WA Life Sciences Discovery Fund announces ~$1M in matching grants
SEATTLE, Washington, March 9, 2015 – The Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) today announced nearly $1 million in Matching grants to two Washington-based companies to promote translation of promising treatments for devastating medical conditions from the laboratory to the commercial marketplace. Each award must be matched at least 1:1 by other funding sources. These grants […]
Innovation Needs to be a Central Focus of the Federal Budget
As American manufacturing continues its slow recovery from the Great Recession, improved competitiveness and innovation need to remain strong federal priorities. It’s therefore heartening to note that the President’s FY 2016 budget request illustrates the administration’s belief in the power of public/private research partnerships to restore American industry’s competitive edge in advanced industries.The budget contains […]
Arab private sector urged to fund scientific research
Prince Turki bin Saud bin Mohammed Al-Saud, the president of King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), has called on the private sector to fund scientific research projects which will ultimately benefit the nation. Speaking at a ceremony in Riyadh on Tuesday, he announced the winners of the Almarai Prize for Scientific innovation. […]
Purdue Emerging Innovations Fund Boosts Tech Developer
A company that has licensed a Purdue University tracking software innovation has been awarded funding from the Emerging Innovations Fund, an evergreen fund created to accelerate the commercialization of Purdue’s early-stage discoveries. SensorHound Inc., a company that focuses on technology that improves reliability and reduces the operations cost of networked embedded systems, also called the […]
Student venture fund sees early returns at University of Akron
AKRON, Ohio — After investing in a handful of early-stage companies, a student startup booster at the University of Akron is seeing the first fruits of due diligence. On Wednesday, the Northeast Ohio Student Venture Fund accepted a check for $25,000 from Wastebits, an Akron company that designs software for the waste management industry. The […]
Monash University and BGU to Launch Joint Seed Fund and Entrepreneurship Course
BGU and Monash University (Australia) have partnered to increase their impact in the areas of Sustainability, Social Inclusion and Entrepreneurship. The Monash Ben-Gurion Seed Fund has been established to support joint research and education programs within these areas. The partnership will launch with the “Technological Entrepreneurship” course, an academic course integrating theoretical knowledge with practical […]
UW Extension seed fund supports tech innovators in Milwaukee
When Scott Vanderbeck started Organic Research Corp., he was focusing on developing technology that would teach computers to identify fatty liver disease from liver biopsies more efficiently and accurately than doctors could. Now, he’s finding there’s application in the technology for a whole lot more. “We learned there’s a lot of people who would use the […]
The Rebel Venture Capital Fund Seeks Student Entrepreneurs
The Rebel Venture Capital Fund is seeking University of Mississippi students that harbor the entrepreneurial spirit and are interested in a grant to get their business started. The RVCF is an independent, alumni-supported investment group that works as a non-profit entity. They’re separate from the university but exist solely to fund businesses started by Ole […]
Province of Ontario invests in Ryerson University through Social Enterprise Demonstration Fund
Premier Kathleen Wynne today announced that the Province of Ontario is investing in Ryerson University through the Social Enterprise Demonstration Fund (SEDF). The university will receive $500,000 to create and deliver an accelerator program to support Greater Toronto Area social entrepreneurs and their early-stage social ventures. The 11 organizations receiving funding by the SEDF will […]
Business Oregon launches innovation grant program
Business Oregon has launched a one-time grant program for state businesses to support research and innovation. The economic development agency will make available a total of $400,000 in grant money to help businesses apply for federal research grants and match any major grants awarded. “The federal government makes available $2.5 billion each year for small […]