Rice University launches One Small Step, One Giant Leap initiatives, including a POC and VC fund
Over 60 years ago at Rice University, President John F. Kennedy recommitted the country to the Space Race. Now, decades later, the university is announcing its commitment to moonshot innovators. Rice University’s Office of Innovation established the One Small Step Grant — named for Neil Armstrong’s first words spoken from Tranquility Base just several years after JFK’s […]
Cornell Life Sciences Technology Innovation Fellowship announces 2023-24 cohort
After its inaugural cycle in 2022-23, Cornell University’s Life Sciences Technology Innovation Fellowship, formerly known as the BioEntrepreneurship Initiative, enters its second year with a new cohort of 15 business students and 12 researchers who are eager to embark on their journeys to becoming C-suite startup leaders. The Life Sciences Technology Innovation Fellowship started as an […]
ASU announces seed funding project partners for SWAP Hub | ASU News
In advancing a vision for building a microelectronics ecosystem that can serve both the state of Arizona and America’s national agenda for semiconductor research, development and manufacturing, time is a factor, speed matters and so does collaboration. Arizona State University is pushing ahead to do all that it can to have partners in place and […]
UC’s research tiers: Catalysts for academic-corporate collaboration | University of Cincinnati
Industry-academic collaborations have long been seen as a win-win-win: companies access top talent for research and development; students gain marketable skills applying classroom learning to practical problems; and faculty gain more opportunities to solve problems that matter. As a Carnegie Research 1 institution, the University of Cincinnati frequently attracts the attention of Fortune 500 and […]
The BioInnovation Institute welcomes eight new companies to its Venture Lab program
BioInnovation Institute (BII), an international non-profit foundation incubating and accelerating world-class life science research, today announces that eight new companies have entered its Venture Lab acceleration program for early-stage companies. The cohort is strategically aligned with BII’s focus on supporting innovative early-stage start-ups within human and planetary health. The 12-month Venture Lab program is designed […]
UWM Research Foundation awards $180,000 in new Catalyst Grants
Advancements in electric vehicle battery packs, lithium extraction methods and cancer treatment are among the projects funded through the UWM Research Foundation’s Catalyst Grant program this year. The program, supported by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and Clarios, has awarded a total of $180,000 to promising research and development in areas where UWM has […]
A garden of innovation: Mayo Clinic, ASU seed grant to fund medical discoveries | ASU News
Endometriosis diagnostics. Tumor detection. Blood-based biomarkers. Bone repair. These are just a handful of the medical solutions Arizona State University researchers and Mayo Clinic doctors aim to explore through an innovative funding opportunity concentrated on collaboration between physicians and academics.Sixteen pilot studies will be explored through the Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University Alliance for […]
Local Universities Invest in Houston Innovation
In addition to its growing network of incubators, accelerators, makerspaces, coworking spaces, and non-profits, Houston’s leading academic institutions are also investing in the region’s innovation ecosystem. The University of Houston is set to break ground on a 70,000-square-foot, high-tech Innovation Hub this fall that is projected to open in spring 2025. The $52 million hub […]
From Ideas to Solutions | NC State News
Big ideas are born at NC State on a regular basis. Bill Spruill knows that — which is why he decided to donate close to a million dollars to the university in support of the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF). Starting this year, Spruill’s 2ndF Research Commercialization Fund will provide additional support to annual awardees of the CIF. “When […]
Discovery to Impact Makes 4th Investment Through UT Seed Fund
AUSTIN, Texas — Discovery to Impact at The University of Texas at Austin has invested $250,000 in Group1, a UT-affiliated startup aiming to revolutionize the energy industry by developing potassium-ion battery technology. The investment will help Group1 increase its workforce, expand production capacity of its product potassium cathode material, Kristonite™, to pilot scale, and forge […]