Georgetown alumnus gift supports medical research through milestone-driven Medical Center Gap Fund
In an effort to support promising, early-stage research, for which there are limited federal dollars designated, the newly launched Georgetown University Medical Center Gap Fund will provide annual support to biomedical research that has demonstrated proof of concept and has potential to benefit society. The inaugural cohort of Medical Center Gap Fund awardees includes scientists […]
University Hospitals using $2 million gift from Feuer family to set up fund to fast-track innovative ideas
Michael Feuer learned the value of investing in good ideas during his 16 years as CEO of OfficeMax. That’s why he and his wife are giving $2 million to University Hospitals to spur similar innovations in health care. UH announced Wednesday that the donation from Michael and Ellen Feuer is being used to establish the […]
Emory University receives $10M gift for innovation, inclusion
Emory University is getting a financial boost to increase diversity and collaboration at two of its graduate schools. Billionaire philanthropist John Brown and his wife, Rosemary, plan to give $5 million to Emory’s Goizueta Business School to attract women and minority graduate students, and $5 million to Emory’s medical school to fund biomedical research and product development. […]
Brown family gift to Emory bolsters human health innovation
Innovation and inclusion have become the cornerstone of Emory University’s strategic mission and particularly relevant during this unique time in higher education. A key part of this strategy is the promotion of connectivity through cross-disciplinary partnerships and the creation of diverse programs that cultivate success for everyone. John and Rosemary Brown recognize that development in […]
Alums gives thousands to local Miami U accelerator
A pair of Miami University alums are giving a financial boost to the school’s in-house accelerator program. Jeffrey and Sarah Kadlic have committed $50,000 to start the Sarah and Jeffrey Kadlic Entrepreneurial Growth Fund to benefit the RedHawk Launch Accelerator, the Oxford university announced Monday. The program, based in Over-the-Rhine’s Union Hall, is a seed stage startup accelerator for […]
$10M gift will help fuel discoveries at Virginia Tech Innovation Campus
Virginia Tech’s growing impact in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area will receive a significant boost thanks to a multimillion-dollar gift from Octo founder and CEO Mehul Sanghani and his wife, Hema Sanghani. The couple’s $10 million gift primarily supports the newly renamed Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, which will be headquartered […]
Trask Innovation Fund accepting applications from researchers, innovators seeking to advance Purdue intellectual property
Purdue University inventors who are prepared to move their innovations to market have until Feb. 19 to apply for funding through the Trask Innovation Fund. The fund is designed to advance the commercial potential of Purdue intellectual property through short-term research projects. Submitted proposals will be reviewed by the Purdue Research Foundation Office of Technology Commercialization based on criteria including […]
Future Returns: Impact Investing Through Donor Advised Funds | Barron’s
Toward the end of the year, donor advised funds (DAFs) become a popular vehicle for year-end tax breaks and philanthropic aims. But Casey van der Stricht, principal of Solve Innovation Future, a donor-advised venture fund, hopes DAFs will become something more: a forum for disruptive philanthropy as a source of impact capital. A donor advised […]
Grants award more than $200,000 to University of Missouri’s Coulter Biomedical Accelerator Program
The University of Missouri’s Coulter Biomedical Accelerator Program received three grants worth over $200,000 to help promising medical discoveries make the transition from laboratory research to commercial investment and use in direct patient care. “The University of Missouri is home to leading experts in all fields of engineering, medicine and business,” said Mark McIntosh, PhD, MU vice […]
Pew Funds Six Teams to Pursue Cutting-Edge Biomedical Research
The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today the six pairs of researchers who will make up its 2020 class of Innovation Fund investigators. These investigators—alumni of Pew’s biomedical programs in the United States and Latin America—will partner on interdisciplinary research to tackle some of the most complex questions in human biology and disease. The teams will combine their expertise, ranging […]