By Jason Whitney, manager of strategic partnerships, Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. As we close out 2017, construction nears completion on a project originally announced in February. At that time, Gov. Eric Holcomb took the stage at Launch Fishers to kick off the Indiana IoT Lab – Fishers project. Bill Stephan, Indiana University vice… Read more »
Year: 2017
Apexian Pharmaceuticals closes Series A funding round
Congratulations to Apexian Pharmaceuticals, which licenses technology through the Indiana University Innovation and Commercialization Office. Mark R. Kelley, Apexian Pharmaceuticals’ chief scientific officer, is the Betty and Earl Herr Chair in Pediatric Oncology Research and a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Indiana University… Read more »
Register now for a Nov. 28 seminar for women and underrepresented minorities about federal SBIR and STTR grants
Maria Labreveux, executive director of the Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation, is scheduled to speak Tuesday, Nov. 28, to women and underrepresented minority researchers and entrepreneurs at IUPUI and the IU School of Medicine. The topic will be federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer grant programs. The hourlong seminar will be… Read more »
Source River West adds new entrepreneurship services with Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust Grant
Source River West Entrepreneurship Center has been awarded a two-year, $125,000 grant from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust to expand services at the near-westside education and business support center, located at 2230 W. Michigan St. The grant will allow Source River West to provide additional services, programs, coaching and co-working space to support entrepreneurial… Read more »
IU Southeast engages local business leaders on 21st-century workforce solutions
Indiana University Southeast Chancellor Ray Wallace and One Southern Indiana President and CEO Wendy Dant Chesser spoke with business leaders from the Southern Indiana and metropolitan Louisville region during a Nov. 8 appreciation luncheon in New Albany. The luncheon allowed IU Southeast leadership to thank employers who have regularly supported the university and employed its… Read more »
Nov. 1 CREED meeting highlighted government relations, IU South Bend
The Indiana University Council for Regional Engagement and Economic Development, or CREED, held its final quarterly meeting of 2017 on Nov. 1 on the IUPUI campus. David Gard provided updates from the university, including an extended and expanded goal to raise $3 billion in the For All: The Indiana University Bicentennial Campaign; the announcement of… Read more »
These 58 IU researchers were named on issued patents in 2016-17
Indiana University had a strong year in technology transfer activity in 2016-17, reporting a 10-year high in licensing agreements and a year-over-year increase in invention disclosures. Also, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a record 57 patents on IU discoveries in 2016-17, eclipsing the previous record of 53 issued the year before. Another 142… Read more »
IUPUI researcher to promote high-tech device during Indianapolis forum Oct. 27
M. Terry Loghmani, associate professor of physical therapy in the Indiana University School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, will speak about a medical device system developed at IUPUI during an event today, Oct. 27. The Invention to Startup Forum is scheduled for 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the Indiana Center for Biomedical Innovation, 1800 N. Capitol Ave., in… Read more »
A summary of the UEDA Annual Summit: How universities lead regional economic development
The University Economic Development Association Annual Summit showcases some of the best current initiatives in university economic development. Several IU colleagues and I recently attended the 2017 summit in Long Beach, California, and I thought it would be worthwhile to share some highlights. Keynotes Bill Allen, CEO of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.,… Read more »
Eleven startups founded by Bloomington residents named to the B-Start program
B-Start, a pre-accelerator program for early-stage startups in Bloomington, has announced its 2017 cohort. Eleven startups were selected to participate in the 22-week program, during which they will attend workshops in lean business concepts, customer acquisition, fundraising, marketing and more. The 11 B-Start participants are: Adventure Field Guides: Marketplace of trip guides made by a… Read more »