Research Commercialization Academy (BETA 0.01)

Author: http://www.massdevice.com

Source: http://www.massdevice.com

Interest: Venture capital investment is on the wane, but angel investment is increasing, according to a pair of recent reports.

Link: http://www.massdevice.com/news/early-stage-angel-investment-rises-early-stage-vc-funding-falls

Author: Chris Rauber

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com

Interest: UC San Francisco has won two big NIH grants, totaling nearly $12 million.

Link: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/print-edition/2011/10/14/ucsf-gets-12m-from-nih-grants.html

Author: http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org

Source: http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org

Interest: The U.S. National Institutes of Health on Thursday said it had awarded millions of dollars in grant funding for four research projects aimed at developing medical countermeasures that could each be used against multiple potential biowarfare agents

Link: http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20111014_5568.php

Author: Val Osowski

Source: http://news.msu.edu

Interest: EAST LANSING, Mich. — Three researchers from Michigan State University landed federal grants totaling more than $5 million, funds that will be used to enhance research designed to boost specialty crop production in the United States.

Link: http://news.msu.edu/story/9896

Author: Hannah Furfaro

Source: http://www.amestrib.com

Interest: A research project at Iowa State University that is developing biomass plastics for potting plants received nearly $2 million in funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Friday.

Link: http://www.amestrib.com/articles/2011/10/14/ames_tribune/news/doc4e98dae931b03513401564.txt

Author: MEGAN ALLEN

Source: http://www.usustatesman.com

Interest: USU professors and researchers have until Saturday, Oct. 15 to apply for the opportunity to further their research and teaching through university-funded seed grants, distributed by the Office of the Vice President for Research.

Link: http://www.usustatesman.com/grant-money-will-further-professors-research-1.2652585#.TppsYVYTD2g

Author: JUDY NEWMAN

Source: http://host.madison.com/

Interest: Lucigen, a Middleton biotechnology company, has received two Small Business Innovation Research grants totaling $350,000 from the National Institutes of Health.

Link: http://host.madison.com/business/article_ab37f904-f524-11e0-b69a-001cc4c002e0.html

Author: http://www.azonano.com

Source: http://www.azonano.com

Interest: A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has won the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Innovation Corps award, which recognizes research works that can be used commercially and provides researchers with a link to entrepreneurial resources. The award is accompanied with prize money of $ 50,000.

Link: http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=23575

Author: PUI-WING TAM

Source: http://online.wsj.com

Interest: PALO ALTO—Silicon Valley has in recent years sprouted numerous "incubators" and "accelerators" that help nurture young companies, often for a fee or an equity stake. StartX, a corporate accelerator in Palo Alto, takes a different approach.

Link: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203633104576621571511894728.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Author: http://www.politico.com

Source: http://www.politico.com

Interest: If you want to see how American communities can reinvent themselves to compete in today’s global economy, just walk through downtown Pittsburgh. Once abandoned steel plants now house a thriving cluster of innovative robotics companies.

Link: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/65636.html

Author: Erik Greb

Source: http://pharmtech.findpharma.com

Interest: The FDA-funded projects are intended to improve the science and technology for drug development and manufacturing.

Link: http://pharmtech.findpharma.com/pharmtech/News/FDA-Awards-NIPTE-Multimillion-Dollar-Research-Gran/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/743718?contextCategoryId=35097

Author: http://www.buffalo.edu

Source: http://www.buffalo.edu

Interest: The University at Buffalo has been awarded funding to conduct important medical research in neuroscience and pediatric pharmacology as part of SUNY REACH, a collaborative research network of SUNY's four academic health centers and the College of Optometry.

Link: http://www.buffalo.edu/news/12948

Author: The Associated Press

Source: http://www.businessweek.com

Interest: The National Cancer Institute has awarded $14.2 million in grants to the University of Illinois at Chicago for tobacco research.

Link: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9QA4VEO2.htm

Author: Elizabeth Fay

Source: http://www.wrex.com

Interest: ROCKFORD (WREX) - Several groups like EIGERlab, Rockford Area Economic Development Council, Northern Illinois University, Rock Valley College made a collaborative effort to earn federal grants and all are expected to benefit. The funding for three grants totals $10 million dollars. Half of it is federal money, the other half is funding local agencies matched.

Link: http://www.wrex.com/story/15681031/federal-grant-money-to-boost-economy

Author: http://www.salisburypost.com

Source: http://www.salisburypost.com

Interest: At one point this summer, 12 students from four universities were doing research in the new Catawba County-Appalachian State University Biodiesel Research, Development and Production Facility.

Link: http://www.salisburypost.com/News/101311-edui-catawba-biodiesel-research-qcd

Author: CNBC

Source: http://www.energytribune.com

Interest: The state’s two large universities will lead efforts to develop biofuels and regional renewable-energy markets under $80 million grants that are among the largest ever awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the agency announced Wednesday.

Link: http://www.energytribune.com/articles.cfm/8835/USDA-Grants-80-Mln-For-Biofuel-Development

Author: Nicolas Mokhoff

Source: http://www.edn.com

Interest: MANHASSET, NY—The National Science Foundation has traced the results of the work by 2011 Nobel Laureates in Physics and Economics to grants the government agency awarded to them early in their research.

Link: http://www.edn.com/article/519591-Nobel_laureates_traced_to_NSF_research_grants.php

Author: JEREMY STRATTON

Source: http://finance-commerce.com

Interest: A research center at the University of Minnesota is looking to the future of bio-renewable materials in an area that might seem unlikely: plastics.

Link: http://finance-commerce.com/2011/10/university-of-minnesota-center-develops-earth-friendly-plastics/

Author: Keith McDowell

Source: http://goforthandinnovate.blogspot.com

Interest: The story begins with the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980. The act permitted universities to elect to pursue ownership of an invention developed from federal research grants in preference to the government and to actively commercialize the invention.

Link: http://goforthandinnovate.blogspot.com/2011/10/whos-in-charge.html

Author: http://www.insideindianabusiness.com

Source: http://www.insideindianabusiness.com

Interest: Results of a study by a group of University of Notre Dame researchers represent a promising step on the road to developing new drugs for a variety of neurological diseases.

Link: http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=50140