U Nevada InNEVator seeks participants for 2018 startup bootcamp
The “Internet of Things” (Iot) is defined as the interconnection via the internet of computing devices embedded in everyday objects, enabling them to send and receive data. What this means for everyday people is the ability to tweak the thermostat, start the laundry, order household items on-demand and much more, all from the convenience of […]
$35 million in NIH funding launches health research accelerator with UChicago
The University of Chicago and UChicago Medicine are part of a new health research accelerator that has launched thanks to nearly $35 million from the National Institutes of Health. The Institute for Translational Medicine will work to improve people’s lives by pursuing research breakthroughs and getting those discoveries into the real world. “This vital initiative will help drive […]
U Buffalo CTSI Awards Translational Research Project Grants
Using local institutional support and an award from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Institutes of Health, the CTSI has funded nine projects involving researchers from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. New Technologies, Therapeutics Sought The pilot studies program provides seed money to help advance new technologies and therapeutics from the conceptual […]
Purdue Foundry Fund Makes More Investments
The Elevate Purdue Foundry Fund has invested more than $500,000 into 11 Purdue University startups. The funding includes five companies receiving $80,000 each for achieving “Gold Award” investment status. The fund is a joint venture between private venture development organization Elevate Ventures and entrepreneurship and commercialization accelerator Purdue Foundry. Purdue Ventures Managing Director John Hanak […]
£750,000 seed funding for University of Leeds spin-out | Insider Media Ltd
Two University of Leeds professors, who have developed software that detects subsidence using satellite data, have launched a new spin-out company supported by £750,000 in seed funding. The investment in SatSense has been provided by NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance which is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, Unipart Rail and the University of Leeds. […]
TechAdvance® Fund Advances Rutgers Technologies Toward Commercialization with 22 Awards Totaling $1.45M | Office of Research and Economic Development
Created through Rutgers University’s Office of Research and Economic Development (ORED) to advance early stage technologies invented by Rutgers researchers toward commercialization, the TechAdvance® Fund has awarded $1.45 million to 22 researchers to date. Additionally, the first technology funded by the TechAdvance program has been successfully licensed to a third party. Launched in June 2017, […]
MTRAC Innovation Hub awards $177,000 for applied materials projects
A self-cleaning glass mixture and a transparent conductor are two of the latest projects to win financial support from the state of Michigan’s Innovation Hub program. Four inventions from three of Michigan’s public universities will share more than $177,000 in awards bestowed by the Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization’s applied advanced materials projects hub at […]
Pitt startup working to treat carbon monoxide poisoning raises $5 million
A year-old University of Pittsburgh startup company has raised $5 million in Series A funding as it develops an antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning. Tus Science & Technology Service Group of China led the funding round for Globin Solutions Inc. with participation from UPMC Enterprises, the commercialization arm of the Downtown-based hospital and health insurance […]
Ben-Gurion U. announces first Israel entrepreneurship fund of $1 million
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) President Prof. Rivka Carmi has announced a $1 million BGU Entrepreneurship Fund (BEF), the first of its type established by an Israeli university. The student-led fund will provide students and recent graduates with micro-grants to jump-start innovative technologies and concepts. The Fund was announced at the SilicoNegevBGU conference, the […]
Carnegie Mellon and Innovation Works hold ‘venture fair’ for Pittsburgh AI and robotics startups
Pittsburgh’s robotics and artificial intelligence sectors are gaining more attention than ever before, thanks to continued interest from tech giants like Facebookand Google, which opened offices there, as well as local university Carnegie Mellon’s recent announcement that it will be offering the nation’s first undergraduate degree in artificial intelligence. But startups in the area still face the same challenges […]