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NSF’s Convergence Accelerator has published a Dear Colleague Letter, DCL (NSF 23-066) to make the research and innovation community aware of the convergent research topics selected for the program’s upcoming 2023 solicitation. The program, within the Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships or TIP, supports

Universities are a hotbed for young talent, ideas and potential; they’re also an often untapped resource for entrepreneurship and sustainable solutions. Imperial College climate tech Pre-accelerator co-founders Filippo Varini and Elliot Queisser de Stockalper have set out to change this

The latest cohort is set to graduate from the University of Cincinnati’s Venture Lab, a program that helps entrepreneurs develop their ideas into businesses, Spectrum News reported. In its first five years of existence, approximately 250 teams have completed the Venture Lab pre-accelerator. More

The Czech government has plans to create a €55m fund of funds to back three independent VCs — including a fund focused exclusively on university spinouts in the field of AI. The fund of funds, which will be managed by the

A new €15 million fund has launched to help quantum technology research in the Netherlands transform into venture capital-investable startups. Backed by Quantum Delta NL (QDNL), a foundation that seeks to boost and scale the Dutch quantum ecosystem, the so-called QDNL Participations fund has a twofold

The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) is pleased to announce approximately $1.7M in planned project activities through the Institute’s Global Health Fund (GHF) Project Call 6.1G for three new projects focused on the development of in vitro potency assays

Five years ago, alumni Sam Wesley and Creighton Joyce submitted a proposal to the Strategic Innovation Fund (now called the Explorer Challenge) that inspired the current 707 Hub. They suggested moving the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship, located on the 4th floor of

ew startup companies based on innovative ideas are crucial to the U.S. economic engine but turning an idea into a thriving business is often fraught with peril. Gaining access to capital, leadership, talent, and infrastructure — the key ingredients of

Illinois Ventures – the U of I System’s venture capital arm – and a group of leading alumni from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign announced the formation of Illini Angels today. It will support early-stage companies that have founders or

Virginia Tech alumni Carol and Bill Seale believe investing in high-impact biomedical research now pays dividends for future generations. Thanks to their generosity, gifts made to Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC during Virginia Tech’s Giving Day, which runs for 24 hours starting