Penn State collaborative effort aims to accelerate the future of agriculture | Penn State University
An innovative interdisciplinary collaboration between Penn State’s Smeal College of Business and the College of Agricultural Sciences will focus on fostering innovation in food and agriculture. The 2026 Land Grant Startup Launch Competition is the brainchild of Travis Lesser, the director of Smeal’s Center for the Business of Sustainability, and Mark Gagnon, the Harbaugh Entrepreneur and Innovation […]
Ocular therapeutics start-up wins University College Dublin VentureLaunch Award
OcuHealth, an emerging eye therapeutics start-up, was named overall winner of University College Dublin’s (UCD) VentureLaunch Accelerator Programme for 2025. The joint UCD and South East Technological University (SETU) project received €700,000 through the Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Fund and is already being supported by technology transfer offices at SETU and NovaUCD. The company is developing […]
GAP Insights: University of Utah Builds a “Lab-to-Patient” Pathway — What It Means for GAP & Translational Innovation
The University of Utah has unveiled a new strategic model designed to accelerate the translation of research into patient impact. Their integrated framework connects laboratory discoveries, clinical research, infrastructure, and commercialization capabilities — creating a bridge from academic innovation to real-world therapies. This development underscores a broader shift in how research institutions view their mission […]
KAUST startups raise more than $1 billion as Saudi deep-tech investment surges
KAUST’s says this “significant milestone” underscores the organization’s growing impact on the global deep-tech landscape. As a leading international graduate-level research university in Saudi Arabia, KAUST’s startup portfolio has celebrated its best year yet in growing not only Saudi Arabia’s high-tech and deep-tech sectors but also contributing to global innovation. Its startups have raised more […]
University of Minnesota startup generator boosts local economy
In the past five years, only four universities have spun off 20 or more startups annually. The University of Minnesota ranks among the top four during that time frame. The U’s Technology Commercialization Office (TechCom for short) focuses on the business prospects of ideas generated by researchers there. TechCom has been involved with 285 startups […]
University Of Michigan Startups Raise Over $663 Million
The University of Michigan achieved its strongest year on record for research commercialization in fiscal year 2025, reporting sharp increases in invention disclosures, licensing activity, startup creation, and capital fundraising. The results reflect the continued expansion of U-M’s innovation ecosystem, driven by researchers, faculty, and the university’s Innovation Partnerships office. U-M researchers generated 673 invention […]
GAP Insights: Forbes on the Future of Universities and Research
In his recent Forbes article, David Rosowsky explores how research universities are entering a “looking glass” moment: facing structural change in how they teach, how they research, and how they commercialize. Forbes What’s Changing Public funding for research and higher education is under strain, pushing universities to look for alternative models of sustainability and impact. […]
NZ Researchers to Gain First Rights Over Inventions, Cap Institutional Equity at 10%
In a major shift for New Zealand’s science and innovation landscape, the Government has unveiled a national intellectual property (IP) policy that will give researchers greater control over their own inventions, encouraging the commercialisation of homegrown ideas and boosting the translation of academic research into real-world products and services. Announced by Minister of Science, Innovation […]
6 Student Ventures Awarded Fall 2025 Orange Innovation Fund Grants
The University has announced the recipients of the Fall 2025 Orange Innovation Fund, a competitive grant program that fuels early-stage ideas developed by student entrepreneurs. The fund supports innovative projects across campus that demonstrate strong potential to commercialize research. The fund, administered through the University Libraries, is designed to help student founders move their ventures from concept […]
UT Discovery to Impact Opens Off-Campus Lab Space for Private Sector to Accelerate Life Sciences Research
The University of Texas at Austin’s Discovery to Impact unit has opened a 10,000-square-foot off-campus wet lab in North Austin aimed at accelerating life-sciences commercialization by offering private-sector companies access to university research infrastructure and expertise.What’s new: The facility features 33 modular benches, high-end equipment (e.g., Agilent Cytation C10), dedicated office + meeting space […]