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MIT Faculty seed projects grow into pandemic research opportunities
Global partnerships are a fundamental component of research at MIT — even during this time of suspended travel. MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) supports those connections via MISTI Global Seed Funds (GSF). GSF enables participating faculty teams to collaborate with
Duke, NC Central Launch Program to Showcase Black-Founded and Black-Led Businesses
DURHAM, NC — U.S.-based college students and recent alumni who founded or lead growing businesses are invited to showcase their companies to investors who are committed to investing in Black-founded and Black-led businesses, and to compete for up to $25,000
The 30 best universities and business schools for entrepreneurship in Europe | EU-Startups
While there seem to be some people who are natural-born entrepreneurs, most aspects of entrepreneurship can also be learned along the way. Many universities and business schools across Europe are actually offering quite good courses and curriculums on that topic.
MSU Conquer Accelerator launches first Grand Rapids cohort
A Michigan State University Foundation accelerator program that provides funding, mentorship and network opportunities to emerging entrepreneurs launched a Grand Rapids cohort. East Lansing-based Conquer Accelerator last month launched its first Grand Rapids season and fall 2020 cohort. The 10-week
The Academia-Industry Innovation Collaboration
As major corporations continue to reduce their basic research operations and also acquire small companies that possess appealing products/services, research-ready colleges and universities continue to engage the broader scenario with innovative products created in collaboration with corporate partners or, separately,
UofSC’s McNair Institute cultivating student innovators
Hayden Shipley got his first taste of entrepreneurship as a middle school student selling homemade potato chips. During the pandemic lull this spring, the sophomore finance student concocted a new recipe: this time, for a company that will pair families
NC Biotech Center awards $623K in grants; its portfolio firms raise nearly $33M
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – The North Carolina Biotechnology Center awarded 11 grants and loans totaling $623,136 to bioscience companies, universities and nonprofit organizations in the first quarter of fiscal year 2021. The awards, made in July, August and September, will support
This Maryland program will pair cyber researchers and entrepreneurial grad students to form startups – Technical.ly Baltimore
Source: This Maryland program will pair cyber researchers and entrepreneurial grad students to form startups – Technical.ly Baltimore
MTRAC Innovation Hub for Advanced Computing awards $270,000 to Wayne State University artificial intelligence projects
The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Innovation Hub for Advanced Computing at Wayne State University recently awarded a combined $270,000 in funding to three transformative innovation research projects led by Wayne State researchers, including a School of Medicine associate professor.
Universities’ innovation support system to be bolstered
The special investigator for proposing a new structure for innovation support at public universities in Sweden, Alf Karlsson, has proposed a radical restructure of the system by 2022. Appointed by the government on 16 October 2019, Karlsson has published a