University of Southern Maine RFP For Commercialization Gap Fund Program
The Office of Research Administration and Development is accepting proposals in response to the ongoing Call for Proposals for the Commercialization Gap Fund Program. Full-time USM faculty and staff from all colleges are eligible to apply. Graduate and undergraduate students who have discoveries and inventions resulting from their work at USM are eligible to participate as […]
Tufts Venture Fund will supply seed money to student startups
Are we approaching the point where Boston will have more venture capitalists living in dorm rooms than in Wellesley? Maybe not yet. But another student-run investing group is about to start putting money into campus startups, this time at Tufts University. The Tufts Venture Fund, formed last year by students including Eric Peckham and Alexandra Halbeck, has been out raising […]
University of Florida 3D Modeling Start-up, Paracosm, Lands $300K From State Commercialization Program
Gainesville-based Paracosm has secured $800,000 in private and public funding to advance its 3D modeling and navigation software. The funding includes $300,000 — announced this week — from the Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research. The institute, which has an office in the University of Florida Innovation Hub, funds and mentors companies that spin […]
University of Washington Green Fund To Invest $250K In Green Research
The UW has received top marks from a variety of organizations for its sustainability measures. In the hope of continuing that legacy, the university is investing $250,000 in a new grant promoting green research. Supported by the department of Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability (ESS), the Green Seed Fund aims to advance the University of Washington’s […]
Lorrain Community College Innovation Fund Announces $150K In Six Start-ups
The Innovation Fund, Northeast Ohio’s most active pre-seed fund for technology startups, has awarded $25,000 grants to six young companies. The funding will be used to help the companies validate their technology ideas through the imagining and incubating stages and into demonstrating. “The grants we’ve awarded are so critical to the initial growth of these startups,” […]
Portland Development Commission Puts $30K Into Six University-born Companies
The Portland Development Commission is seeding six fledgling university-born companies up to $30,000 to help them succeed in the marketplace. The PDC launched the University Startup Commercialization Grant Program this year as a way to strengthen the relationship between Oregon Health & Science University and Portland State University and the city’s startup community.
University of Colorado Student Fund Puts $30K Into Manufacturing Connection Online Plaform
Elihuu, a startup company whose slogan is “meet your manufacturer,” has met an investor – a group of University of Colorado-Boulder graduate students. The students last week put $30,000 into Elihuu, an online software platform that connects product designers with manufacturers who can make their wares.
University of Alaska’s UAA Innovate Awards Support Creative Projects Up To $200K
Taking products like Yang’s to market is Helena Wisniewski’s mission. She is vice provost for research and graduate studies at UAA. Two years ago, when she arrived from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J., she quickly launched the UAA Innovate awards, an annual pot of $200,000 in seed money for research, creative works and […]
University of Brussels Natural Products Start-up, Bioxodes, Nabs $3.5M In Seed Funding
Bioxodes SA, a company developing products derived from natural sources, has completed a EUR 2.6 million (USD 3.5 million) first seed funding round with a consortium of business angels and Belgian investment funds. EUR 1.6 million is from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Walloon Region in Belgium via the Retech program for […]
Accelerate Start-up Challenge Provides Platform For Bostonian Students To Pitch Ideas For $$
A semester’s worth of brainstorming, planning, strategizing, and designing came down to Pitchfest, where interdisciplinary teams participating in the Accelerate Startup Challenge pitched their projects to a group of alumni, mentors, and representatives of Boston’s innovation ecosystem. The event took place the evening of November 14 in Accelerate, Wentworth Innovation + Entrepreneurship Center. Alpha Industries (Josh […]