University Gap Funding and Accelerator Community News

Bridges to Translation pilot funding is designed to support research that breaks down roadblocks across the translational research spectrum through: the development of novel technologies multidisciplinary collaborations dissemination and implementation of evidence-based programs, policies, and practices strategies for dissemination and implementation training programs for the next generation of clinical research

The Flinn Foundation’s Seed Grants to Promote Translational Research support multidisciplinary teams developing innovative solutions to significant clinical needs, including precision medicine, diagnostics, devices, therapeutics, and health-care delivery. Funded projects are expected to demonstrate strong potential to advance laboratory discoveries into impactful products or services benefiting patients in Arizona and

As part of its mission to foster innovation ecosystems around academia, UTokyo IPC has supported startups from inception by creating companies based on university-originated technologies and providing early-stage investment through its funds. In addition, UTokyo IPC has supported researchers and entrepreneurs through hands-on programs such as the “Startup Building Program”

Startup accelerators can play a crucial role in helping early-stage startups succeed. They are structured, time-limited programmes that typically last a few weeks or months. Accelerator programmes provide startups with mentorship, initial funding, office space and/or access to valuable investor and industry networks. Their goal is to help founders refine

Faculty and graduate students interested in commercializing research innovation are encouraged to join the National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Fall Regional Cohort at Clemson. Organized by the Clemson University Research Foundation (CURF) and the NSF I-Corps Southeast Hub, the NSF I-Corps Regional Cohort at Clemson is a seven-week course where research teams

Kansas State University has given seven local entrepreneurs a boost in resources and funding through the Center for Entrepreneurship Accelerator program, which provides participants with faculty-led courses, hands-on student research teams and access to an extensive alumni mentor network. Each of the seven companies also received a grant of $5,000 in equity-free

Two years ago, as a University of Nebraska-Lincoln freshman, Sam Lockhart knew nothing about venture capital — let alone things like due diligence, term sheets or how to analyze a business plan. But at a College of Business recruitment event for student organizations, one caught his eye: The Husker Venture Fund (HVF).

Ontario says they’ve launched the Health Innovation Pathway, a new program designed to accelerate the adoption of health-care technologies and improve patient care across the province. The initiative they say, focuses on Ontario-made innovations, including medical devices, digital tools, medical imaging, lab and genetic testing, and new models of care.

There are 498 private AI companies valued at over $1 billion. A new initiative in the Hankamer School of Business has many hoping number 499 comes from Baylor. “Think you’ve got the next big idea in AI?” asks the flyer for Baylor’s inaugural AI Venture Challenge, a Shark Tank-style startup competition in