Technical and community colleges claim their position in the future of innovation
You don’t have to have hundreds of millions of dollars in research expenditures, expansive research equipment and facilities, or a thick curriculum catalog to win in the world of innovation. Recently, leaders at technical and community colleges are beginning to bolster their relevance to industry and investors through creative commercialization, entrepreneurship, and innovation initiatives.
University of Southern Maine calls for proposals for Commercialization Gap Fund
The Office of Research Administration and Development has released a Call for Proposals for the Commercialization Gap Fund Program. Full-time USM faculty and staff from all colleges are eligible to apply. Graduate and undergraduate students who have discoveries and inventions resulting from their work at USM are eligible to participate as long as they identify an eligible USM faculty […]
University of Malta to open incubator, contemplating proof of concept fund
The University of Malta has taken over two floors of the Computer Science building to use as an incubator where star students from its entrepreneurship programme can get breathing space from overheads for their start-ups.
University of Illinois-Chicago announces $400K in grants from the UIC Chancellor’s Innovation Fund
The UIC Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF) is pleased to announce the first round of 2013 Proof-of-Concept (POC) Awards Program winners. A total of 47 pre-proposals from across the UIC Campus were submitted in this inaugural round of the CIF POC Awards Program. According to Chancellor Allen-Meares, “The response from the UIC inventor community re-affirms the […]
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.
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 […]
Eye disease diagnostic tech receives POC support from UK i4i program
A team of UK scientists and engineers have developed a prototype device for detecting the most common cause of sight loss in the developed world, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), which usually isn’t diagnosed until vision has already begun to degrade.
Washington’s Life Science Discovery Fund Announces $1.5M In New POC Awards
The Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) today announced nearly $1.5 million in Proof of Concept grants to Washington for-profit and nonprofit organizationsto foster translation of health-related technologies from idea to market launch. Also announced was over $300,000 in supplemental funding to two ongoing grants to enhance the commercial potential ofthe technologies developed through those awards.
U Texas-El Paso POC Fund Supports 3-D Printing Breast Cancer Application
Women undergoing lumpectomies to remove tumors or breast cancer are often faced with two options: spend months filling the void with a series of fat injections, which then have the potential to be reabsorbed into the body; or do nothing, which can leave breasts disfigured and asymmetrical. Now an Austin entrepreneur, in partnership with a […]
Iowa State announces $300m in proof of concept awards
Three projects received awards under a smaller, proof-of-concept category. These awards provide pursuit funds for emerging research areas that are more limited in scope or require proof of concept before investigators can pursue larger funding. Each project will receive up to $100,000 for one year