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$20M Frankel Innovation Initiative Set to Kick off Third Round of Funding | Michigan Medicine
Fast Forward Medical Innovation (FFMI)(link is external), a unit of the University of Michigan Medical School Office of Research(link is external), is launching the third round of the Frankel Innovation Initiative(link is external), a $20 million gift from the Maxine
UConn Moving Forward on Bold ‘Innovation Faculty’ Recruitment
UConn’s broad proposal to boost Connecticut’s economy by dramatically boosting faculty-led innovation is going forward, with key committees approving its details on Wednesday and forwarding it to the full Board of Trustees. The “Innovation Faculty Hires & Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Initiative”
Mayo Clinic launches AI startup program to help early-stage companies
This week, Mayo Clinic announced the opening of its artificial intelligence startup program, which includes four early-stage health technology startups. Mayo Clinic Platform Accelerate is a 20-week program that intends to assist AI-based firms in becoming market-ready by providing access
RFSUNY Technology Accelerator Fund Call for Submissions
The TAF Class of 2022 marks the program’s eleventh year of assisting SUNY faculty inventors and scientists in commercializing their research. The program focuses on key research and development milestones, such as feasibility studies, prototyping, and testing, that indicate a
Next-gen data storage start-up takes first-place Venture Prize at Brown University
Given the effect of COVID-19, Brown’s most advanced entrepreneurial endeavors gathered in front of a live audience on Thursday, March 17, for the first time in three years to pitch their ideas to a panel of distinguished judges and compete
Israel’s tech ecosystem needs to address the start-up “Valley of Death”
Israel’s reputation as the Startup Nation conjures up thoughts of billion-dollar exits, hundreds of employees becoming millionaires overnight, and an enviable lifestyle full of perks. While that has all happened before, the path it takes to make it to
Novel Funding Model Provides UKY CAER Researchers Support to Produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel
LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 21, 2022) — Funding early-stage, proof-of-concept research is often a challenge for university researchers. Traditionally, governmental funding agencies have chosen to invest in basic science and in projects that are more advanced in their technological development. Until now.
Seed Funding Speeds Growth for TreeCo — an NC State Startup
The world’s largest and most advanced collection of gene-edited wood presumably lives on Centennial Campus at North Carolina State University. Stacked on shelves in a corner closet of the Forest Biotech Group’s lab, these bundles of sticks sit mere feet
TEDCO’s Pre-Seed Builder Fund Invests in Maryland Medical Device Start-up · BioBuzz
COLUMBIA, Md. (March 18, 2022)—TEDCO, Maryland’s economic engine for technology companies, announced today its Builder Fund invested $100,000 in Astek Diagnostics, a medical device start-up based in Maryland. TEDCO’s Builder Fund invests in and provides executive support to Maryland-based technology companies run
CUNY Startups program holds inaugural ‘CLASH’
The CUNY Startups program is hosting its first CLASH, a pitch competition between the seven CUNY colleges this spring. The competition allows students to develop an idea that solves a problem facing the world today. There will be three rounds within the