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University of Washington Next Green Seed Fund proposal deadline Dec. 11
The Green Seed Fund – a grant fund for campus environmental research projects – is accepting proposals through Dec. 11 for the next round of grants. The Green Seed Fund aims to promote and fund research projects that advance sustainable
Multi-million pound fund to boost UK university spin-outs and research
Research from universities across the South of England could be commercialised and turned into successful business faster than ever before, thanks to a multi-million pound project announced today [November 26] by Minster for Universities and Science, Greg Clark MP. Funded
Gener8tor raises $2.1 million for fund to invest in start-ups in Wisconsin
Gener8tor, which runs start-up training classes in Milwaukee and Madison, said Wednesday it has raised more than $2.1 million for a second fund. Gener8tor Fund II is set up to invest in the start-ups — usually about 10 a year
University of Leicester plans to raise £10 million for endowment fund
The University of Leicester has established a new endowment fund to provide vital support for the institution in the 21st century and beyond. The Leicester Endowment Fund was launched by President and Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle with two generous gifts
Fifth Third helps launch Wayne State University student-managed fund
Fifth Third Bank on Wednesday will donate $100,000 to the Wayne State University School of Business to fund creation of a student-managed investment fund. “We’d like to build the fund as large as possible,” said Robert Forsythe, dean of the
Technology advances earn state innovation awards | ASU News
Arizona Governor’s Celebration of Innovation Awards winners for 2014 include a faculty member and an undergraduate student in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. David Frakes received the Innovator of the Year Award in the
Feds announce new $15 M fund for social innovation research | Academica Group – Research and Consulting for Higher Education
The federal government last week announced the launch of the new Community and College Social Innovation Fund, designed to fund applied research at colleges and polytechnics that addresses social issues including poverty, crime prevention, community safety, and economic development at
Venture’s funding reaches $2.5 million with help from Next Level Ventures
VIDA Diagnostics, a venture out of the University of Iowa Research Park (UIRP) BioVentures Center, recently received $2 million in funding from Next Level Ventures (NLV), a Des Moines venture capital firm created to invest in Iowa companies. This $2
Ottawa, Quebec pitch in on $279M innovation fund
Finance Minister Joe Oliver was in Montreal to announce appropriation from supervision for a new try collateral fund. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) The sovereign supervision and Quebec’s provincial supervision have affianced to representation in $1 for any $2 lifted by
Cornell University’s Binoptics sold to Massachusetts company for $230M
Ithaca laser-technology company Binoptics is being bought by M/A-Com Technology Solutions of Lowell, Mass., for $230 million in cash, the company announced Wednesday. Binoptics, in business since 2000 using technology developed at Cornell University, develops and makes semicondutor microchip lasers