Montana State University business accelerator receives $50,000 from U.S. Small Business Administration
An entrepreneurship support center for Montana State University students, alumni and faculty has won a $50,000 award from the U.S. Small Business Administration to help enhance its business accelerator program, 406 Labs. The Blackstone LaunchPad at MSU was one of 68 programs selected nationwide as winners of the Growth Accelerator Fund Competition on Aug. 31. […]
GO-EDC launches fund for start-up companies
The Greater Oshkosh Economic Development Corporation has launched a fund to help entrepreneurs get their business ideas off the ground in the Oshkosh area. GO-EDC this week announced its recently minted Greater Oshkosh Capital Catalyst Fund is now accepting applications for funding. The $250,000 fund was formed with $125,000 from the City of Oshkosh and […]
3 initiatives, $3M for startups: MEDC seeks to boost access to early-stage capital
A trio of initiatives from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. aims to increase the flow of capital to startups and early-stage companies in the state. By the end of the year, two separate but similar funds of $1 million and $2 million each could begin offering grants to university researchers and entrepreneurs seeking to validate innovations […]
Enterprise Ireland gets a new €200k start-up Competitive Feasibility Fund
A new €200,000 Enterprise Ireland Competitive Feasibility Fund for entrepreneurs and early-stage start-up companies in the Cork region has been launched. The fund, which is a key measure of the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs, is aimed at stimulating businesses by providing up to €25,000 in funding to each successful applicant. The fund is open […]
Group seeks to guide philanthropists to supplement crunch in federal funding of research
Poring over a list of the top 50 US philanthropists in 2014, physicist Marc Kastner noticed that 16 were based in California, compared with just 6 in New York, Connecticut and New Jersey combined. “That made it pretty clear where I should be,” says Kastner, who established the offices of the Science Philanthropy Alliance in […]
Birmingham’s Health Tech Kaido secures £50,000 funding from Mercia Fund Management SME Innovation Fund
The SME Innovation Fund is a joint initiative set up by Mercia Fund Management, leading investment business in UK innovation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mercia Technologies PLC and the West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN), to help build and support healthcare start-ups across the West Midlands. The WMAHSN brings together investment, energy and […]
Innovation in the Western Cape is set to get another healthy boost
Designers, inventors, entrepreneurs and product developers can apply for grants of up to half a million Rands each from the second round of theDesign Innovation Seed Fund. The DISF is a project of the Cape Craft and Design Institute with investment and management funds respectively provided by the Technology Innovation Agency and theWestern Cape Department of […]
Spin-out company from Queens University receives £500k investment for cancer-detecting sensors
It was announced today that Kernel Capital has invested £500k in Causeway Sensors, a spin-out from Queens University Belfast (QUB). Founded by fellow QUB Academics Dr. Robert Pollard, Prof. Robert Bowman and Dr. John Nelson, the company have developed novel nanostructured chips for sensing applications accompanied with a reading device for the detection and measurement […]
University at Buffalo Seed Fund for Innovative Research Supports Faculty in 6 Departments
Eight faculty members from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences are conducting research supported by the Innovative Micro-Programs Accelerating Collaboration in Themes (IMPACT) program. “The IMPACT program supports cutting-edge research throughout the university, not just one particular discipline. We’re focused on projects that are new and innovative.” Kenneth M. Tramposch, PhD Senior associate vice […]
Is it time for a new model to fund science research in higher education?
The United States is at a crossroads with respect to many societal issues – think about the challenges of improving human health, eradicating hunger, protecting human rights. At the same time, federal support for higher education research and development – a primary venue to generate innovative new solutions for these kinds of vexing problems – […]