Research Commercialization Academy (BETA 0.01)

Author: http://www2.isu.edu

Source: http://www2.isu.edu

Interest: Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter touted the benefits of his proposed new $5 million IGEM, Idaho Global Entrepreneurial Mission, at the Idaho State University Research and Innovation in Science and Engineering (RISE) Complex on Wednesday, Feb. 1.

Link: http://www2.isu.edu/headlines/?p=3559

Author: David Raths

Source: http://campustechnology.com

Interest: Purdue University made the decision to pursue a commercial partnership to take Signals, its student-retention program, to market.

Link: http://campustechnology.com/articles/2012/02/01/taking-homegrown-products-to-market.aspx

Author: JEFF HARGARTEN

Source: http://www.mndaily.com

Interest: The program creates a partnership with the University, allowing the researcher to launch a startup and contract U labs for their companies.

Link: http://www.mndaily.com/2012/02/02/otc-assists-path-startups

Author: EMILY MALTBY

Source: http://online.wsj.com

Interest: Despite significant funding challenges, including depressed home prices and a tight overall credit market, entrepreneurship rates have risen from 2006 through 2010, according to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a small-business research group in Kansas City, Mo.

Link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204555904577169332055128036.html

Author: Flinn Foundation

Source: Flinn Foundation

Interest: The annual study by the Battelle Technology Partnership Practice found that since 2002 Arizona has outpaced the nation in generating bioscience jobs and firms, and in winning National Institutes of Health grants, the gold standard for biomedical research funding. Even venture-capital funding, long a challenge for Arizona's bioscience sector, was on an upswing in the past year.

Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/arizona-bioscience-sector-sustains-strong-job-growth-2012-01-31

Author: Olga Khazan

Source: The Washington Post

Interest: On the one-year anniversary of the Startup America Partnership, President Obama urged Congress Tuesday to pass legislation that would make it easier for start-up companies to raise money and grow. The initiative is the latest push by the federal government to encourage more entre­pre­neur­ship and to boost fast-growing companies.

Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/on-small-business/obamas-small-business-proposal-would-help-high-growth-start-ups-experts-say/2012/01/31/gIQAcDNwfQ_story.html

Author: PR.Com

Source: Fuentek, LLC

Interest: a technology consulting firm that provides intellectual property (IP) management and technology transfer services, has announced the release of the company’s white paper, A Roadmap for Commercializing Federally Funded Research: Guidance for Universities and Government Lab Technology Transfer.

Link: http://www.pr.com/press-release/387265

Author: The Wall Street Journal

Source: Athersys, Inc.

Interest: Athersys, a leader in the emerging field of regenerative medicine, announced today grant funding aggregating $3.6 million to further advance its MultiStem(R) product programs and cell therapy platform. "These grant awards provide us with additional funding to support further development of MultiStem in specific therapeutic areas, as well as enhance our manufacturing platform," said Dr. Gil Van Bokkelen, Athersys Chairman & CEO. "Historically, we have been very successful at obtaining this type

Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/athersys-awarded-36-million-in-grant-funding-for-stem-cell-product-development-2012-02-01

Author: Wailin Wong

Source: Chicago Tribune

Interest: The local technology sector gained two new sources of high-profile funding on Tuesday (January 31, 2012), with both the state of Illinois and a group of industry leaders unveiling investment initiatives for early-stage companies.

Link: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0201-vc-illinois-20120201,0,1547506.story

Author: Charlie Osborne

Source: ZDNet

Interest: Harvard University has announced a partnership with New Enterprise Associates to begin a seed-stage venture fund which may entice the next Zuckerberg to stay and complete a degree at the prestigious academic establishment.

Link: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/harvard-announces-fund-for-next-generation-gates-and-zuckerbergs/14946

Author: greatfallstribune.com

Source: greatfallstribune.com

Interest: The technologies being developed sound futuristic: industrial lubricants made without petroleum; a simple mechanical attachment that injects tractor exhaust into the soil to enhance its productivity; jet fuel created from a yellow flower that grows wild in the ditches along Montana's highways.

Link: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20120131/NEWS01/201310311/MSU-Northern-s-BioEnergy-Center-receives-648-000-grant

Author: Union-Tribune

Source: U-T San Diego News

Interest: The Zuckerberg syndrome has spread. Young, brilliant scientists are not patiently waiting until they graduate to get a job or start a company. Instead, they are using college and graduate school as an incubator, and innovation is the result.

Link: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jan/31/tp-breeding-grounds-for-entrepreneurship/

Author: Indiana University

Source: Indiana University

Interest: BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Jan 30 -- Two doctoral candidates at Indiana University Bloomington's School of Informatics and Computing will share equally in a $100,000 gift from international software company Persistent Systems to support research in cloud computing and bioinformatics.

Link: http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-01-30/indiana_university_phd_students_get_$100k_to_study_cloud_computing,_bioinformatics.html

Author: Kelly Field

Source: The Chronicle

Interest: With the presidential election less than a year away, President Obama focused his third State of the Union address Tuesday on the struggles of the nation's middle class, urging Congress to invest in worker retraining and make college more affordable for the average American family.

Link: http://chronicle.com/article/Obama-Puts-Focus-on-Colleges/130447/

Author: Office of Communications SUNY-ESF

Source: Office of Communications SUNY-ESF

Interest: State Assemblyman William Magnarelli (D-120), the Syracuse Center of Excellence and CenterState Corporation for Economic Opportunity (CEO) announced at ESF Friday that five companies have received Commercialization Assistance Program (CAP) awards totaling $248,300 to promote the commercialization of innovative green and clean technologies.

Link: http://www.esf.edu/communications/view.asp?newsID=1484

Author: J.K. Wall

Source: Indianapolis Business Journal

Interest: Like all universities, Purdue University wants to derive more revenue from the research of its professors. But the West Lafayette school’s leaders think the process of matching its professors with people who can help create commercial products is too cumbersome. So last week Purdue announced a new Innovation and Commercialization Center, which is supposed to be a one-stop shop for professors to get help developing their research into products and for outside investors to find out what research

Link: http://www.ibj.com/purdue-hopes-center-simplifies-commercialization/PARAMS/article/32271

Author: Inside Higher Ed

Source: Inside Higher Ed

Interest: A group of presidents from 12 research universities are calling for restored federal investment in the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, which had its budget slashed by 54 percent last year. The department's research arm works with universities to create technologies to guard against terrorist attacks and disasters, according to a letter from the group to Janet Napolitano, the secretary of homeland security. Research funded by the department "will lead to crit

Link: http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2012/01/27/university-presidents-push-homeland-security-research-funds

Author: Lynn Ducey

Source: bizjournals.com

Interest: Three businesses and product plans put together by Arizona State University students received $15,000 in cash support on Friday as part of the school's 2012 Student Startup Summit & Demo Day.

Link: http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/morning_call/2012/01/15k-awarded-to-asu-student.html

Author: heritage.com

Source: heritage.com

Interest: A miniature, battery-free, wireless, cardiac implant being developed by a University of Michigan researcher and the Ann Arbor company Integrated Sensing Systems Inc. has received important funding that could get it to patients more quickly.

Link: http://www.heritage.com/articles/2012/01/29/ann_arbor_journal/news/doc4f2596412640b706834788.txt

Author: Michael Koeris

Source: biotechstart.org

Interest: The SBIR program is highly desirable for small businesses as defined by the administration since it is a source of non-dilutive funds that was envisioned to be used to support expoloratory work. Often such funds are used to de-risk technical challenges and demonstrate that a technology can be a viable product.

Link: http://www.biotechstart.org/2012/01/benefits-challenges-sbir-funding-lean-agile-startups/