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UPMC grows innovation in the last 4 months
Over the past four months, UPMC has continued to invest in technologies and innovations for healthcare delivery despite financial pressures related to the pandemic. On Aug. 26, the health system revealed more details about two key innovation initiatives in its second-quarter financial
UCSF Medicine’s new $1.5M innovation fund focuses 1st project on telemedicine training
The University of California San Francisco School of Medicine received a $1.5 million grant to establish a new endowment that funds palliative medicine innovation projects, according to an Aug. 25 news release. The Cambia Health Foundation, part of nonprofit healthcare company Cambia
Research, innovation vital in new COVID-19 world
After an incredibly difficult year, it is understandable that many people are looking forward to a ‘post-COVID’ era. But with no end to the pandemic in sight, we need to shift our thinking to start to see ourselves as societies
Startup Seed Financing Process: Convertible Notes and SAFEs | Practical Law
Great overview of two gap funding investment instruments….encourage you to read….. ——— Convertible notes are the most commonly used financing instrument for startup companies raising seed capital. This Practice Note describes the process of a typical convertible note financing for a seed-stage startup. However,
VCU commercialization efforts at work for health care innovators and faculty startups
A VCU School of Pharmacy researcher’s augmented reality technology is nearing the marketplace, backed by Virginia Commonwealth University’s network of services that can guide a faculty member’s idea into development, gain partners and investors for the innovation and eventually find
Ohio State launches student innovation challenge
The Ohio State University is turning to students for creative ideas to keep its campuses safe and healthy, and is offering a financial incentive to make it worth their while. The Safe and Healthy Campus Innovation Challenge is supported by the Chief
Awards for Accelerators Tech: from Medical Treatment to Machine Learning
U.S. Department of Energy awards announced in July will advance Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) R&D to develop a more effective and compact particle-beam system for cancer treatment, improve particle-beam performance using artificial intelligence, and develop a high-power, rapid-fire laser system
Innovative Startups Commercializing UC Davis Technologies | UC Davis
During the past fiscal year, 15 emerging startups executed agreements to access patented technology developed at the University of California, Davis. “Startups play an essential role in advancing and commercializing new technologies that are developed by researchers and innovators at
FSU funding helps researchers turn inventions into business ideas
A faster way to make test samples for the automotive and aerospace industries, an improved method for producing a wound-healing therapy and the development of an environmentally friendly X-ray material all earned funding from a Florida State University program that
Democratising innovation | Jordan Times
CAMBRIDGE — Innovation is the engine that drives contemporary economies. Living standards are determined by productivity growth, which in turn depends on the introduction and dissemination of new technologies that allow an ever-wider variety of goods and services to be