UTSA, UT Health launch Venture Mentor Service for entrepreneurs
UTSA has launched a chapter of Venture Mentor Service San Antonio, designed to match experienced mentors with newly minted business ventures led by the next generation of entrepreneurs in the city. A joint collaboration between UTSA and UT Health SA, VMS-SA is managed by both UTSA’s Office of Commercialization and Innovation and UT Health SA’s Office of […]
UPMC grows innovation in the last 4 months
Over the past four months, UPMC has continued to invest in technologies and innovations for healthcare delivery despite financial pressures related to the pandemic. On Aug. 26, the health system revealed more details about two key innovation initiatives in its second-quarter financial results. During the first half of 2020, the health system reported $59 million in operating income and […]
Innovative Startups Commercializing UC Davis Technologies | UC Davis
During the past fiscal year, 15 emerging startups executed agreements to access patented technology developed at the University of California, Davis. “Startups play an essential role in advancing and commercializing new technologies that are developed by researchers and innovators at UC Davis,” said Prasant Mohapatra, vice chancellor of research at UC Davis. “These partnerships lead […]
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 […]