GAP Community News

A $1.2 million Washington Research Foundation (WRF) grant will help fund a training program for entrepreneurs at Washington State University later this year. The Postdoctoral Entrepreneurship Program (PEP) supports early-career innovators to improve the likelihood of successfully commercializing their technologies for public benefit. WRF’s

Over 60 years ago at Rice University, President John F. Kennedy recommitted the country to the Space Race. Now, decades later, the university is announcing its commitment to moonshot innovators. Rice University’s Office of Innovation established the One Small Step Grant —

After its inaugural cycle in 2022-23, Cornell University’s Life Sciences Technology Innovation Fellowship, formerly known as the BioEntrepreneurship Initiative, enters its second year with a new cohort of 15 business students and 12 researchers who are eager to embark on their

In advancing a vision for building a microelectronics ecosystem that can serve both the state of Arizona and America’s national agenda for semiconductor research, development and manufacturing, time is a factor, speed matters and so does collaboration. Arizona State University

Industry-academic collaborations have long been seen as a win-win-win: companies access top talent for research and development; students gain marketable skills applying classroom learning to practical problems; and faculty gain more opportunities to solve problems that matter. As a Carnegie

BioInnovation Institute (BII), an international non-profit foundation incubating and accelerating world-class life science research, today announces that eight new companies have entered its Venture Lab acceleration program for early-stage companies. The cohort is strategically aligned with BII’s focus on supporting

Advancements in electric vehicle battery packs, lithium extraction methods and cancer treatment are among the projects funded through the UWM Research Foundation’s Catalyst Grant program this year. The program, supported by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and Clarios, has

Endometriosis diagnostics. Tumor detection. Blood-based biomarkers. Bone repair. These are just a handful of the medical solutions Arizona State University researchers and Mayo Clinic doctors aim to explore through an innovative funding opportunity concentrated on collaboration between physicians and academics.Sixteen

In addition to its growing network of incubators, accelerators, makerspaces, coworking spaces, and non-profits, Houston’s leading academic institutions are also investing in the region’s innovation ecosystem. The University of Houston is set to break ground on a 70,000-square-foot, high-tech Innovation

Big ideas are born at NC State on a regular basis. Bill Spruill knows that — which is why he decided to donate close to a million dollars to the university in support of the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund (CIF). Starting this year, Spruill’s