Research Commercialization Academy (BETA 0.01)

Author: http://www.physorg.com

Source: http://www.physorg.com

Interest: New research aimed at controlling the transmission of diseases among humans, other animals and the environment is being made possible by grants from a collaboration among U.S. and U.K. funding agencies.

Link: http://www.physorg.com/wire-news/77475948/investigating-the-spread-of-infectious-diseases-with-nsf-nih-uk.html

Author: Kate Durio

Source: http://www.katc.com

Interest: LSU's Barry Dellinger, Patrick F. Taylor Chair for the Environmental Impact of Hazardous Waste in the LSU Department of Chemistry, recently received more than $11 million from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, or NIEHS, to continue the LSU Superfund Research Center and focus its research on Environmentally-Persistent Free Radicals, or EPFRs.

Link: http://www.katc.com/news/lsu-professor-receives-11-million-from-niehs-for-superfund-research/

Author: WEBWIRE

Source: http://www.webwire.com

Interest: The National Science Foundation has awarded a $13 million grant to Yale University and Southern Connecticut State University to establish a Center of Excellence for Materials Research and Innovation also known as a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC).

Link: http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=145359

Author: Jennifer Wang

Source: http://www.entrepreneur.com

Interest: Imagine trying to convince a Yankees star pitcher to join a new, unproven Major League Baseball franchise. An impossible task? Not necessarily. Corey Reese, co-founder and CEO of Ness Computing, took on the tech-world equivalent of the challenge--and succeeded.

Link: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/220236

Author: Tom Oswald

Source: http://news.msu.edu

Interest: EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University has licensed cutting-edge software that detects altered fingerprints to Morpho, part of the Safran group, one of the world’s leading suppliers of identification and detection solutions.

Link: http://news.msu.edu/story/9761/

Author: Michael Sheffield

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com

Interest: A new compound being developed at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center could be the link to preventing blindness in diabetic retinothropy patients. It has already received $1.1 million in research grants from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.

Link: http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/print-edition/2011/09/09/ut-researchers-target-diabetes.html

Author: Michelle Lang

Source: http://www.masshightech.com

Interest: The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary has landed an $11 million award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, part of the National Institutes of Health, to develop antibiotics for highly resistant staph and bacterial infections.

Link: http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2011/09/05/daily48-NIH-grants-11M-to-Mass-Eye-and-Ear-for-superbug-research.html

Author: Karen E. Klein

Source: http://www.businessweek.com

Interest: The Office of Naval Research funds research and development for new technologies for the military. An associate director details the agency's criteria.

Link: http://www.businessweek.com/small-business/one-government-funding-source-for-small-contractors-09092011.html

Author: Carolyn Y. Johnson

Source: http://www.boston.com

Interest: A day after President Obama laid out his plan to stimulate jobs, the director of the National Institutes of Health made the case that funding biomedical research reverberates beyond the laboratory -- stimulating innovation and also having a significant economic impact, with each dollar of an NIH grant providing more than two dollars of benefit to the economy.

Link: http://www.boston.com/Boston/whitecoatnotes/2011/09/nih-director-says-science-funding-helps-economy/DzwIcEMYTmAhWATwClvBGJ/index.html

Author: Joseph Lord

Source: http://www.courier-journal.com

Interest: A University of Louisville researcher has been awarded a grant renewal to allow him to continue work to develop a gene therapy that would minimize muscle damage from a heart attack.

Link: http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110909/NEWS01/309090077/U-L-researcher-wins-grant-renewal?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Home

Author: Tracey Bryant

Source: http://www.udel.edu

Interest: The University of Delaware has won $9.1 million for solar energy research and development -- the highest funding awarded to a university -- through the SunShot Initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

Link: http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2012/sep/iec-solar-research-090911.html

Author: http://www.nanotech-now.com

Source: http://www.nanotech-now.com

Interest: Thostenson is leading a team that recently received a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation's Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) in Engineering program.

Link: http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=43348

Author: MICHELLE QUINN

Source: http://www.politico.com

Interest: The America Invents Act, which the Senate began considering this week after a cloture vote, will most likely be heralded as historic for updating patent laws and as a boon for innovators and job creators.

Link: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/62845.html

Author: Gulf Coast Business

Source: http://blog.al.com

Interest: SBIR funds the critical startup and developmental stages and encourages the commercialization of the technology, product or service, which in turn stimulates the economy and creates jobs.

Link: http://blog.al.com/press-register-business/2011/09/sba_here_to_help_inventors_res.html

Author: http://www.newstreamz.com

Source: http://www.newstreamz.com

Interest: The National Science Foundation recently gave Texas State University’s Department of Engineering Technology a $486,599 grant for equipment upgrades to facilitate advanced research.

Link: http://www.newstreamz.com/2011/09/07/texas-state-lands-big-tiny-tech-grant/

Author: http://www.nature.com

Source: http://www.nature.com

Interest: An ambitious US programme aims to turn scientists into entrepreneurs. Go on, says Steve Blank, unleash your inner capitalist.

Link: http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110907/full/477133a.html

Author: MATTHEW L. WALD

Source: http://www.nytimes.com

Interest: Undeterred by the bankruptcy filing of a California solar company that got $535 million in federal loan guarantees, the Energy Department is issuing two more large loan guarantees, albeit to companies that look like safer bets.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/business/energy-environment/2-more-solar-companies-get-us-loan-backing.html?_r=1

Author: Doug Macron

Source: http://www.genomeweb.com

Interest: The National Institutes of Health this month awarded more than $500,000 in grants to help researchers study the use of microRNAs as biomarkers for various diseases, including obstructive neuropathy and liver and prostate cancers.

Link: http://www.genomeweb.com/rnai/nih-awards-500k-grants-projects-studying-mirnas-biomarkers

Author: Debbie Andalo

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk

Interest: Dr Joseph Jankowski, associate VP at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio explains what the university's venture capital fund has achieved.

Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/2011/aug/22/university-of-ohio-venture-capital-fund

Author: The Dow Chemical Company

Source: http://www.marketwatch.com

Interest: - As part of the U.S. Department of Energy's SunShot initiative, Dow Solar, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company DOW -3.22% , has been awarded a $12.8 million, 3-year grant to fund a program to dramatically reduce the cost of building integrated (BIPV) solar products.

Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-us-department-of-energy-awards-dow-solar-128-million-to-develop-next-generation-breakthrough-building-integrated-photovoltaics-2011-09-02?reflink=MW_news_stmp