Medical Research Commercialization Fund streamlines medical technology commercialization

Around thirty of Australia’s leading medical research organisations have joined forces with a team of expert venture capital investors to set up a fund to support the commercialisation of Australian research. The Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) Collaboration, set up in 2007, is supported by a range of superannuation and government funds and provides seed […]

University of Utah RFP for Seed Grant Program

The Funding Incentive Seed Grant Program, sponsored by the University of Utah Research Foundation, will support only new areas of research for a principal investigator(s). Research that is already supported by other sources will not be approved for funding. Gap funding to bridge support between external grants or contracts will not be considered. The applicant must clearly […]

NSF supports Texas Tech microfluidic translational research work through $225K grant

National Science Foundation Small Business Technology Transfer (NSF STTR) recently awarded a $225,000 grant to a Texas Tech University student who is preparing to earn a doctorate in chemical engineering in August. The sizable grant will help Jeevan Maddala commercialize his doctoral work in biomedical and pharmaceutical trials, which looks to

Connecticut Innovations Opens $200M Fund For Bioscience Research

Connecticut Innovations is taking a new investment approach as it prepares to launch a $200 million fund to spur bioscience research and development in the state. The fund, originally pitched by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and approved by lawmakers during the recent legislative session, will

U Houston GEAR Program Supports Researchers At $30K An Idea

Ask any professor: A good idea alone isn’t likely to receive serious research funding. Big awards almost always have some data that supports the project, that shows the researcher’s idea should work. In a classic catch-22, though, getting this data itself takes money. Materials for experiments, graduate student time, lab space, computing power – none […]

Drug discovery proof of concept grants show promise at Temple

An innovative funding model designed to promote interdepartmental collaboration with the Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research in Temple’s School of Pharmacy is already showing results. As part of the expansion of the Moulder Center in 2010, the university established a competitive process for awarding two-year, $100,000 Drug Discovery Initiative (DDI) grants. These proof-of-concept grants allow researchers across […]

University of Florida release call for Research Opportunity Seed Fund, full submission process and material

The Research Opportunity Seed Fund targets interdisciplinary, faculty-initiated research projects with potential for extramural support. The program focuses on new projects and/or new collaborative partnerships. Projects should be innovative, support institutional mission goals, have strong potential for garnering future funding from external sources, OR have outstanding commercial potential. Opportunity Fund awards are not intended to […]

Drexel University announces new venture fund

Less than a week after Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter announced a public-private venture fund, a Philadelphia university said it will launch a venture fund next year. Drexel University president John Fry mentioned the venture fund as part of a presentation mapping out the university’s plans for transforming a section of the surrounding neighborhood into an […]