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U Tennessee Chancellor’s Innovation Fund
The Chancellor’s Innovation Fund, launched in 2023, offers seed funding to support faculty and their research teams in developing and commercializing new technologies. Each year, five winners are carefully selected to receive a one-time award of $50,000 to invest towards
Syracuse Orange Innovation Fund Spring 2025 Grant Applications Open
Syracuse University Libraries is accepting spring applications from graduate and undergraduate students for the Orange Innovation Fund grant now through Friday, March 28, 2025, at 5 p.m. Interested applicants can access the application template online or e-mail OrangeInnovation@syr.edu to request an application package. Grants up to
ASU-led Southwest Sustainability Innovation Engine funds 8 promising tech startups
In the startup world, tech companies often fall victim to what’s known as the “valley of death” — the gap between technological proof of concept and actual viable product. Aiming to bridge this perilous gap, an Arizona State University-led, multi-institutional
Blavatnik Therapeutics Challenge Awards Fuel Translational Research | Harvard Medical School
Open to all faculty at the rank of assistant, associate, and full professor at HMS, its affiliated institutions, and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, the awards provide critical funding to researchers who’ve made fundamental discoveries with the potential for
Video: Research universities enable innovation by doing much of the behind-the-scenes work
Two university presidents hosted a conversation at the Ion Feb. 24 to discuss how American research universities serve the public. Rice University President Reginald DesRoches and Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University (ASU), shared how research universities are engines of innovation, economic
Discovery to Impact Makes $150,000 Investment in Locus Lock Through U Texas Austin Seed Fund
AUSTIN, Texas — With its mission of bringing research discoveries to the marketplace, Discovery to Impact at The University of Texas at Austin has invested $150,000 through the UT Seed Fund in Locus Lock, a UT-affiliated startup developing cutting-edge positioning
Cambridge Enterprise drives 41 University investments in a year
2024 marked a milestone with 41 approved Cambridge Enterprise Ventures investments, representing a substantial breakthrough. The Technology Investment Fund committed over £2m investment across 20 projects covering the breadth of disciplines in the University during its first nine months, de-risking
UK industrial strategy must utilise university strengths, say experts – Research Professional News
Universities should be at the heart of the government’s forthcoming industrial strategy, the Russell Group and business leaders have urged, as they called on ministers to put more money into the Higher Education Innovation Fund. In a new report, a
UTulsa’s Hurricane Ventures announces investments in Percipio Health, Prelude
The University of Tulsa and Hurricane Ventures have announced two new start-up investments: Percipio Health, an artificial intelligence-powered population health monitoring platform, and Prelude, a digital solution modernizing preneed funeral planning. “Hurricane Ventures was created to support groundbreaking companies like Percipio Health and
Purdue Innovates Trask Innovation Fund supports advances in ag biotechnology, cancer treatments and fiber optics – News
Purdue University researchers in the College of Pharmacy and College of Science have received $124,984 from the Trask Innovation Fund to develop Purdue-owned intellectual property for commercial use. The innovations are in the areas of agricultural biotechnology, cancer treatments, and fiber optics and electronics. The fund