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University of Southern Maine calls for proposals for Commercialization Gap Fund
The Office of Research Administration and Development has released a Call for Proposals for the Commercialization Gap Fund Program. Full-time USM faculty and staff from all colleges are eligible to apply. Graduate and undergraduate students who have discoveries and inventions resulting from their work
Angel investors plan to increase investments
Most early-stage or “angel” investors say they plan to maintain or increase the number of start-up investments they make next year, and many have their sights set on a few booming industries, according to a new poll. Compared to this
Harvard opens office space for a venture capitalist
With preppy good looks and a casual confidence, Hugo Van Vuuren moves effortlessly among the student body at Harvard University, holding court with undergrads in the Yard or in a Harvard Square coffee shop. But Van Vuuren, 29, is not
Stanford makes $3.6M investment in student incubator, venture fund
Stanford’s StartX program received a $3.6 million grant and announced the formation of the StartX Fund, which will support Stanford entrepreneurs as they develop ideas and bring products to market. StartX is a nonprofit startup accelerator that provides student entrepreneurs with education
Scientists calling on the crowd for funding
Before environmental biologist Kenly Hiller submitted her latest research proposal for funding, she sent it out for one final review. She wanted her grandmother’s opinion. Hiller’s grandmother was the perfect critic — not because she is a scientific expert, but precisely
Medical Research Commercialization Fund streamlines medical technology commercialization
Around thirty of Australia’s leading medical research organisations have joined forces with a team of expert venture capital investors to set up a fund to support the commercialisation of Australian research. The Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) Collaboration, set up
University of Malta to open incubator, contemplating proof of concept fund
The University of Malta has taken over two floors of the Computer Science building to use as an incubator where star students from its entrepreneurship programme can get breathing space from overheads for their start-ups.
University of Illinois-Chicago announces $400K in grants from the UIC Chancellor’s Innovation Fund
The UIC Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF) is pleased to announce the first round of 2013 Proof-of-Concept (POC) Awards Program winners. A total of 47 pre-proposals from across the UIC Campus were submitted in this inaugural round of the CIF POC
DC I-Corps now accepting applications for October cohort
The new DC Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program is now accepting applications for its October cohort, program officials announce today. Open to research teams and technology entrepreneurs from universities, federal laboratories, agencies and the general community in the Mid-Atlantic Region, the
University of Texas at Arlington use crowdfunding to supplement translational research
Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington are turning to crowdfunding in hopes of supplementing their research grants for ongoing and future projects. Faculty are utilizing Microryza, a crowdfunding websitedesigned to raise funds for academic and health research projects. Essentially a