DC I-Corps now accepting applications for October cohort
The new DC Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program is now accepting applications for its October cohort, program officials announce today. Open to research teams and technology entrepreneurs from universities, federal laboratories, agencies and the general community in the Mid-Atlantic Region, the free program guides researchers in exploring the commercial potential of their inventions.
University of Otago research lands POC grant for a “billion-dollar market” blood test
University of Otago Christchurch researcher Associate Professor Chris Pemberton has won this year’s prestigious Otago Innovation Proof of Concept grant to further develop his world-first test for predicting those at imminent risk of a heart attack.
University of Utah RFP for Seed Grant Program
The Funding Incentive Seed Grant Program, sponsored by the University of Utah Research Foundation, will support only new areas of research for a principal investigator(s). Research that is already supported by other sources will not be approved for funding. Gap funding to bridge support between external grants or contracts will not be considered. The applicant must clearly […]
Colorado State University Ventures awards $1.5M to eight start-ups
DENVER – The Colorado State University System today announced that eight projects will move forward with funding from the CSU System Venture Capital Fund, a new initiative to support innovation and promote collaboration in higher education
Gap Funding Activity 2013 Q2 Report Released
The Mind the Gap Q2 Activity Report, an initiative of innovosource, is a market-wide assessment of funding activity from university-affiliated translational research, proof-of-concept, and start-up gap funds. In this most recent quarter (April-May), gap fund managers from 26 universities participating in the process, reported Activity: $2.5M invested into 42 technologies and start-ups, bringing the annual […]
U Washington MRI start-up boosted by $340K from affiliated gap funds
Dr. Rodney Ho, professor of pharmaceutics, researches drug delivery for HIV treatment. In 2009, he created a new way to deliver HIV drugs to patients. HIV drugs rarely make it effectively to a patient’s lymph nodes. Ho thought binding the drugs to lipid (fatty particle) nanoparticles might help drug delivery. He eventually tested his drugs […]
Proposed Federal TRANSFER Act would open funds for university proof of concept
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) and Congressman Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.) have introduced technology-transfer legislation to help accelerate the commercialization of federally-funded research and technology. The Technology and Research Accelerating National Security and Future Economic Resiliency Act (TRANSFER) Act (H.R. 2981) builds upon the current Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program by creating grant opportunities for proof-of-concept research […]
Velocity Venture Fund puts $100K into four U of Waterloo start-ups
A group of four tech startups based out of the University of Waterloo are enjoying healthier bank balances today after the Velocity Venture Fund announced four grants of $25,000.
InvestMaryland backs two state start-ups for $350K
Two Maryland tech companies, Silver Springs-based ReelGenie in and Baltimore-based SocialToaster, received investments totaling $350,000 through the State’s InvestMaryland program, created by Governor Martin O’Malley and the state’s General Assembly to make venture capital investments in
Purdue University Trask Innovation Fund announces $200K in new grants
A Purdue Research Foundation fund designed to support Purdue University faculty and staff innovators awarded more than $200,000 this spring. The Trask Innovation Fund assists faculty and staff innovations with which the Office of Technology Commercialization is working. The fund seeks to support short-term projects with the potential to reach markets and consumers with products […]