U-M launches first phase of effort to amplify research, scholarship
As communities continue to grapple with significant societal challenges, University of Michigan researchers are seeking opportunities to amplify the impact of their discoveries and innovations to improve the quality of life for people across the state, nation and world. To support their ongoing efforts, the university has launched the first phase of its new presidential […]
THI Launches New Innovation Partnerships Program
Texas Heart Institute’s new Innovation Partnerships program seeks to develop new medical technologies by facilitating THI partnerships with outside entities and launching spin-out companies from THI labs. In this spirit, THI worked closely with the Texas Medical Center’s TMC Innovation (TMCi) to provide mentorship and research services to healthcare startups from around the world. THI personnel collaborated […]
New biotech venture fund invests in Cleveland’s future
Two-dozen investors are hoping to make a big impact on the biotech environment in Northeast Ohio through the Cleveland Life Sciences Accelerator Fund, a $2.7 million venture capital fund that closed Aug. 5. Led by founder Mark Chance, former vice dean of research for the school of medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, […]
From professor to innovator: How UNC researcher takes lab research to startup | WRAL TechWire
Although Brianna Vickerman began her career with plans to be a professor, that quickly evolved when she decided to take her biologically focused project further to make an impact in the medical field. Vickerman, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Eshelman School of Pharmacy, targets drugs to specific disease […]
KYNETIC awards 8 commercialization grants
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 26, 2023) — The Kentucky Network for Innovation and Commercialization (KYNETIC) has selected eight applicants from its Cycle 6 for project funding. KYNETIC is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (REACH) and part of the national NIH Proof-of-Concept Network. The program offers entrepreneurial education and proof-of-concept/product development grants to […]
TMC announces entrepreneurs, researchers joining its 2 health tech accelerators
The Texas Medical Center has announced the latest cohorts of its two health tech accelerators. The Texas Medical Center Innovation has named eight companies that are in the Spring 2023 Accelerator for HealthTech cohort. TMCi also announced 21 participants are set to join the 2023 Accelerator for Cancer Therapeutics cohort. Both programs connect the entrepreneurs and innovators to experts at TMC’s […]
USC Granted $15 Million For Tech Startup Incubator
The University of Southern California was among a group of universities awarded a $15 million grant from the National Science Foundation to invest in and incubate startups. The new program is called NSF Innovation Corps Hub: West Region. USC, UCLA and UC Riverside are among the participants, along with Caltech, the University of Colorado Boulder, […]
LSU Announces Largest-ever Investment in Seed Funding for Faculty Research
BATON ROUGE—Today, the LSU Provost’s Fund for Innovation in Research announced $1.1 million in faculty research grants to 33 different projects in support of sustained strategic priorities for the university and for Louisiana. Ranging from the discovery of new antibiotics to underground storage of hydrogen, a low-carbon alternative to oil and gas, to how to […]
Tulsa Innovation Labs unites Oklahoma universities through new virtual health commercialization program | Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma State University, the University of Oklahoma, the University of Tulsa and Tulsa Innovation Labs have announced the launch of Canopy Healthtech, a new multi-year initiative to accelerate the commercialization of virtual health innovations from Oklahoma universities. The program will catalyze start-up growth and improve health care outcomes by supporting the development of critical virtual […]
FSU supports faculty moving research to the marketplace
Research to improve 3D printing algorithms, develop better materials for measuring radiation and test the effectiveness of steroid treatments all received funding from a Florida State University program that supports faculty interested in transforming their academic work into commercial ventures. FSU’s Office of the Vice President for Research awarded faculty members more than $132,000 through […]