MSU’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach awards $36K during annual Startup Summit | Mississippi State University
Mississippi State’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach again hosted its annual Startup Summit, the university’s top student business venture competition, which resulted in a first-place tie in the event’s grand finale. MSU’s two grand prize recipients are Shuvam Saha, an engineering doctoral student from Kolkata, India, and Stone Vincent, a fashion design and merchandising master’s […]
UTLP to boost biopharma-academic collaboration on novel drugs
The University Technology Licensing Program (UTLP) received approval from the US Department of Justice on 13 January. The UTLP forms a pool of intellectual property and scientific patents from the US’s leading institutions and aims to encourage licensing deals between these universities and Pharma companies for the commercialisation of the universities’ emerging technologies. The program […]
Nexus Louisiana, LSU Launch Accelerator Program for Entrepreneurs
Nexus Louisiana and Louisiana State University have announced Ignition, a new initiative to help aspiring entrepreneurs evaluate their business idea’s viability through customer discovery and development. During this eight-week entrepreneurial accelerator program, business mentors and industry experts will guide participants through the customer development process step-by-step designed to help them answer a very simple but […]
City University of Hong Kong launches start-up program
The City University of Hong Kong has launched a large-scale flagship innovation and entrepreneurship program – HK Tech 300 – for aspiring entrepreneurs among its students and staffers, aiming to create 300 start-ups in three years. The program will offer professional training and a seed fund for different project teams to develop innovative ideas into start-ups, validating […]
Five Auburn University faculty teams competing for $100,000 in Launch funding
In research and development, there is a place known as the Valley of Death – it’s the gap between applied research and viable products. To help bridge this gap so that powerful, useful research can make an impact on the market and improve quality of life, Auburn University’s Office of the Vice President for Research and […]
Five Auburn University faculty teams competing for $100,000 in Launch funding
In research and development, there is a place known as the Valley of Death – it’s the gap between applied research and viable products. To help bridge this gap so that powerful, useful research can make an impact on the market and improve quality of life, Auburn University’s Office of the Vice President for Research and […]
New U Mich OVPR funding program aims to support, catalyze research
The Office of the Vice President for Research has developed a new funding program that aims to catalyze research and spur innovation across the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses. The Research Catalyst and Innovation Program features four new funding mechanisms that total more than $1.5 million in annual research support to […]
UB incubator gives new push to startup growth
The University at Buffalo’s new $7 million downtown incubator represents the region’s latest step toward promoting the growth of startups. The incubator consists of four floors inside the Center of Excellence for Bioinformatics and Life Sciences on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus. There are sleek new offices for entrepreneurs, along with laboratory space. But the […]
Ball State Entrepreneurial Students Secure Pre Seed Funds For Startups
The Entrepreneurship Center at Ball State University has announced the winners of two pre-seed fund grants to aid in student venture development efforts. This semester’s winners are Teah Mirabelli, a junior majoring in Theatre with a minor in Entrepreneurial Management, and Mike Demski, a senior majoring in Entrepreneurial Management with a minor in Economics. The Entrepreneurship Center […]
Cornell AI startup secures $1 million in seed funding
Iterate Labs, a startup with Cornell beginnings that uses wearable sensors and computer vision to drive factory production and worker safety, has obtained $1 million in seed funding to support the company’s growth. The funding award was led by Monozukuri Ventures, a specialized investor in hardware and manufacturing technology companies, with co-investor Tyson Ventures, the […]