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University Gap Funding and Accelerator Community News
Penn State University RAIN grant program backs exciting applied research
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Four research projects with high potential for technology commercialization have received grants through a Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences program designed to spur innovation.
Yale launches new $2.5M YEI Innovation Fund
Yale students and recent students have launched many companies in recent years, from potential game-changers such as forest-monitoring software developer SilviaTerra and Higher One, the financial services firm for college students, to the distinctly urban cardboard furniture maker, Chairigami. Now
Georgia Tech launches a crowdfunding site
Allison Jo Mercer, a researcher at Georgia Tech, is developing an adhesive based on a brilliantly sticky fish. Her work could some day translate into Band-Aids that don’t pull your hair out when you rip them off, safer bandages for serious
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.