The university has announced that it is expanding the resources devoted to delivering IU innovations to Indiana and the nation. Technology transfer activities have been moved into the Office of the Vice President for Research. These activities include receiving and vetting invention disclosures, applying for intellectual property protection, and marketing technologies and licensing them to… Read more »
Research
Johnson Center for Innovation and Translational Research funds a total of nearly $100K to four projects
The Johnson Center for Innovation and Translational Research has awarded a total of nearly $100,000 through its Translational Research Pilot Grant program to four projects led by researchers at Indiana University Bloomington. Launched in 2015, the program supports the development of translational research projects with industry partners and the establishment of new companies, as well as… Read more »
Bloomington Innovation Conference expands as it connects industry, research
For the third year in a row, the Bloomington Innovation Conference connected Indiana University Bloomington researchers and industry officials from the region. The conference, organized by the Johnson Center for Innovation and Translational Research, included presentations from external speakers and IU Bloomington faculty who received JCITR Translational Research Pilot Grant Awards. Keith R. Davis, director… Read more »
New IU Grand Challenge initiative to tackle major environmental threats to Hoosier health, economy
Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie has announced that IU will invest $55 million to help Indiana develop actionable solutions that prepare businesses, farmers, communities and individual Hoosiers for the effects of ongoing environmental change. The initiative — Prepared for Environmental Change — is the second project funded through IU’s $300 million Grand Challenges Program,… Read more »
April 2017 Innovation in BLOOMington e-newsletter now available
The Innovation in BLOOMington e-newsletter from Innovate Indiana is now available. Read more about the research, innovation and economic development at Indiana Univeristy-Bloomington online.
Bloomington Innovation Conference brings together industry leaders, IU Bloomington researchers on April 6
The third annual Bloomington Innovation Conference continues its mission to bring some of the best Indiana University research to the marketplace. Researchers will highlight new and continuing innovation in the Indiana University Bloomington research community, and regional industry leaders will get early exposure to cutting-edge work that could potentially lead to commercial products and services…. Read more »
Save the Date: BioCrossroads’ 14th annual Indiana Life Sciences Summit
BioCrossroads has announced that the 14th annual Indiana Life Sciences Summit will be held October 9-10.
IU doctors, Purdue University researchers collaborate to create embedding program
The Oncological Sciences Center at Purdue University’s Discovery Park and Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center are collaborating to create a less invasive means of detecting prostate cancer. The Walther Oncology Physical Sciences and Engineering Research Embedding Program places either a Purdue student or postdoctoral trainee studying the physical and chemical/sciences or engineering… Read more »
IU, other universities receive NSF grant to aid women, other minority entrepreneurs
Indiana University, the University of Louisville, and Missouri University of Science and Technology were awarded a $225,000 grant for a pilot program called AWARE: ACCESS: Building Innovation Capacity through Diversity. The program will help women and other minority faculty, staff and student innovators improve their successes in securing money to commercialize their inventions. “We are thrilled to… Read more »
Regional Campus Grand Challenges Initiative winners announced
Two projects have been selected for Indiana University’s Regional Campus Grand Challenges Initiative. The program focuses on regional campus faculty who are uniquely suited to engage in promising multi-disciplinary efforts to address complex challenges that face Indiana communities. The selected projects address one of the two applied research areas: Making Indiana Healthier, to leverage the… Read more »