Olin StartUp Grants to award $50,000 to WashU, St. Louis-based startups
WashU Olin Business School’s entrepreneurship program will award two $25,000 grants in December to WashU-founded or St. Louis-based startups. In addition to providing new funding opportunities for local founders, the Olin StartUp Grants program will give WashU students enrolled in Olin’s “Venture Capital Practice” class a unique learning opportunity. Students will team up with real-life […]
UWM Research Foundation awards $250,000 in Catalyst Grants
Identifying proteins for new drugs to treat triple-negative breast cancer. Developing an improved material for solar cells. Creating a threat-modeling system to enhance cybersecurity in manufacturing. These are among the projects funded through the latest round of UWM Research Foundation’s Catalyst Grants. The Catalyst Grant program is designed to seed-fund research in areas where UWM […]
NSF invests $18.6M in emerging research institutions to grow their networks
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a new investment through its Enabling Partnerships to Increase Innovation Capacity (EPIIC) program, totaling nearly $19 million to 48 awardees at U.S. institutions of higher education, including teams from historically Black colleges and universities, minority-serving institutions (MSIs), primarily undergraduate institutions, and community and technical colleges. Each awardee institution will receive up to $400,000 over […]
LymphGuide, HEXASpec receive Rice University’s One Small Step grants
ice University has doled out another batch of grants from its program supporting lab-based innovations. The One Small Step Grant, which was announced a year ago and gave out its first grants in February, was established to fund Rice-founded, lab-stage projects on their path to commercialization “The One Small Step Grant invites applications from students and faculty who are […]
University of Glasgow launches MedTech Innovation Fund
THE University of Glasgow has launched a new fund to encourage the translation of research to strengthen the development of its spin-out pipeline in the field of MedTech. The MedTech Innovation Fund (MT-IF) will build on the institution’s strengths in life sciences and engineering, supporting innovative health care solutions that can deliver a positive impact […]
Lab Bench to Commercialization Grant Program accepting 2024-25 proposals
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Penn State Eberly College of Science’s Lab Bench to Commercialization (LB2C) Grant Program is now accepting applications for its 2024-25 funding cycle. The Eberly College of Science is committed to supporting its researchers in translating their research for society. Translation is an early part of technology transfer where scientific discoveries are aligned […]
Purdue’s entrepreneurial ecosystem undergoes record-breaking growth in 2024
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Since the creation of Purdue Innovates in 2023, the comprehensive system has worked to streamline access and strengthen support to technology commercialization and startup support resources. The push to provide top-tier resources for entrepreneurial activities in Indiana is paying off. In fiscal year 2024 Purdue once again reached new entrepreneurial milestones, shattering records […]
Cornell Tech Announces Largest Cohort to Date of New Startups on Campus for Fall 2024
Cornell Tech today announced the newest cohort of 13 startup companies that will enter its established Runway incubator program this September. The program is run by the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute on the Cornell Tech campus and will welcome its largest cohort since the annual program began in 2014. The 13 teams include eight Ph.D. founders, […]
Johns Hopkins, CareFirst, Techstars launch healthcare AI accelerator
Techstars has invested in thousands of early-stage startups, with more than 600 in the healthcare sector, such as fertility tracking firm Ovia Health and baby monitoring company Owlet. Some companies in its portfolio have gone on to become larger players in the space, including online pharmacy PillPack, which was later acquired by Amazon, and digital mental health […]
University of Vermont and BioLabs to launch startup incubator
Vermont Business Magazine The University of Vermont (UVM), Vermont‘s flagship, land-grant university and Cambridge-based BioInnovation Labs (BioLabs), an internationally known innovation laboratory platform with a network of shared lab and office workspaces, will launch a dedicated incubator at UVM’s Colchester facility. The BioLabs Innovation Center at UVM will support entrepreneurs and start-up companies specializing in all areas […]