Third Frontier moving to loans

The Dayton region has received nearly $128 million in Ohio Third Frontier funds since 2002, but emerging changes at the bipartisan economic development program have slowed the pace of statewide funding for the current fiscal year.

Portland Seed Fund graduates nine companies

Portland, Oregon (PRWEB) June 07, 2012 The Portland Seed Fund graduated nine companies after completing a 90-day intensive start-up boot camp. They presented at Demo Day on Wednesday to an invitation-only audience of West coast angel and venture capital investors.

German RWTH Aachen University announces its 2012 seed fund awards

This funding instrument (at RWTH) helps generate and develop new ideas and approaches in research. Furthermore, Seed Fund resources indirectly help to enhance the facilities, equipment and infrastructure in the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences. The essential goal of the Seed Fund is to finance innovative research projects in innovative in the […]

City of Hope lands a translational research grant to develop T-cell immunotherapy

City of Hope was granted a $5,217,004 early translational research award by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to support the development of a T cell-based immunotherapy that re-directs a patient’s own immune response against glioma stem cells. City of Hope has been awarded more than $49.7 million in grant support from CIRM since […]

Cornell University center announces nine new academic venture awards

Imagine an insecticide that targets only specific species, such as hungry potato beetles or mosquitoes, but with no negative environmental effects … or mini wind turbines lining sides of buildings in an artistic array to provide “green” energy and beauty. These are two of 10 interdisciplinary projects that have received funding through the Atkinson Center […]

Stanford Translational Research and Applied Medicine Pilot Grant RFP

The Stanford Department of Medicine is providing an internal funding opportunity for Stanford medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty to facilitate collaborative translational research projects. The goals of TRAM are to provide pilot funding and access to a core facility to assist in translational studies, support a seminar series of outstanding translational research and an […]