Harvard opens office space for a venture capitalist
With preppy good looks and a casual confidence, Hugo Van Vuuren moves effortlessly among the student body at Harvard University, holding court with undergrads in the Yard or in a Harvard Square coffee shop. But Van Vuuren, 29, is not a student, or a faculty member. He is a venture capitalist with campus office hours.
University of Southern Maine calls for proposals for Commercialization Gap Fund
The Office of Research Administration and Development has released a Call for Proposals for the Commercialization Gap Fund Program. Full-time USM faculty and staff from all colleges are eligible to apply. Graduate and undergraduate students who have discoveries and inventions resulting from their work at USM are eligible to participate as long as they identify an eligible USM faculty […]
Georgia Tech launches a crowdfunding site
Allison Jo Mercer, a researcher at Georgia Tech, is developing an adhesive based on a brilliantly sticky fish. Her work could some day translate into Band-Aids that don’t pull your hair out when you rip them off, safer bandages for serious wounds, or just a better way to stick your GPS unit to your car window. […]
University of Malta to open incubator, contemplating proof of concept fund
The University of Malta has taken over two floors of the Computer Science building to use as an incubator where star students from its entrepreneurship programme can get breathing space from overheads for their start-ups.
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 Illinois-Chicago announces $400K in grants from the UIC Chancellor’s Innovation Fund
The UIC Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF) is pleased to announce the first round of 2013 Proof-of-Concept (POC) Awards Program winners. A total of 47 pre-proposals from across the UIC Campus were submitted in this inaugural round of the CIF POC Awards Program. According to Chancellor Allen-Meares, “The response from the UIC inventor community re-affirms the […]
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 […]
University of Otago research lands POC grant for a “billion-dollar market” blood test
University of Otago Christchurch researcher Associate Professor Chris Pemberton has won this year’s prestigious Otago Innovation Proof of Concept grant to further develop his world-first test for predicting those at imminent risk of a heart attack.
University of Texas at Arlington use crowdfunding to supplement translational research
Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington are turning to crowdfunding in hopes of supplementing their research grants for ongoing and future projects. Faculty are utilizing Microryza, a crowdfunding websitedesigned to raise funds for academic and health research projects. Essentially a Kickstarter for scientists, Microryza allows researchers to raise money without relying on grants — which […]
University of Edinburgh start-up to seek crowdfunding as a means to support venture
A new spin-out company from the University of Edinburgh’s School of Geosciences which was awarded an initial £141,000 from Scottish Enterprise’s SMART Scotland fund and the University of Edinburgh Technology Fund is to embark on a further round of funding in an ambitious plan to raise capital through crowd funding. Carbomap plans to raise further […]