Protégé Ventures Launches S$500,000 Fund II to Fuel Early-Stage Technology Start-ups Led by Student Founder
SINGAPORE, 11 September 2023: Protégé Ventures (PV), a student-run venture fund programme set up by the Singapore Management University Institute of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SMU IIE), has launched the Marina & David Su Protégé Ventures Fund II. This $500,000 sector-agnostic fund marks a milestone in fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in tertiary institutions in Singapore, and […]
13 WNY-based startups have ‘graduated’ from UB’s Cultivator, with more to come next week
An AI-driven hiring tool. Cooling apparel to prevent heat injury. A platform to help colleges and universities increase student retention. These are just a few of the products being developed by the 13 and counting Western New York-based companies that have graduated from Cultivator, a startup program powered by the University at Buffalo. Managed by UB’s Business […]
Washington Research Foundation commits more than $1.2 million to postdoctoral entrepreneurship program
A $1.2 million Washington Research Foundation (WRF) grant will help fund a training program for entrepreneurs at Washington State University later this year. The Postdoctoral Entrepreneurship Program (PEP) supports early-career innovators to improve the likelihood of successfully commercializing their technologies for public benefit. WRF’s grant will provide three years of comprehensive funding, including salary support for two postdocs per […]
Rice University launches One Small Step, One Giant Leap initiatives, including a POC and VC fund
Over 60 years ago at Rice University, President John F. Kennedy recommitted the country to the Space Race. Now, decades later, the university is announcing its commitment to moonshot innovators. Rice University’s Office of Innovation established the One Small Step Grant — named for Neil Armstrong’s first words spoken from Tranquility Base just several years after JFK’s […]
Cornell Life Sciences Technology Innovation Fellowship announces 2023-24 cohort
After its inaugural cycle in 2022-23, Cornell University’s Life Sciences Technology Innovation Fellowship, formerly known as the BioEntrepreneurship Initiative, enters its second year with a new cohort of 15 business students and 12 researchers who are eager to embark on their journeys to becoming C-suite startup leaders. The Life Sciences Technology Innovation Fellowship started as an […]
ASU announces seed funding project partners for SWAP Hub | ASU News
In advancing a vision for building a microelectronics ecosystem that can serve both the state of Arizona and America’s national agenda for semiconductor research, development and manufacturing, time is a factor, speed matters and so does collaboration. Arizona State University is pushing ahead to do all that it can to have partners in place and […]
UC’s research tiers: Catalysts for academic-corporate collaboration | University of Cincinnati
Industry-academic collaborations have long been seen as a win-win-win: companies access top talent for research and development; students gain marketable skills applying classroom learning to practical problems; and faculty gain more opportunities to solve problems that matter. As a Carnegie Research 1 institution, the University of Cincinnati frequently attracts the attention of Fortune 500 and […]
The BioInnovation Institute welcomes eight new companies to its Venture Lab program
BioInnovation Institute (BII), an international non-profit foundation incubating and accelerating world-class life science research, today announces that eight new companies have entered its Venture Lab acceleration program for early-stage companies. The cohort is strategically aligned with BII’s focus on supporting innovative early-stage start-ups within human and planetary health. The 12-month Venture Lab program is designed […]
UWM Research Foundation awards $180,000 in new Catalyst Grants
Advancements in electric vehicle battery packs, lithium extraction methods and cancer treatment are among the projects funded through the UWM Research Foundation’s Catalyst Grant program this year. The program, supported by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and Clarios, has awarded a total of $180,000 to promising research and development in areas where UWM has […]
A garden of innovation: Mayo Clinic, ASU seed grant to fund medical discoveries | ASU News
Endometriosis diagnostics. Tumor detection. Blood-based biomarkers. Bone repair. These are just a handful of the medical solutions Arizona State University researchers and Mayo Clinic doctors aim to explore through an innovative funding opportunity concentrated on collaboration between physicians and academics.Sixteen pilot studies will be explored through the Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University Alliance for […]