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New $256M European institute to fund research and innovation
An initial sum of €240 million (US$265 million) will be made available to a newly created national institute that will fund research and innovation in Greece, and will support government efforts to pull the country out of prolonged recession and
RI Slater Fund offers $500,000 for new drug-discovery firm
The Slater Technology Fund on Thursday announced it is dedicating $500,000 in seed funding to help launch MindImmune Therapeutics, a company that hopes to develop drugs that will utilize the immune system to treat such neurological diseases as Alzheimer’s and
Indiana to propose $1B plan to boost innovation, entrepreneurship
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence on Thursday is scheduled to announce a plan to spend $1 billion over the next 10 years to boost innovation and entrepreneurship in the state. The plan centers on collaboration between government, research universities, communities and
NSF Awards $225,000 to U of Arkansas-Affiliated Technology Company
The National Science Foundation has awarded $225,000 to start-up company SurfTec LLC to commercialize its patent-pending technology invented at the University of Arkansas. SurfTec, a U of A-affiliated company at the Arkansas Research and Technology Park, will use the grant
$ 2B University of Virginia Funding to Propel Strategic Investments in Academic, Research and Health Care Excellence
The University of Virginia today announced the history of the strategic fund that will provide transformational investments in the quality of a UVA education, of its research and of its health care services without relying on tuition or tax dollars.
Alaska Launches Tech Accelerator Fund
“Diversify the economy” is Alaska’s rallying cry as oil production and prices sink. First of its kind Alaska tech accelerator Launch: Alaska wants to put the idea into action with the hot-ticket item of booming Lower 48 metro areas. The
Sacramento devotes $10 million to high-tech firms, but plan faces risks
When the City Council approved a $10 million fund for high-tech investments last month, Sacramento joined a handful of municipalities across the country hoping to buy their way into the economy of the future with public money. Philadelphia, Portland, Ore.,
University of Albany Presidential Innovation Fund for Research and Scholarship
In support of this aim, the University announced the creation of the Presidential Innovation Fund for Research and Scholarship (PIFRS) program last year to stimulate new cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research. Now in its second year, this $500,000 competitive, peer reviewed, seed
Chicago Impact Engine Launches $10M Fund, Betting Capitalists Can Do Well While Doing Good
Some dismiss social impact entrepreneurship as a feel-good diversion. But a group of successful investors in Chicago are throwing $10 million on the table to prove that capitalists can do well while doing good. Impact Engine today announced a $10
London start-up scene weighs threat of British Techxit
Britain’s tech start-up scene was having a bumper year in terms of new company creation, fresh funding and acquisitions by global tech players before voters decided to leave the European Union in Thursday’s referendum. Now high-profile companies are threatening to