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These 3 Johns Hopkins research teams got seed funding to develop their medical devices – Technical.ly
With the Bisciotti Foundation Translational Fund, John Hopkins University School of Medicine is bringing seed funding to three teams of researchers creating innovative medical devices. Each of these devices, which are being developed by Hopkins professors and fellows, aim to dramatically decrease costs
Bridging the worlds of research and industry | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graduate student Nidhi Juthani was not content with just one graduate degree. Instead, she decided to earn two in one fell swoop, via MIT’s PhD in Chemical Engineering Practice (PhDCEP) program, which allows her to obtain a doctorate and an MBA concurrently.
Washington State U Commercialization Gap Fund supports high market potential research in 2022
An improved method for treating age-related eye diseases is one of nine projects by Washington State University researchers awarded with commercialization gap funding this year. The Commercialization Gap Fund (CGF) provides funding to help WSU scientists such as Kuen-Ren “Roland”
New Fenton Founders Fund to support student-founded startups | @theU
The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah and the Joan and Tim Fenton Family Foundation today announced the creation of the Joan and Tim Fenton Founders Fund at the David Eccles School of Business, aimed at
Cornell, startup receive $7M for novel clean energy tech
Cornell researchers and a startup have received more than $7 million in federal grants to advance novel clean energy research that includes wirelessly charging electric vehicles, low-carbon jet fuel and construction materials made from waste. , Click to open gallery
Western News – Medical Innovation Fellows to generate new solutions
via Western News – Medical Innovation Fellows to generate new solutions
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Michigan State University MTRAC AgBio Innovation Hub Awards Over $715,000 in Agricultural Technologies
East Lansing, Mich. (March 28, 2018) – Thirteen research technologies demonstrating commercial potential in the advancement of the AgBio industry were awarded a total of over $715,000 in funding from Michigan State University’s (MSU) AgBio Michigan Translation Research and Commercialization
Three novel UNC-Chapel Hill startups named to the latest class of KickStart Commercialization Award winners
HEADLINE: Three novel UNC-Chapel Hill startups named to the latest class of KickStart Commercialization Award winners SUBHEAD: Altis Biosystems, EmpowerRT and Irex Pharma receive a combined $110,600 in funding to develop new stem-cell technologies for drug discovery, improved cancer radiation
To support local founders, universities should invest in venture capital
In the world of university endowments, everyone wants to be Yale. That’s because over the past two decades Yale’s investment officers have consistently generated market-beating returns by shifting a large portion of the university’s $25 billion endowment away from traditional