GAP Pipeline Brief: University of Chicago Polsky Center: Founders’ Fund Fellowship Backs Eight Student Ventures with Yearlong Commercialization Support
Award & Investment Overview The University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation has selected eight graduating students for the 2026 Polsky Founders’ Fund Fellowship (PF3), providing capital and structured support for founders committing to work full time on their ventures after graduation. Participating ventures may receive up to $24,000 through a Simple Agreement […]
GAP Pipeline Brief: Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy: $6.3 Million in Seed Funding Supports 52 Sustainable Energy Research Projects
Award & Investment Overview Stanford University’s Precourt Institute for Energy and its affiliated research programs have awarded approximately $6.3 million in competitive seed funding to 52 new sustainable energy research projects across the university. Selected from 113 proposals, the projects involve more than 60 faculty and staff researchers across five Stanford schools and SLAC National […]
WARF Ventures startups propel quantum innovation
Quantum innovation is nothing new to Mark Saffman — a physics professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has conducted research on a key technology behind quantum computing for over two decades — but he believes the competition for capital and talent is hotter now than ever before. Since 2018, Saffman has been on the […]