Four faculty- and staff-led innovation teams have been selected to participate in the seventh cohort of the University of Maine’s MIRTA accelerator program.
The 2024 projects will involve developing research innovations in environmentally-friendly advanced manufacturing, web privacy protections, water filtration for a group of chemicals known as PFAS, and accelerated soil carbonation to reduce carbon emissions from construction.
MIRTA, coordinated by UMaine’s Foster Center for Innovation, assists teams from research institutions throughout the state in advancing lab discoveries into public and commercial use. Teams work 20 hours per week for 16 weeks doing market research, intellectual property analysis and business model development to bring their inventions to market. Guiding them throughout the process are business incubation staff from the Foster Center.
Full story: UMaine’s MIRTA accelerator program welcomes four teams into 2024 cohort – UMaine News – University of Maine
