New Presidential Innovation Fund seeks to ‘catalyze the creative capital on campus’ | News | theonlinecurrent.com
On Feb. 7, an email from Chief Operating Officer & Vice President for Strategy Kanika Tomalin announced the Presidential Innovation Fund Grant Program. The program looks to fund projects aimed at supporting President Damián Fernández’s Strategic Plan. Fernández introduced Eckerd’s strategic plan in October 2020, highlighting four pillars: Eckerd at the Edges: “Innovation in the Liberal […]
Bridging the worlds of research and industry | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graduate student Nidhi Juthani was not content with just one graduate degree. Instead, she decided to earn two in one fell swoop, via MIT’s PhD in Chemical Engineering Practice (PhDCEP) program, which allows her to obtain a doctorate and an MBA concurrently. The combination is a perfect fit for Juthani, who wants to pursue a career bridging […]
Western News – Medical Innovation Fellows to generate new solutions
via Western News – Medical Innovation Fellows to generate new solutions
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Michigan State University MTRAC AgBio Innovation Hub Awards Over $715,000 in Agricultural Technologies
East Lansing, Mich. (March 28, 2018) – Thirteen research technologies demonstrating commercial potential in the advancement of the AgBio industry were awarded a total of over $715,000 in funding from Michigan State University’s (MSU) AgBio Michigan Translation Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) statewide Innovation Hub to continue their path toward the commercial market. Eight proposed technologies […]
Three novel UNC-Chapel Hill startups named to the latest class of KickStart Commercialization Award winners
HEADLINE: Three novel UNC-Chapel Hill startups named to the latest class of KickStart Commercialization Award winners SUBHEAD: Altis Biosystems, EmpowerRT and Irex Pharma receive a combined $110,600 in funding to develop new stem-cell technologies for drug discovery, improved cancer radiation therapies and advances in treating cystic fibrosis BODY TEXT: When UNC-Chapel Hill spinout company G1 […]
To support local founders, universities should invest in venture capital
In the world of university endowments, everyone wants to be Yale. That’s because over the past two decades Yale’s investment officers have consistently generated market-beating returns by shifting a large portion of the university’s $25 billion endowment away from traditional stocks and bonds and into alternative investments such as private equity, hedge funds, and venture […]
Yale University creates $15 million fund to chip away at climate change
Over the next three decades, Yale will funnel $15 million in funding to early stage projects aimed at fighting climate change. The Climate Impact Innovation Fund, which was announced late last month by University officials, was financed by anonymous donors. It will operate within the Planetary Solutions Project, a University-wide initiative established in December 2020 that aims […]
‘Become the unicorn in the room’: Alumna partners with U of T to launch 100 Black-owned startups by 2025
Melisa Ellis (BA UTSC 2015), a University of Toronto graduate and founder of the non-profit social and technology enterprise Nobellum, is joining forces with U of T to help launch at least 100 Black-owned start-ups by 2025. “I know first-hand what it’s like to be the only Black person working at a tech company,” says Ellis, whose mission […]
The SEC’s new rules are already changing how startups raise money
Sahil Lavingia, the CEO of commerce platform Gumroad, is raising $5 million in new funding. But he’s not traversing Sand Hill Road looking for a few big checks. Instead, he wants that $5 million to come in a few hundred dollars at a time, from investors he’s never met. Maybe even investors who no one would […]