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Rice Business Plan Competition 2025 winners announced
Celebrating its 25th year, the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship hosted the celebrated Rice Business Plan Competition this month, doling out more than $2 million in investment and cash prizes to the top-performing teams. “For 25 years, the Rice
Enterprise Ireland launches Proof of Concept Funding initiative
Enterprise Ireland has announced today (17 April) a new stream of funding under its Commercialisation Fund to help researchers bring their innovations to market. The Proof of Concept Funding initiative offers up to €100,000 over a 12-month period, bridging the
McMaster University Entrepreneurial faculty receive pre-seed funding for research commercialization
The Faculty of Science is backing four entrepreneurial professors as they take their research out of the lab and into the marketplace. Cecile Fradin, Jose Moran-Mirabal, Suleiman Igdoura and Mike Brook have been awarded a total of $180,000 in pre-seed funding plus an additional $100,000
Cincinnati Children’s and GE HealthCare build collaborative research program to drive pediatric imaging innovation
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr. 10, 2025– Cincinnati Children’s and GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC) will form a strategic research program focused on driving clinical and technical research to advance innovation for pediatric care delivery across modalities, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, molecular imaging (MI),
San Diego State University Social Venture Challenge 2025 awards $35,000 to food security innovators
Proposals to reduce food waste, innovative nutritional products and apps developed by aspiring entrepreneurs were among the prize-winning ideas offering solutions to food security presented at San Diego State University’s annual Social Venture Challenge. Supported by the Sprouts Healthy Communities
Loyola announces first faculty innovation fellows | Loyola University Maryland
Loyola University Maryland’s Simon Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship established an innovation fellowship for faculty members to help them integrate innovation and entrepreneurship education into their classrooms and departments. “The goal of the program is to provide students across disciplines with an
Six faculty will receive 2025 WSU Commercialization Gap Funding awards
The Office of Commercialization has awarded six WSU researchers with the Commercialization Gap Fund (CGF). The CGF supports research projects with high market potential and provides researchers up to $50,000 to demonstrate that their innovations(s) have the ability to make
Provost launches Discovery Bridge Funding Program | Vanderbilt University
Over the past few months, the federal research funding landscape has begun to shift. As a response to some of the transitions taking place, Vanderbilt University is launching the Provost Discovery Bridge Funding Program. This program will provide short-term financial
BioMed X Launches XBridge Program to Support Biomedical Researchers Impacted by NIH Funding Gaps
Heidelberg, Germany, April 7th, 2025. BioMed X, an independent biomedical research institute based in Heidelberg, Germany, has announced the launch of its XBridge Program, a fast-track initiative designed to support U.S.-based biomedical researchers impacted by the current NIH funding gaps, hiring
Universities must become active launchpads for innovation-The Hill
Excerpt: This university-government alignment is not simply a driver of prosperity; it is fundamental to American security. Undermining this critical bond jeopardizes our national security and interests. This reliance is clearly seen in the Department of Defense, which depends heavily