Author: innovosource

NSF awards 12 new Regional Innovation Engines to fuel research, jobs and economic growth nationwide | NSF – U.S. National Science Foundation

The newest NSF Engines awards span critical technologies and applications ranging from enhancing energy grid security to maximizing the yield of critical mineral mining extraction to advancing quantum computing. Each team, led by a coalition of regional organizations, including universities, nonprofits and private industry, will initially receive an award of $15 million over two years. […]

GAP Pipeline Brief: Colorado State University Advanced Industries Proof of Concept Grant Program: Six Technologies Receive $800,000 to Advance Commercialization

Award & Investment Overview Six Colorado State University-led technologies have received a combined $800,000 through the Colorado Advanced Industries Proof of Concept (AI POC) Grant Program to accelerate commercialization across healthcare, agriculture, transportation, quantum technologies, and sustainable energy. Funded by the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) and administered at CSU through […]

GAP Pipeline Brief: LaunchTN/Tennessee Technology Advancement Consortium: Inaugural Technology Maturation Grants Advance Three University Startups

Award & Investment Overview The Tennessee Technology Advancement Consortium (TTAC) has announced the inaugural recipients of its 2026 Technology Maturation Grant, awarding a total of $300,000 to three Tennessee-based startups advancing university-developed technologies toward commercialization. Administered through LaunchTN, the competitive program provides up to $100,000 in one-time funding to startups affiliated with TTAC partner research […]

GAP Pipeline Brief: UT Ventures Makes First Investment in Medical Device Company Solaris Endovascular

UT Ventures, the University of Tennessee’s angel investment network and an initiative of the University of Tennessee Research Foundation (UTRF), has announced its inaugural investment in Solaris Endovascular, a Dallas-based medical device company developing next-generation vascular technologies. The investment supports Solaris Endovascular’s oversubscribed $5 million convertible bridge round and reflects UT Ventures’ mission of connecting […]

Building POC infrastructure for innovation at ETSU

At East Tennessee State University, promising research is moving closer to practical use with help from scientists, inventors and leaders who recognize that a good idea is only the beginning. Dr. Katelyn R. Houston is one of them. As director of commercialization, Houston helps ETSU researchers with intellectual property protection, funding and partnerships. “Innovation that lasts […]

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 […]