Student-Led NYU Impact Investment Fund Invests in Startup
The student-led NYU Impact Investment Fund (NIIF) has successfully completed its fourth investment with a $30,000 investment in EdVisorly, a Black- and female- founded business that has developed a community college-to-university platform, empowering community college students to connect with a university and achieve a bachelor’s degree. EdVisorly is NIIF’s latest annual investment in four years. “We are very proud […]
UMass Announces $250,000 in Technology Development Fund Awards
New technologies aimed at improving prostate cancer diagnosis, enhancing employment services for job seekers with disabilities, and optimizing clinical use treatments for melanoma patients could get closer to market thanks to $250,000 in seed funding announced today by the University of Massachusetts. Ten faculty research projects, including a research team from UMass Boston’s Institute for […]
Stanford launches fund to bring campus innovations to industry
Every year, hundreds of new inventions are disclosed to the Stanford University Office of Technology Licensing (OTL), but only a fraction get licensed to a commercial entity or attract investment. A new initiative of OTL, the High Impact Technology (HIT) Fund, hopes to bridge the gap between the academic lab and the market, where those discoveries can […]
AstraZeneca signs huge deal with UK start-up
Pharma giant AstraZeneca has signed a huge deal with a UK start-up to create treatments for diabetes and other autoimmune diseases. The FTSE 100 firm will team up with London-based Quell Therapeutics to collaborate on research and the licensing of any new medicines. The aim is to develop treatments for Type 1 diabetes and inflammatory […]
UArizona Health Sciences researchers receive Flinn seed grants to develop health care innovations
The Flinn Foundation announced the awardees of its 2023 Seed Grants to Promote Translational Research, with researchers from the University of Arizona Health Sciences receiving seven of the 12 grants. Each award recipient will receive a $100,000 grant over 18 months, during which time they will use the funds to de-risk innovations they are developing, refine […]
Innovators across the world gather at MIT to take their businesses to the next level | MIT News
A new MIT Bootcamp brought 48 experienced and emerging innovators from six continents to campus as they learned how to scale their ventures. The Venture Advancement Program, which ended on May 12, was organized by MIT Open Learning and delivered a mix of lectures, workshops, and mentoring sessions from leading MIT academics and startup veterans. […]
Virginia Tech Proof-of-Concept Program funds 12 projects
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties (VTIP) with LINK + LICENSE + LAUNCH’s Proof-of-Concept Program has provided the springboard for faculty to bring their research to market. Over the past four years, the program has funded 24 Virginia Tech research projects. “We are excited to be able to support a larger group of proof-of-concept projects in this award cycle,” said […]
New University of California President’s panel to advance UC system’s capacity for innovation and entrepreneurship
In a move to power the engines of innovation and entrepreneurship across the University of California, UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D., today (June 2) convened the President’s Entrepreneurship Network Council to support entrepreneurial activity across the University’s 10 campuses, from invention to commercialization. “Sharing and applying UC-created knowledge across the globe is central to […]
FSU program helps faculty bring research to market
Research to improve the detection of Salmonella and to speed up the development of new medicines received funding from a Florida State University program that supports faculty moving their work from the lab to the marketplace. FSU’s Office of the Vice President for Research awarded faculty members $70,000 through the Spring 2023 GAP Commercialization Investment Program. “Translating […]
OSF and Bradley U award $200K in first-ever Innovation for Health grants
OSF HealthCare and Bradley University are focusing on cancer prevention and treatment, as well as improving overall cardiac imaging plus pulmonary lung monitoring for babies and young children. The grants are the result of a partnership announced earlier this year between the Peoria, Illinois-based health system and the city’s premiere private university. The awards be […]