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Innovation Fellowship helps learners and researchers bring PSU ideas to life – Penn State Health News
Sai Kurapati found her passion project. Inspired to pursue medicine to bridge health disparities, the third-year medical student at Penn State College of Medicine was eager to contribute when she learned of a project that could make recovery from cataract surgery easier.
Glasgow Uni Launches New Fund for Spinout Ventures
The University of Glasgow has launched a fund to help support its researchers and academic staff who want to start a new venture or spinout company in the coming year. The Innovation Cluster Development Fund is aimed at academic staff and university
Michigan reinstates research and development tax credits, new innovation fund with bonus to partner with universities
In the Newlab workspace at the newly renovated Michigan Central technology and innovation complex in Detroit, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer stood amongst machinery and tools Monday to showcase new laws aimed to support entrepreneurship and job growth in Michigan. By signing
Auburn’s KickStart Fund receives grant from Truist Foundation
The Auburn University KickStart Fund, a designated fund within the Auburn University Foundation, has received a grant from Truist Foundation that will help provide direct, non-dilutive funding to select Auburn-affiliated companies exhibiting best-in-class potential for success. The Truist Foundation grant marks
U Kentucky Launch Blue’s new programs to empower future innovation leaders
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 9, 2025) — UK Innovate’s Launch Blue, an immersive accelerator program for tech startups, has announced two new programs designed to support undergraduate students, graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in becoming future leaders of innovation. The two programs — the
The MSU Research Foundation helps turn Spartan discoveries into impact | MSUToday | Michigan State University
For more than 50 years, the Michigan State University Research Foundation has empowered groundbreaking research and entrepreneurship at MSU, creating an ecosystem of innovation and discovery that drives economic growth across Michigan and beyond. The 501(c)(3) corporation, which is co-located within the
‘Innovation is alive and well at Princeton’: University researchers translate findings to start-ups – The Princetonian
For Silpe, the search for a solution quickly became personal and professional. He brought his experiences and ideas to the Bassler Lab at Princeton, where he was already studying bacterial cell communication under Professor and Chair of Molecular Biology Bonnie
6 bold startup ventures graduate from UC’s Venture Lab
It’s no secret among Cincinnati’s entrepreneurial community that the 1819 Venture Lab offers one of the region’s most seamless pathways to startup success. On Dec. 11, six new ventures graduated from the program by demonstrating their products’ merits before potential investors and
Monash spinout EnyGy receives crucial funding to drive progress and local manufacturing – Monash Innovation
The Victorian Government’s Made in Victoria Energy Technologies Manufacturing program has selected EnyGy to receive crucial funding to pave the way for the Monash University spinout to expand its graphene materials production facility in Melbourne. EnyGy specialises in graphene electrode films, a key component
Novo Nordisk and Evotec Select First Three LAB eN² Drug Discovery Projects
LAB eN², which aims to nurture early research from academic institutions into novel therapeutics, has selected its first three projects to move forward in the program from Boston University, Harvard University in collaboration with Mass General Brigham, and Joslin Diabetes Center.