GAP Pipeline Brief: Michigan MTRAC Life Sciences Innovation Hub Awards $1.9M Across 15 Biomedical Commercialization Projects
Program Overview The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) Life Sciences Innovation Hub has awarded more than $1.9 million to 15 translational biomedical research projects developed at the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, and Wayne State University. The 2026 awards include: • Eight Mid-Stage Commercialization Awards • Seven Early-Stage Kickstart Grants The program is […]