Binghamton University, U Albany, U Buffalo, and SUNY Oswego Receive Investment From SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund
Four state colleges, including Binghamton University, will receive money from the SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund to accelerate the development and commercialization of research. An investment of $200,000 will be distributed to Binghamton University, University at Albany, University at Buffalo, and SUNY Oswego. TAF helps inventors turn their research into market ready products. At Binghamton University, […]
Cornell U Atkinson’s Academic Venture Fund awards $1.8M to 15 projects
The Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future’s Academic Venture Fund awarded $1.8 million in 2017, with a record 15 grants to seed novel approaches to some of the world’s greatest sustainability challenges. Several Atkinson teams are exploring new ways to promote planetary health for the well-being of humans, animals and ecosystems. Cornell’s new Master of […]
NewYork-Presbyterian launches venture fund for digital health
NewYork-Presbyterian has formed an investment fund to drive growth of fledgling digital health companies. NewYork-Presbyterian has focused on advanced technologies for enhanced care delivery for years. The venture fund follows the 2014 launch of the NYP Innovation Center to implement cutting-edge technologies for both clinicians and patients across its hospitals and clinics. Earlier this year, […]
University at Buffalo Seed Fund for Innovative Research Supports Faculty in 6 Departments
Eight faculty members from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences are conducting research supported by the Innovative Micro-Programs Accelerating Collaboration in Themes (IMPACT) program. “The IMPACT program supports cutting-edge research throughout the university, not just one particular discipline. We’re focused on projects that are new and innovative.” Kenneth M. Tramposch, PhD Senior associate vice […]
University of Buffalo seed fund aims to make an IMPACT on new, innovative research
Greg Fabiano readily admits that his research project using a driving simulator to test teenage drivers who have attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder never would have received federal funding if it weren’t for a smaller seed grant that helped lay the framework for the study. The grant came in 2009 via an award administered through the University […]
NYU and ffVC collaborate on AI startup support program
The NYU Tandon School of Engineering and ff Venture Capital (ffVC), a leading early-stage technology venture capital firm based in New York City, this morning will announce New York City’s first program to launch and support artificial intelligence (AI) startups. The program will also mark the first time in the United States that a university […]
UB CAT awards over $500K to innovative life sciences companies
The University at Buffalo Center for Advanced Biomedical and Bioengineering Technology (UB CAT), a program of UB’s New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences (CBLS), has awarded more than $500,000 in funding to 16 life sciences companies. Sponsored by the New York State Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR), the […]
University of Albany Presidential Innovation Fund for Research and Scholarship
In support of this aim, the University announced the creation of the Presidential Innovation Fund for Research and Scholarship (PIFRS) program last year to stimulate new cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research. Now in its second year, this $500,000 competitive, peer reviewed, seed funding program will once again fund multi-investigator led projects in targeted research areas including liberal […]
URMC startup lands $5M in funding
A University of Rochester Medical Center startup that makes biosensors has landed millions in funding from outside of New York. Adarza BioSystems of West Henrietta has gathered $5 million in venture capital. Adarza will use the money to expand its manufacturing facility in St. Peters, Missouri, launch its first product and further development a second product. The $5 […]
Syracuse CASE Awards Three University-Industry $50,000 Grants for Collaborative Research
The Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering (CASE) at Syracuse University announced the winners of its inaugural University-Industry Seed Funding Competition. This unique program provides New York State companies with an opportunity to receive up to $50,000 in leading-edge University-based research and development with no immediate matching investment. The competition, announced in October, was open […]