Children’s Hospital LA launches pediatric digital health accelerator
The hospital is introducing a 13-week pediatric digital health accelerator program, dubbed KidsX, which will link more than 30 hospitals across the US, the UK, and Australia with companies focused on cultivating pediatric digital health innovations. As part of the program, hospitals will present problems and challenges to the startup community and work with digital health companies […]
Should the U.S. government start funding clean energy startups?
A new report from Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, released on Wednesday, says federal funding for the development of clean energy technologies is now a national strategic imperative. In the report, “Energizing America,” CGEP’s researchers cite figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA), which hold that of 46 critical energy technologies for deep decarbonization—efforts to limit global temperature rise to 2 […]
U Utah establishes Partners for Innovation, Ventures, Outreach & Technology (PIVOT) Center
President Ruth V. Watkins is pleased to announce that the University of Utah has formed the Partners for Innovation, Ventures, Outreach & Technology (PIVOT) Center, a centralized office that will drive the U’s expanding efforts for economic engagement for the greater Utah community. The new office builds on the work by the Center for Technology […]
Imperial and MIT launch seed fund for ideas that reduce the impact of pollution
Imperial and MIT share a commitment to address key global challenges and for 2020, the MIT-Imperial College London Seed Fund will call for research into climate solutions and the transition to zero pollution. The funding, worth $100,000 in total, will bring together researchers from two of the world’s best universities to build early-stage collaboration. The seed fund is calling […]
UIC Innovation Fund to support commericialization of UIC-based technologies
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Innovation (OVCI) is proud to announce the creation of the UIC Innovation Fund to support the commercialization of technologies developed by faculty, staff and students at UIC. The new UIC Innovation Fund will combine oversight of the Chancellor’s Translational Research Initiative (CTRI) and the Proof of Concept (POC) […]
NSF Convergence Accelerator Awards Second
The Phase I Convergence Accelerator cohort was announced in 2019 and included the Competency Catalyst team as one of 43 projects to receive Phase I funding. The Phase II cohort includes just nine teams of the original 43 and will provide Competency Catalyst with up to $5 million in funding for prototype development and pilot […]
BioInnovation Center wins fed grant to kickstart stalled commercialization effort
The New Orleans BioInnovation Center, an incubator aimed at jump-starting the city’s biotech sector, has won a grant from the federal Economic Development Administration aimed at kickstarting its stalled efforts to turn promising startups into fully-fledged growth companies. The center, often referred to as NOBIC, was one of 29 organizations nationwide to win a “2020 […]
Biotech venture wins UB entrepreneurship competition – University at Buffalo
A company that provides immune cell isolation, analysis and storage and offers basic cryopreservation services for healthy clients took first place on Sept. 18 in the University at Buffalo’s Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition (Panasci TEC). James Cooper, MD/PhD student; Joe DiNardo, Daniel Fisher, PhD ’11; Dan Rera, MA ’07, MBA, ’11; Adam […]
Grants support proof-of-concept and validation studies of Johns Hopkins inventions
Two Johns Hopkins research teams have received technology development grants totaling nearly $200,000 through the Louis B. Thalheimer Fund for Translational Research. Established through a $5.4 million gift from businessman and philanthropist Louis B. Thalheimer, the fund supports vital proof-of-concept and validation studies of valuable technologies at Johns Hopkins and has awarded more than $1.3 […]
MaRS in talks with University of Calgary to bring new innovation hub to Alberta
Toronto-based MaRS is in exploratory talks with the University of Calgary to bring a new innovation hub to Western Canada. MaRS confirmed to BetaKit Wednesday that it is hoping to bring its innovation hub model to Calgary in order to help accelerate innovation in the region. “We’re able to take this playbook and apply it […]