Indiana University to fund $300M in research
Indiana University will invest at least $300 million during the next five years in a new research program designed to develop transformative solutions to world problems. Titled the Grand Challenges research program, it will fund up to five large-scale research projects that will be selected through a competitive review process, the university announced Wednesday. Applications […]
University of Huddersfield funds support researchers developng new device to improve quality of care for young cancer patients
The ‘Hickman Lines’ or central line catheters, will be safely and comfortably hidden away in the harness, while still delivering the medication, including chemotherapy, to children. A DEVICE, developed through a collaboration by a team at the University of Huddersfield and a local charity, is set to improve the quality of care for child cancer […]
Washington State University lends helping hand through “valley of death” – Economic Development Site Economic Development Site
For the second year, WSU is supporting researchers in moving innovations from the lab to the marketplace through the Commercialization Gap Fund (CGF). The CGF program provides financial assistance to advance technologies that are at the end stage of research, but require additional development before entering the marketplace. Gap funding is an important part of […]
Harvard offers a bridge for promising research with accelerator grants
A few years ago, Andrew Myers’ laboratory discovered a new way to synthesize an important class of antibiotics that one day could tackle the toughest, most resistant infections. “I knew we were onto something important,” said Myers, the Amory Houghton Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, “but I couldn’t get federal funding to take the idea […]
Graftworx gets $500K from Maryland Venture Fund
Bel Air-based medical device company Graftworx received $500,000 from the Maryland Venture Fund, the state announced. With the new funding, the company announced the hiring of Lilip Lau, who invented a coronary stent while at Guidant. Graftworx is developing a stent to treat peripheral artery disease (PAD). The money will also be used to complete […]
University of Memphis Crews Center for Entrepreneurship Launches Seed Fund
The University of Memphis Crews Center for Entrepreneurship has taken what stakeholders said is a natural next step as part of acting as the university’s hub for commercializing ideas into successful startups. The now four-year-old center has launched the Crews Center Catalyst (C3) Seed Fund, a source of funding meant to incentivize students and faculty […]
Syracuse Launches $150K Internal Research Grant Program to Support Scholarly Exploration
The University’s Office of Research has launched a new internal grant program to help support faculty research opportunities and advance collaborative scholarship. The program, announced Monday by Vice President for Research Gina Lee-Glauser, provides a total of $150,000 in funding for faculty to develop essential relationships; obtain foundational results to expand or sustain their research, […]
Swansea University launches innovation fund to speed up the journey from research to the shop floor
Swansea University has launched an Innovation Fund to speed up the commercialisation of its academic research. The Innovation Fund is the brain child of Dr Gerry Ronan, Head of Commercial Services at the University and will be overseen on a day to day basis by Dr Mark Bowman, Director of Arche Innovations Ltd. Dr Bowman […]
Cambridge University spin-out Reduse gets £500k to develop ‘unprinter’
A revolutionary ‘unprinter’ has moved a step closer to production thanks to a £500,000 cash injection. Cambridge University spin-out Reduse, which has developed the ‘unprinting’ technology to remove print from paper, allowing it to be reused. It has raised the seed investment from Cambridge Enterprise, the university’s commercialisation arm, and the University of Cambridge Enterprise […]
University of Nottingham spin-out NuVision received £379k seed funding from Mercia Fund Management
The funding from Mercia will support the commercialisation of NuVision’s ground-breaking product, Omnigen™, an easy to use, dry, amniotic membrane-derived biological bandage that can be used to treat ocular wounds caused by scratches, blisters and burns, as soon as they occur, as well as more long-term, non-healing persistent defects. Omnigen is produced using a pioneering […]