Bowling Green State University crowdfunding site aids student organizations
niversity departments and organizations have an opportunity to fundraise to offset costs through Falcon Funded, the University’s new crowdfunding platform. The Falcon Funded program is under the umbrella of University Advancement, which includes the office of Advancement Services, the BGSU Alumni Association and BGSU Foundation, Inc. According to information provided by University Advancement, the platform […]
Rice to invest $150 million in tech research initiatives
Rice University President David Leebron announced a $150 million investment in strategic research initiatives last week. The three-part investment will fund Rice’s molecular nanotechnology research, establish a program in data sciences and promote a broad range of research competitiveness across the university, Leebron said. The investment draws from a combination of endowment, philanthropy and reallocation […]
MIT and Imperial launch seed fund to support ‘risky’ research
David Matthews is a reporter covering research, links between universities and businesses, higher education in South America, universities in the south of England, as well as Oxford, Cambridge Imperial College London and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are to invest hundreds of thousands of pounds in supporting “risky” research that might otherwise not be funded. […]
Innovation Hub launches Innovation Fund for statewide university startup companies | AR Innovation Hub
The Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub today announced that it is launching the Innovation Fund to support and accelerate the development of university-based startup companies in Arkansas. “The creation of the Innovation Fund addresses the most glaring gap in our state’s equity capital spectrum for startup companies,” said Jeff Stinson, Director of the Silver Mine at […]
Singapore National Research Foundation launches S$40 million fund to grow local tech start-ups
The National Research Foundation (NRF) launched a S$40 million fund for small, high-tech innovative companies in Singapore on Monday (Sep 21). NRF’s third Early Stage Venture Fund was launched at Techventure 2015, a two-day platform for global technopreneurs and investors at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre. The fund aims to speed up […]
Yale, UConn Get $10 Million To Spur Biotech Ventures – Hartford Courant
Yale and UConn are collaborating to launch a new initiative to spur the creation of biotechnology companies in Connecticut. With a $10 million grant from Connecticut’s Bioscience Innovation Fund, the new effort will be called Program in Innovative Therapeutics for Connecticut’s Health or “PITCH” and will be created by the Yale Center for Molecular Discovery […]
U Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative fund, Oculus, team on new fund
The University of Maryland is working to establish itself as the premier virtual reality research center in the nation, and on Thursday it received a huge public sector vote of confidence. The Department of Computer Science at UMd will have all of the private donations it receives of at least $500,000 for endowed professorships doubled […]
Second Malta €100,000 seed fund enables eight new start-up firms to take off – timesofmalta.com
The University of Malta and the Ministry for the Economy, Industry and Small Business fund awards give start-ups cash for step change. The second €100,000 Takeoff Seed Fund Award will benefit eight researchers and entrepreneurs to help them take their innovative ideas to the next stage of commercialisation. The ceremony, attended by Minister Chris Cardona, […]
Five local OH startup companies raised $275,000 from Innovation Fund at Lorain County Community College
Five local startup companies have raised $275,000 from the Innovation Fund at Lorain County Community College. Two companies received $100,000 non-recourse loans, which only need to be paid back if the companies are successful. The other three received $25,000 grants, according to a news release from the Fund. The loans went to Apollo Medical Devices […]
Indiana University to fund $300M in research
Indiana University will invest at least $300 million during the next five years in a new research program designed to develop transformative solutions to world problems. Titled the Grand Challenges research program, it will fund up to five large-scale research projects that will be selected through a competitive review process, the university announced Wednesday. Applications […]