VCU commercialization efforts at work for health care innovators and faculty startups
A VCU School of Pharmacy researcher’s augmented reality technology is nearing the marketplace, backed by Virginia Commonwealth University’s network of services that can guide a faculty member’s idea into development, gain partners and investors for the innovation and eventually find licensure. The Health Innovation Consortium, an initiative announced last year by VCU President Michael Rao, Ph.D., to support […]
UCSF Medicine’s new $1.5M innovation fund focuses 1st project on telemedicine training
The University of California San Francisco School of Medicine received a $1.5 million grant to establish a new endowment that funds palliative medicine innovation projects, according to an Aug. 25 news release. The Cambia Health Foundation, part of nonprofit healthcare company Cambia Health Solutions, awarded UCSF the $1.5 million to start the endowment for the medical school’s […]
HealthTech Arkansas partners with Center for Advancing Innovation
HealthTech Arkansas and the Center for Advancing Innovation (CAI) will work together with healthcare researchers and early-stage companies to drive innovation in clinical environments. The Center for Advancing Innovation launches startups around promising inventions with exponential impact. “This collaboration with the Center for Advancing Innovation has incredible potential for both organizations, as each of […]
Technology Incubators Fuel Startup Success on University Campuses | EdTech Magazine
Visitors flock to Las Vegas for its glitzy resorts and casinos, stylish restaurants and vibrant entertainment and nightlife scene. In recent years, however, city leaders have recognized the need to expand beyond the appeal of a tourist destination. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Caesars Entertainment aim to do exactly that by launching a new, state-of-the-art […]
Texas A&M’s Innovation[X] Program will fund pandemic-related projects
Three new projects addressing the COVID-19 pandemic have been selected to receive $20,000 through the Innovation[X] Program at Texas A&M University. The program, which is offered through A&M’s School of Innovation and provides grants for interdisciplinary research teams that address real-world problems, announced 12 projects that would receive funding before spring break. In April, leaders […]
UofL, partners select promising health-tech projects for funding
The Kentucky Network for Innovation & Commercialization (KYNETIC) has selected its first round of promising university-born health and medical technologies, each of which will receive training and $50,000 for development. Seven projects were selected, two of which are from UofL: A novel immunotherapeutic compound for uveitis, an inflammatory disorder of the eye that ranks as […]
TEDCO’s Maryland Innovation Initiative Accelerates Technologies from Bench to Market | TEDCO
TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced its recent round of investments in six (6) start-up companies and funding to fifteen (15) university projects through the Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII). Established in 2012, the MII program was created as a partnership between the State of Maryland and five Maryland academic research institutions: Johns Hopkins University; Morgan […]
FSU funding helps researchers turn inventions into business ideas
A faster way to make test samples for the automotive and aerospace industries, an improved method for producing a wound-healing therapy and the development of an environmentally friendly X-ray material all earned funding from a Florida State University program that helps researchers bring their work to the marketplace. FSU’s Office of the Vice President for […]
TMC Biodesign expands startup fellowship beyond medical devices and digital health
Elizabeth Jaworski, Ph.D., who studied biochemistry and molecular biology at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, has taken innovation from the lab bench and transformed it into a business. During her doctoral program, she worked with a professor who invented a technology for next-generation sequencing sample processing. Elizabeth Jaworski, Ph.D., TMC Biodesign 2020-2021 Fellow […]
Amplified Sciences attracts second IU Ventures investment
Diagnostic cancer testing startup Amplified Sciences is the first company to receive a double investment through IU Ventures’ startup support ecosystem. After receiving an investment from the IU Philanthropic Venture Fund in April 2020, Amplified Sciences attracted a $25,000 investment through the IU Angel Network in June. “An objective of IU Ventures is to introduce each founder we meet to resources to support […]