Confidence in Concept awards will fund 150 pilot projects across 14 universities
The ‘Confidence in Concept’ awards, delivered by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and totalling £7.4m, will give 14 universities grants of between £360,000 and £750,000 to help them progress promising research ideas towards clinical testing. The grants will fund about 150 pilot projects, allowing academic researchers to begin the process of turning a bright idea […]
University City Science Center POC program funds handheld breast cancer diagnostic technology
A breast cancer diagnostic startup that uses fingertip sensors to detect tumors has received a research grant of more than $878,000 to advance its handheld diagnostic device. UE Lifesciences’ “Intelligent Breast Exam” can distinguish between normal breast tissue and a tumor. Breast cancers are stiffer and less mobile than the surrounding tissue, according to a paper documenting […]
New Report Covers Health Technologies Acceleration Program, Mind the Gap Referenced
In 2011, the William J. von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement at Univeristy of California San Diego, partnered with the California HealthCare Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Booz Allen Hamilton, to launch the Southern California Health Technology Acceleration Program (HTAP). This regional initiative provides researchers from universities and research institutes in southern California with funding and business mentoring […]
Sun burn monitor supported by Scottish Enterprise’s Proof of Concept Fund set to roll out
A monitor developed at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, to help prevent over-exposure to the sun is set to go on the market as part of a new spinout company. The device helps to indicate to users when they have been exposed to a certain amount of UV (ultra-violet) radiation by changing colour […]
Overview of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Proof of Concept Fund
1. Background The University is proactive in introducing new funding channels to facilitate technology transfer from university research to industries. The Proof-of-Concept Fund (PCF) is established to enhance technology transfer process with the support of the Knowledge Transfer (KT) Fund from the Hong Kong Government. PCF aims at facilitating university researchers to demonstrate the industrial potentials […]
University of Illinois at Chicago Proof of Concept Gap Funding Awards Announced
A total of 80 highly innovative and commercially focused projects from all across the UIC Campus were submitted to the OTM in response to the call for POC Pre-Proposal applications. From the 80 projects submitted, 12 projects were chosen to advance to the Full Proposal stage of the initiative and 4 projects were chosen to […]
Washington PreCede Grants Go To Three, Promising University of Washington’ Health Companies
The Life Sciences Discovery Fund, a Washington state agency established in May 2005, makes (Proof of Concept PreCede) grant investments in innovative life sciences research to benefit Washington and its citizens. Three, EcoGuide Medical, Viket Medical, and Nexgenia are all University of Washington start-up companies
Princeton IP Accelerator Fund announces request for proposals
The Intellectual Property Accelerator Fund awards gap funding to Princeton investigators with the goal of fostering and advancing the development of nascent technologies from university labs into commercial development and, ultimately, the global marketplace. The Fund addresses the development gap between early stage research and attractive, investment- and venture-grade opportunities. The fund is meant to […]
University Health Network awards investigators CIHR Proof-of-Principle grants
UHN TDC is pleased to announce the funding for two CIHR Proof-of-Principle Phase II projects. This unique CIHR-matched “gap funding” program is targeted towards innovative industry-partnered proof-of-principle research where partnering companies will provide co-investments. UHN was the recipient of two out of the three awards made in this category in the recent winter 2012 funding […]
CIT GAP Funds puts $50K into Cyber Security Technology
Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology has invested $50,000 in Power Fingerprinting Inc. The investment from CIT’s GAP Fund will be used for further development of Power Fingerprinting’s technology that detects embedded security threats in computer systems in order to thwart malicious cyber attacks.