Pitt Researchers Share Technology Transfer Expertise with Grant Funding
As researchers work to develop innovations to help people with disabilities, the result is often publications and patents, but not assistive technologies for those who need them most. Dr. Jon Pearlman, chair of the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology(RST) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, and Dr. Mary Goldberg, assistant professor, will […]
True Blue Fund will support early-stage startups at U of Toronto
Entrepreneurs and their early-stage startups at the University of Toronto will soon have access to a new financial support fund worth up to $5 million. Called the True Blue Fund, the new program announced today provides philanthropists a way to support U of T’s entrepreneurship and innovation activities. The university is committing $2.5 million to match donations to […]
Rutgers TechAdvance Fund Helps Innovative Researchers Get From R&D to Commercialization
A Rutgers University fund provided more than $2 million to help the school’s researchers working on innovative technologies take the next step in what can be a long and costly journey toward bringing new products to market. Launched in 2017, the university’s TechAdvance Fund has awarded grants totaling $2.65 million to more than 30 faculty members conducting […]
Faculty Can Apply for Startup Support Through New Gap Fund
A new subset of the Chancellor’s Fund will provide financial support for researchers at the University of Arkansas working toward launching startup companies. The Gap Fund will distribute up to $400,000 each year. Teams made up of faculty, graduate students and post doctoral candidates may apply for the Gap Fund after completing the National Science […]
Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center announces $195,000 in seed funding for faculty research projects
BOSTON — New technologies at Massachusetts research institutions could get closer to market thanks to $195,000 in seed funding announced today by the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center (MTTC) Acorn Innovation Fund. Thirteen grants of $15,000 each were awarded to faculty researchers from Boston University Medical Center, Northeastern University, Tufts University, the University of Massachusetts and […]
UC Riverside POC awards help faculty commercialize inventions
The Office of Research and Economic Development at UC Riverside has awarded three faculty research projects proof of concept grants to help them move new technologies from the laboratory to the marketplace. This year, the office received 11 applications and selected six for final review. “We look for projects that promise to solve one or more […]
FSU GAP awards help faculty commercialize inventions
Three teams led by Florida State University faculty members have received funding from the university to propel their pioneering research from the lab to the marketplace. The researchers have been awarded a combined pot of $110,000 following their successful pitches at the university’s biannual GAP competition, an event organized by the Office of the Vice […]
Washington State University announces 2018 Commercialization Gap Fund awards
Seven research projects with high commercialization potential have been chosen to receive awards of up to $50,000 through the Commercialization Gap Fund for 2018. The funding was awarded to faculty from diverse fields including clean technology, human health, agriculture and engineering. The Commercialization Gap Fund (CGF) is a program run by the Office of Research […]
Purdue I-Corps: Guiding entrepreneurs from good ideas to great, market-ready innovations
Shruthi Suresh and Ting Zhang, two Purdue University doctoral students, thought they had a great idea to help blind and visually impaired people. The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps program helped them come up with an even better idea to launch a startup moving their innovation into the public. “The I-Corps program allowed us to get out […]
2018 Fall Cohort Finalists Selected for the UChicago Innovation Fund
The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago has announced the five companies moving on to the fall finals of the 2018 University of Chicago Innovation Fund. Each of the finalists will present their ventures to the Innovation Fund advisory committee and public audience in an event hosted by the Polsky Center […]