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NJEDA and Rowan University announce new Strategic Innovation Center focused on medical technology
Today, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) announced it will partner with Rowan University to create a new multi-location Strategic Innovation Center (SIC) in Camden and Mullica Hill. The SIC, operated by Plug and Play, will support the research, development and commercialization of novel
New MIT postdoctoral fellowship program to accelerate innovation in health care
The MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative (MIT HEALS) is launching the Biswas Postdoctoral Fellowship Program to advance the work of outstanding early-career researchers in health and life sciences. Supported by a gift from the Biswas Family Foundation, the program aims to
Co-investment program forms powerful partnerships for impact | Penn Medicine
How did Philadelphia earn the nickname “Cellicon Valley”? Along with a lot of groundbreaking research and world’s-first discoveries in cell and gene therapies, the Penn Center for Innovation has played a key role in facilitating the development of faculty ideas and discoveries
L’Oréal Groupe Launches Groundbreaking “Sustainable Innovation Accelerator”
The accelerator is operated in partnership with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). Selected companies will participate in a custom acceleration program of up to 12 months, supported by CISL’s extensive global network of over 40,000 professionals and deep
How Binghamton U NY ChargeUp Accelerator is helping battery tech startups
On a sunny summer day, the leaders of seven battery-focused startup companies met in Binghamton to visit the Raymond Corporation and play some golf — a day which could fool onlookers into mistaking the members of the ChargeUp Accelerator’s second cohort for
CU Boulder awards therapeutics funding to advance promising drug development projects | Venture Partners at CU Boulder
Venture Partners at CU Boulder has announced the first recipients of a new translational funding program designed to advance promising, early-stage therapeutics with strong commercial potential. The program provides up to $50,000 per project to help CU Boulder researchers generate critical
Eight TCU Student Ventures Split $50,000 in University Accelerator Program
Eight student-created ventures emerged as funding recipients in the 2025 Institute for Entrepreneurship CREATE program’s final pitches in May, dividing $50,000 to help bring their business ideas to life, TCU announced. CREATE is a cross-campus accelerator program run by the
Gov. Whitmer Announces Awardees of First-Ever Michigan Innovation Fund | Michigan Business
Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the initial eight recipients of the first-ever Michigan Innovation Fund (MIF) signed into law earlier this year. With bipartisan support from elected officials in the state Legislature, the fund received a $60 million appropriation to distribute
U Miami Sylvester Innovates Accelerates Early-Stage Cancer Discoveries and Inventions
A new innovation fund will accelerate translational oncology research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Carefully designed to advance faculty-led projects, the Sylvester Innovates Fund (SIF) will provide up to $1 million for promising cancer discoveries and inventions with clinical potential. “Our
Four selected for inaugural Next-Gen Innovators Fellowship at Penn State
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Four emerging leaders in science and innovation have been selected as the inaugural fellows in Penn State’s Next-Gen Innovators Fellowship program, an initiative designed to close critical training gaps in research translation and technology commercialization. Launched by