Dr. Mao receives UF Informatics Institute Seed Fund grant
Dr. Liang Mao just received a UF Informatics Institute Seed Fund 2016 grant for his new project “Developing temporally comparable high resolution rurality maps for social and health sciences”. The project will run from September 2016 to August 2017. Dr. Mao will investigate the concept of ‘rurality’ has been widely used by policy makers and governments at […]
Yale Endowment’s Venture Funds Hit Home Run
Yale’s aggressiveness in allocations to venture funds as a larger share of endowment investment portfolio appears to be paying off with returns from such companies as Uber and Airbnb. Over the past 20 years, this portfolio has earned 92.7% per annum and an 18% annualized return over the past 10 years. ————————- Yale University provided […]
Northwestern Student Startups Get Access To $14M in New Funds
Northwestern just announced two funds that will infuse some serious cash into commercializing university technology, and supporting student startups. On Thursday, the university announced the $10 million N.XT Fund, which will invest in early-stage innovations based on Northwestern technologies, and the $4 million NUSeeds Fund, which will support student startups out of the university. The […]
ODU entrepreneurial expo shows off student-run companies | Higher Education | pilotonline.com
Blade Taylor admits sometimes it’s hard for him to concentrate in classes. He’s got 3D printing, vinyl decals and profit margins on the brain. Grades? Minor details. “I came here to network,” Taylor said of his priority at Old Dominion University. If the way Taylor talks sounds more like a business executive than a college […]
Off to great start-ups: Rowan gives $200K
Rowan University senior Nicholas Dennis and graduate Melissa Schipke have different ideas for increasing community engagement, but they share the same dream of building early-stage startups. With help from the Rowan University Innovation Venture Fund, the two will be able to do just that. The fund — dedicated to helping young entrepreneurs build fledgling businesses into viable operations that […]
University of Massachusetts announces $215,000 in Tech Development Awards
President Marty Meehan today announced $215,000 in funding for a program that over the past 13 years has seen UMass invest $2,355,000 in faculty R&D projects, leading to $15 million in follow-on investment, generating numerous commercial licenses and patents and resulting in startup companies locating in Massachusetts. “With these awards, we are investing in today […]
WSU Ventures at Wichita State University helps fund partnership between NIAR and Denver start-up Molon Labe Designs –
WSU Ventures is helping fund an expanded partnership between Denver-based Molon Labe Designs ant the National Institute for Aviation Research at Wichita State University. The university said in a press release Thursday that WSU Ventures — the university’s technology transfer organization — helped Molon enter into an agreement with WSU Investment Corp. and, in exchange […]
Indonesia launches new multi-year research fund
Indonesia has launched a new research fund which will provide multi-year grants to scientists in the country. The country has given single year grants up to now, limiting the scope of research in the country to smaller exercises. “We have been pledged an allocation of up to US$40 million [of government funding] a year to […]
Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures to launch health accelerator, fund
The arm of Johns Hopkins University that seeks to turn new technology into thriving businesses plans to launch a healthcare-focused accelerator, possibly within the next nine months. Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures has launched several efforts to push out new products and services developed by Hopkins faculty and students in recent years, but this venture aims […]
TechAccel invests $400K in UC Davis research fund
A Kansas-based private capital company announced Thursday it is investing up to $400,000 in a University of California Davis program that develops campus research into commercial uses. TechAccel LLC is collaborating with Davis researchers in the fields of animal health, agriculture, food and nutrition. The investment firm, based in Shawnee Mission, Kan., and founded in […]