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How Binghamton U NY ChargeUp Accelerator is helping battery tech startups
On a sunny summer day, the leaders of seven battery-focused startup companies met in Binghamton to visit the Raymond Corporation and play some golf — a day which could fool onlookers into mistaking the members of the ChargeUp Accelerator’s second cohort for
CU Boulder awards therapeutics funding to advance promising drug development projects | Venture Partners at CU Boulder
Venture Partners at CU Boulder has announced the first recipients of a new translational funding program designed to advance promising, early-stage therapeutics with strong commercial potential. The program provides up to $50,000 per project to help CU Boulder researchers generate critical
Eight TCU Student Ventures Split $50,000 in University Accelerator Program
Eight student-created ventures emerged as funding recipients in the 2025 Institute for Entrepreneurship CREATE program’s final pitches in May, dividing $50,000 to help bring their business ideas to life, TCU announced. CREATE is a cross-campus accelerator program run by the
Gov. Whitmer Announces Awardees of First-Ever Michigan Innovation Fund | Michigan Business
Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the initial eight recipients of the first-ever Michigan Innovation Fund (MIF) signed into law earlier this year. With bipartisan support from elected officials in the state Legislature, the fund received a $60 million appropriation to distribute
U Miami Sylvester Innovates Accelerates Early-Stage Cancer Discoveries and Inventions
A new innovation fund will accelerate translational oncology research at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Carefully designed to advance faculty-led projects, the Sylvester Innovates Fund (SIF) will provide up to $1 million for promising cancer discoveries and inventions with clinical potential. “Our
Four selected for inaugural Next-Gen Innovators Fellowship at Penn State
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Four emerging leaders in science and innovation have been selected as the inaugural fellows in Penn State’s Next-Gen Innovators Fellowship program, an initiative designed to close critical training gaps in research translation and technology commercialization. Launched by
NSF advances 29 semifinalists in the second NSF Regional Innovation Engines competition | NSF – National Science Foundation
The U.S. National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program announced the 29 semifinalists advancing to the next stage of the second competition – spanning critical technologies and applications ranging from energy grid security to maximizing the yield of critical minerals
New MIT postdoctoral fellowship program to accelerate innovation in health care
The MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative (MIT HEALS) is launching the Biswas Postdoctoral Fellowship Program to advance the work of outstanding early-career researchers in health and life sciences. Supported by a gift from the Biswas Family Foundation, the program aims to
New Vanderbilt Wond’ry campus collaboration promises heightened opportunities for innovation and entrepreneurship
As part of Vanderbilt’s ongoing drive to foster innovation and entrepreneurship, Provost C. Cybele Raver has announced a strategic new collaboration among the Wond’ry, the School of Engineering and the Owen Graduate School of Management’s Center for Entrepreneurship. The Wond’ry
Innovate Alabama and Harmony Venture Labs launch studio and fund to build scalable startups
Innovate Alabama has partnered with Harmony Venture Labs (HVL) to launch the Innovate Alabama Venture Studio and Fund, a new initiative aimed at helping build and grow high-potential startups in Alabama. Powered by HVL’s successful studio model, this effort will work alongside local