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Texas lawmakers could give billions to universities for research
The Texas House approved two measures this week that would create the Texas University Fund and allocate billions for higher education research to certain universities, including Texas State University. On Tuesday, the House gave its final approval in a 136-11
PSU Pathways Program helps faculty commercialize their medical innovations
A new Penn State Center for Medical Innovation program is helping Penn State researchers translate their innovative ideas from the lab and clinic to the health care marketplace. Faculty may juggle multiple responsibilities, including lecturing, mentoring trainees, performing experiments, submitting grants and
Ontario Investing $7.5M in New Innovative Hub to Grow the Life Sciences Sector
The Ontario government is investing $7.5 million to help build a state-of-the-art Innovation Arena at the University of Waterloo. The new $35 million facility will be a hub for innovation in Ontario’s life sciences sector in Kitchener and Waterloo, supporting
U-M receives $71M NIH grant to advance clinical, translational science
Traditionally, the timeline for translating research into effective therapies for disease has been long. On average, it takes more than 10 years to bring a potential medication to market, and most drugs and other interventions that reach clinical trials fail
Seed funding helps international partnerships grow for MSU faculty
Mississippi State is encouraging its faculty to continue building new global partnerships with the university’s impactful international research already expanding across all seven continents. Administered by the university’s International Institute and funded by the Office of Research and Economic Development,
Wyss Institute’s Lab-on-a-Molecule Drug Discovery Project Receives…
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Northpond Labs, the research-and-development affiliate of Northpond Ventures, entered into an agreement today, whereby Northpond Labs will support the Institute’s “Lab-on-a-Molecule” project. This is the third Wyss project to which
Building an ecosystem
Even though William & Mary is best known as a liberal arts “public Ivy,” it’s also a research university where professors are quietly producing innovative technology — and are less quietly trying to create an entrepreneurial network to support it.
Two UAB startups receive grants from Innovate Alabama – News | UAB
The Alabama Innovation Corporation awarded two University of Alabama at Birmingham startups with grants during the second round of Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant awards. The Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant Program awards funds to Alabama-based companies that have been granted Phase I or Phase II
New program advises UCSC Ph.D. students on their path to entrepreneurship and venture capital
Many student-led innovations never make it out of the lab. A new program at UC Santa Cruz aims to change that by mentoring Ph.D. students in the life sciences on alternative career pathways outside academia: entrepreneurship and venture capital. The Innovation
Six student startups earn $50,000 President’s Buckeye Accelerator grants
Six startup business ventures created by The Ohio State University undergraduate students have each received $50,000 through the second annual President’s Buckeye Accelerator. The goal of the President’s Buckeye Accelerator is to help students who found startups to test their ideas