Gap Funding Helps University of Illinois at Chicago Professors Commercialize Discoveries
Four technologies being developed by University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have been awarded the first UIC proof-of-concept gap funding grants, designed to help UIC faculty transition their inventions from the laboratory to the marketplace.
University of CO-Boulder announces new round of POC grant winners
University of Colorado-Boulder researchers developing next-generation vaccines, drugs to protect against cardiac diseases and other research have been selected to receive grants from the Colorado Bioscience Discovery Evaluation Grant Program.
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 […]
Philadelphia-based University City Science Center announces call for QED program
The QED Program will award up to $200,000 to up to four projects. Sixteen projects will receive guidance from market insiders and business advisors who add a commercial development perspective as investigators develop research strategies aligned with private sector interests. To date, QED has committed $2.4 million in awards to a total of 12 projects, […]
University of Adelaide’s Commercial Accelerator seeks industrial proof of concept collaboration
The University of Adelaide’s Commercial Accelerator Scheme (CAS) puts up to $150K into promising research projects with the hope to attract commercial partners and outside investment. The Scheme is set up to encourage industrial collaboration early in the proof of concept process (matching funds, other support).
U Colorado/State of Colorado matching fund supports seven bioscience companies
The University of Colorado has just funded seven bioscience (five recent, two in fall of 2011) surrounding promising bioscience-based start-ups. Funding in the form of grants goes is directed toward proof of concept and seed-stage financing. The program is a great example of collaboration between state agencies and research universities that directly leads to economic […]
Purdue on tech transfer success, gap funding
Purdue University is facilitating and encouraging startup creation through several investment funds, engagement with surrounding communities and investors, and one of the largest university-affiliated incubation parks in the country, which comprises more than 200 companies across Indiana and has provided about $22 million for sponsored research at the university since 1999.“We have several initiatives designed […]
GA Science and Technology Accelerator Program supports product development
The Science & Technology Accelerator Program is meant to fill a crucial gap in research funding caused by the increasing hesitance of investors to risk support on early-stage innovations. It is funded solely through philanthropic contributions that are given directly to the program. Unlike research traditionally funded by the American Heart Association through grants, the […]
University of Illinois at Chicago prepares to fund 2012 proof of concept projects
This initiative is modeled after a novel early stage funding approach being adopted by many universities across the US and is aimed at helping faculty inventions “bridge” the funding gap that is often encountered when a technology tries to move from the basic research arena into the commercial development realm. Discoveries resulting from basic research […]
University of Iowa Centers for Enterprise set to fund 2012 POC projects
The Iowa Centers for Enterprise (ICE), in conjunction with the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), is pleased to announce seed funding that is designed to expand the commercialization of UI technology. The funds are to support the development of innovations with commercial potential, with the result that more UI technology reaches the […]