White House unveils new cancer programs on Moonshot anniversary
On the anniversary of the revived Cancer Moonshot, the Biden administration unveiled partnerships directed at cancer care and prevention such as providing clinical and patient navigation support to families facing childhood cancer and boosting access to screenings and early detection. The 13 initiatives announced Thursday are part of the White House’s overarching effort to reduce cancer death […]
‘Utah Innovation Lab’ would be a state-sponsored angel investor for university startups
They call it “the valley of death.” In the technology startup world, it’s the gap in funding between the federal grants that fuel research at universities and the venture capital that funds startups when they’re starting to scale up. Can a state-created nonprofit be the angel investor that walks the state’s tech entrepreneurs through the […]
UC Santa Cruz gap funding opportunity to develop university innovations
The Innovation & Business Engagement Hub is now accepting applications for its new Innovation Catalyst Grant; a proof-of-concept program focused on providing targeted gap funding, training, mentorship, and support to UC Santa Cruz researchers in order to help de-risk and/or validate the implementation and adoption potential of early-stage technology innovations. The overall objective of the program is to […]
New fintech education center, start-up incubator and student entrepreneur venture fund launched at University of Utah
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — University of Utah President Taylor Randall today announced a new donor initiative meant to supercharge the student entrepreneurial experience and Utah’s reputation for financial technology innovation and education. The university, in partnership with the Stena Foundation and founders Steve and Jana Smith, will create the Stena Center for Financial Technology. The foundation has orchestrated total funds of up […]
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 […]