University Gap Funding and Accelerator Community News

The University Research Program is now accepting proposals through Oct. 31, 2025, for its next funding cycle. The Raymond Corporation, a Toyota Material Handling North America (TMHNA) brand, created the University Research Program to encourage and support professors and student researchers to apply their engineering and technical skills to foster innovative research

Rice University’s Office of Technology Transfer has entered into a subscription agreement with Intel Corporation which will enable the global technology leader to explore and potentially license select patented innovations developed at Rice. Under the terms of the agreement, Intel will pay Rice an annual subscription fee, securing an option

Penn State is behind its peers when it comes to commercializing its research, according to a report to the university’s trustees, but it’s making a push to change that and help more faculty move their research to market. Andrew Read, Penn State’s senior vice president for research, told a trustees

Christina Washington’s (Class of 2026) venture inspiration came during a yearlong break from drinking alcohol. While abstaining, Washington said she felt happier and healthier, but also often isolated when socializing with drinkers, tiring of answering questions about her choices. Addressing an audience in the Rotunda as part of the i.Lab Incubator Demo

South West Sydney’s most promising innovators were given a platform to transform their ideas into reality at Pitch Night South West, opens in a new window. The initiative is led by UNSW Founders, opens in a new window and supported by the NSW Government, Investment NSW, Liverpool Innovation Precinct, opens in a new window and Justice

Delphinus Venture Capital, an Aarhus-based evergreen investment fund, has raised €80 million to finance research-driven startups in East and Central Jutland. Established by the Aarhus University Research Foundation, HEARTLAND, Norlys, and Salling Group, the fund will invest from pre-seed through scale-up stages, with a focus on companies emerging from academic and research environments. Newly

A New Jersey venture capital firm is continuing its remarkable growth – and launching a new fund to catalyze startup investment here in the state. 1435 Capital boasts more than $2.5 billion in assets under management. It features a wide range of notable investments and holdings in its portfolio, as well as a

The McGill Innovation Fund was created to fill a big gap in early-stage research funding and help promising ideas make the leap from the lab into the real world. In this episode, Senior Communications Advisor Junji Nishihata shares the story of how the fund came about in 2021, just as

The University of Colorado Boulder will offer a groundbreaking level of support for seven entrepreneurs looking to commercialize CU Boulder innovations. Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator will provide seven would-be startup founders six months of salary as CU Boulder employees, business training, funding opportunities and access to high-potential inventions developed at the