University Gap Funding and Accelerator Community News

The Innovation Cluster Development Fund was launched in the New Year to feed a pipeline of new and innovative ventures coming out of the campus that have potential to grow and establish themselves as new businesses. Interest was so strong in the new funding stream that the initiative was many times oversubscribed and is

The Chancellor’s Innovation Fund, launched in 2023, offers seed funding to support faculty and their research teams in developing and commercializing new technologies. Each year, five winners are carefully selected to receive a one-time award of $50,000 to invest towards the refinement and prototyping of their lab-based technologies. The fund

Syracuse University Libraries is accepting spring applications from graduate and undergraduate students for the Orange Innovation Fund grant now through Friday, March 28, 2025, at 5 p.m. Interested applicants can access the application template online or e-mail OrangeInnovation@syr.edu to request an application package. Grants up to $5,000 per award will be made, with a total of

In the startup world, tech companies often fall victim to what’s known as the “valley of death” — the gap between technological proof of concept and actual viable product. Aiming to bridge this perilous gap, an Arizona State University-led, multi-institutional enterprise is funding eight promising companies with technologies that stand

Open to all faculty at the rank of assistant, associate, and full professor at HMS, its affiliated institutions, and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, the awards provide critical funding to researchers who’ve made fundamental discoveries with the potential for becoming powerful clinical interventions. “We’re living in a prolific time

2024 marked a milestone with 41 approved Cambridge Enterprise Ventures investments, representing a substantial breakthrough. The Technology Investment Fund committed over £2m investment across 20 projects covering the breadth of disciplines in the University during its first nine months, de-risking and adding value to technologies and supporting the accelerated translation

The University of Tulsa and Hurricane Ventures have announced two new start-up investments: Percipio Health, an artificial intelligence-powered population health monitoring platform, and Prelude, a digital solution modernizing preneed funeral planning. “Hurricane Ventures was created to support groundbreaking companies like Percipio Health and Prelude, both of which exemplify the kind of innovative thinking

Purdue University researchers in the College of Pharmacy and College of Science have received $124,984 from the Trask Innovation Fund to develop Purdue-owned intellectual property for commercial use. The innovations are in the areas of agricultural biotechnology, cancer treatments, and fiber optics and electronics. The fund is managed by the Purdue Innovates Incubator, which provides programming for

Nebraska’s startup ecosystem continues to expand, thanks in part to state-backed programs aimed at fostering innovative ideas. A newly released 2024 Business Innovation Act (BIA) Impact Analysis reveals that, among the five major BIA initiatives, the Prototype Grant is notable for transforming early-stage concepts into market-ready ventures. Consequently, BIA-supported companies