Update on University of Illinois Proof-of-Concept Program
Last spring, the University launched the Illinois Proof-of-Concept fund (I-POC) to help bridge the gap between University innovations and the marketplace by funding research and development that will demonstrate an innovation’s market viability to potential investors and partners. In the first round, five faculty projects were funded. Recipients included: Kaustubh Bhalerao, from the […]
LSDF announces $750,000 in Proof of Concept grants to promote health-related technologies
SEATTLE, Washington, August 29, 2014 – The Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) today announced nearly $750,000 in Proof of Concept grants to Washington state for-profit and non-profit organizations to promote translation of health-related technologies from the laboratory to the commercial marketplace. Also announced was nearly $56,000 in supplemental funding to an existing grant to increase […]
New University of Hawaii POC center aims to improve commercial success of UH research
The University of Hawai’i is launching an entrepreneurial springboard for its world-class research. The UH has achieved numerous accolades in research: from the cloning of green mice to the recent launch of a student-designed and built small satellite. Building upon these achievements, UH now aims to transform its world-class research and talent into an equally […]
The University of Copenhagen has allocated five million kroner annually to a Proof-of-Concept (PoC)
The University of Copenhagen has allocated five million kroner annually to a Proof-of-Concept (PoC) –pool. The PoC funds are earmarked the commercial development of promising projects by researchers from the University of Copenhagen, who wish to explore the opportunities for commercializing a scientific discovery. The funds cannot be used for research. via Proof-of-Concept funds – […]
New commercialization gap funding assists WSU innovators
Washington State University researchers can get in-house money to move their innovations from the lab to the marketplace through a new commercialization gap-funding (CGF) program.
With Innovation Fund dollars, new medical ‘GPS’ sets course to personalize patient care
University of Chicago physicians Mark Ratain and Peter O’Donnell created the Genomic Prescribing System based on a simple hypothesis—that patients and healthcare providers would be eager to incorporate genetic information into decisions about prescribing medical treatments if they had the tools to do so. So, they set out to develop a new model for personalized […]
Oregon BEST supports OSU-Industry collaboration on filter technology
PORTLAND, Ore. A new round of commercialization funding from Oregon BEST is helping a Portland company collaborate with Oregon State University researchers to advance a biochar-based filter system that utilizes waste biochar from lumber mills to remove heavy metals from stormwater.
Cornell University Academic Venture Fund Awards $1.4M to 12 Bioenergy/Ag Projects
Cornell University’s David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future has awarded $1.4 million from its Academic Venture Fund to 12 new university projects, including several related to biomass and bioenergy production.
University of Kansas POC Fund Faculty Program Set For June 10th
This seminar will be held at the Simons Biosciences Research Laboratories, Room 100. Located at 2093 Constant Avenue, Lawrence, Kansas
U Kansas awards $200K in POC awards
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas continues to move innovations from the laboratory to the marketplace. As part of this effort, four KU research projects that are near the commercialization stage have been awarded $50,000 each through the university’s Proof of Concept Fund. The Proof of Concept (POC) Fund supports KU projects that have the potential to […]