$ 2B University of Virginia Funding to Propel Strategic Investments in Academic, Research and Health Care Excellence
The University of Virginia today announced the history of the strategic fund that will provide transformational investments in the quality of a UVA education, of its research and of its health care services without relying on tuition or tax dollars. Authorized by the Board of Visitors in February, the Strategic Investment Fund, currently valued at […]
Indiana University Researchers Score $160K in Translational Research Grants
Seven researchers at Indiana University have received more than $160,000 in grants from the Johnson Center for Innovation and Translational Research. The center’s Translational Research Pilot Grant program aims to fund the completion of proof-of-concept projects. The grant program was launched last year. The university says the projects that receive funding will “support the development […]
Dean for Research Innovation Funds enable bold and creative new projects
Eight new research projects, from novel ways to control mosquitoes to a telescope for studying the Big Bang, have been awarded funding through the Dean for Research Innovation Funds at Princeton University. These competitive awards aim to encourage bold explorations in the natural sciences, humanities, industrial research collaborations and the campus as a laboratory. “Through the Innovation Funds, the University encourages investigation […]
New $3M University of Michigan fund launched to accelerate engineering, medical translational research products
The University of Michigan has launched the Monroe-Brown Seed Fund, a new funding vehicle designed to advance the process of transitioning commercially viable engineering and medical research projects to market. The fund, approved today by the U-M Board of Regents, is a collaboration between the U-M College of Engineering’s Center for Entrepreneurship and the U-M […]
Seed fund helps catalyze Duke energy research on materials, environment, policy
Research projects that examine energy materials, the water-energy-food nexus, and renewable energy policies will receive funding in 2016 from the Energy Initiative’s Energy Research Seed Fund. Six projects involving 16 faculty members were selected for the third annual round of awards from the fund. The Energy Research Seed Fund provides a financial head start for […]
Ferring Pharmaceuticals to Fund Research Center at Swedish Institute
Swiss drugs company Ferring Pharmaceuticals will fully fund the creation of a joint research center with the Karolinska Institutet of Sweden, to conduct human microbiome studies with an eye on new therapies. The research unit will be partly situated in the Science for Life Laboratory in Solna, a biotechnology center co-hosted by four major Swedish […]
Leeds scientists receive £100,000 grant to fund research into blood clots
Scientists at Leeds University have been awarded more than £100,000 by the British Heart Foundation to fund research into how to prevent life-threatening blood clots from forming.Each year in the Yorkshire and Humber region around 10,000 people die after suffering from a heart attack or stroke, often caused by a blood clot forming in the […]
3 UK Universities,GSK, Astra, J&J link on $82M Research Fund
GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson have joined with three leading British universities to create a new STG40 million pound ($A81.75 million) fund backing early drug research.The Apollo Therapeutics Fund, which aims to improve the speed and potential of university research being translated into new medicines, is a further example of a trend by Big […]
King Saud University plans fund to back research in scientific fields
King Saud University (KSU) will launch a fund to support and promote scientific research in various universities across the Kingdom.Dr. Ahmed bin Salim Al-Ameri, vice rector of the KSU Graduate Studies and Scientific Research (GSSR), recently announced this during an award ceremony at the Saudi Dental Society (SDS).The function was held on the sidelines of […]
UCLA Centennial Campaign to fund life sciences innovation projects
The UCLA life sciences division announced Wednesday it will fund three research projects using money raised through the Centennial Campaign. Two student winners will each receive $10,000 and one faculty winner will receive $75,000 to pursue research ideas that have the potential to lead to scientific discoveries in the life sciences, according to an email […]