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Awide range of ambitious projects, aimed at improving medicine in disciplines from pediatrics to oncology to genomics, are set for seed funding through a new UConn Research funding initiative. Seventeen projects across UConn and UConn Health will receive a total

Students at Rice University will have a new opportunity to have a taste of entrepreneurship this summer. The Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, or Lilie, has established a new startup accelerator program called the Summer Venture Studio. The program, which

With startup funding from seed grants, researchers across the College of Engineering are pursuing 20 new projects addressing subjects from quantum phononics to human-robot interaction to how bacteria influence the proliferation of cancer cells. The seed grants were distributed through a program

RALEIGH, N.C. –  The University of North Carolina System has signed an educational partnership agreement with the U.S. Air Force’s innovation arm, known as AFWERX, to foster education and research opportunities in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and other areas. The

FAU Tech Runway® recently accepted 20 companies to participate in the 11th cohort of its Venture Program. The Venture Program provides the most promising startups and talented entrepreneurs in South Florida with an opportunity to join a year-long program that offers

Five teams of Harvard researchers will work to de-risk promising ideas, with the aim of eventually launching startups, thanks to funding announced today from the University’s Grid Accelerator. Projects emerging from this year’s competitive selection process represent a cross section of

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health is launching an accelerator to help promising healthcare startups come to market. The yearlong, paid Innovation Nexus program will comprise mentorship, coaching and networking with subject matter experts in and outside of the health system. “Since opening the Novant

The University of Connecticut, R/GA Ventures, and CTNext are kicking off their first cohort of the Future Climate Venture Studio this week, with six selected companies creating solutions across a range of critical areas of climate and sustainability including energy,

Five faculty-led innovation teams have been selected to participate in the fifth cohort of the University of Maine’s MIRTA accelerator program. The 2023 projects will develop research innovations in photovoltaic and color changing fabric; utilizing a new technology in catheterization to

New companies are not born out of thin air. An entrepreneur and their idea are the seeds—but that seed won’t grow without proper support in the right environment. To blossom from a fledgling startup into a booming business, these ventures