B-Start, the pre-accelerator program launched by the Bloomington Economic Development Corp. to encourage technology-based businesses founded by students at Indiana University Bloomington and Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington, has selected nine startup ventures to take part in its inaugural cohort this fall Supported in part by Innovate Indiana, B-Start competitively selects startups to receive mentorship and coaching… Read more »
Year: 2015
Grand Challenges initiative urges IU faculty across all disciplines, campuses to "go big" and attack world's most pressing problems
For those who haven’t heard by now — or were otherwise besieged by early-semester tasks — Indiana University just launched the most ambitious research program in its history. Through a $300 million investment over the next five years, IU’s Grand Challenges program aims to address some of the world’s most pressing issues — such as… Read more »
IU researchers' efforts to combat polycystic kidney disease not limited to the laboratory
At 8 a.m. Saturday (Sept. 19) at IUPUI’s Michael A. Carroll Soccer and Track Stadium on the IUPUI campus, hundreds of Hoosiers with a common cause — the eventual defeat of polycystic kidney disease — will begin gathering for a fundraising walk (with a 1-mile and 3-mile route) that starts at 9 a.m. Among them… Read more »
Five Spin Up companies advance to the next phase of BioCrossroads New Venture contest
Five companies founded through the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp’s Spin Up program have moved to the next round of the fourth-annual BioCrossroads New Venture Competition. Finalists in the competition are expected to be announced later this month, with the winners revealed Oct. 14 in conjunction with the 12th annual Indiana Life Sciences… Read more »
IU to expand STEM education toward diverse student pool through $1.66 million Navy grant
Expanding STEM-related skills (science, technology, engineering, math) within an increasingly diverse pool of talented students and researchers is the impetus behind a five-year, $1.66 million grant recently awarded to Indiana University by the U.S. Navy. Successful STEM initiatives with historically black colleges and universities (HCBUs) — such as IU’s Summer Scholars Institute with 12 partner… Read more »
Funding opportunity available through state program for brain, spinal cord injury research
Requests for Proposals (RFPs) are now being accepted for the Indiana Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Fund. Established in 2007 by the state of Indiana, the fund fosters and encourages research for the prevention, treatment and cure of spinal cord and brain injuries — including acute management, medical complications, rehabilitative techniques, and neuronal recovery…. Read more »
IU Bloomington researchers are co-recipients of $1.2 million NSF grant to study "makers"
As Indiana University pursues its bicentennial goal of instilling “a culture of building and making” throughout the Hoosier State, a pair of IU researchers recently were named co-recipients of a $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to study “making” as a potential driver of the U.S. economy. Associate professors Shaowen Bardzell and Jeffrey Bardzell of… Read more »
First Tedx event for IU Bloomington campus scheduled for November 13 at IU Auditorium
Since 2011, TedX events have taken place in Bloomington. So far, IU’s Bloomington campus has yet to host such an affair. But that will change at 7 p.m. on Nov. 13 when IU Auditorium hosts TedxIndianaUniversity. Tedx is an offshoot of the TED program, a non-profit organization based in New York City and Vancouver, B.C…. Read more »
Auricyte's 'ear-in-a-dish' technology among Best in Show at Innovation Showcase 2015
Spin Up company Auricyte LLC, which looks to cure hearing loss by transforming human stem cells into functioning hearing cells, is one of five companies that will be recognized Thursday as being among the Best in Show at the recent Innovation Showcase 2015 held in Speedway. The company was co-founded in 2014 by IU School… Read more »
Red Fund grant helps support a GIS-based economic development tool for NW Indiana
Two dozen town and city administrators from nine Lake County towns were introduced last week to a new economic development tool that uses geographic information systems (GIS) to help businesses and city leaders make better strategic decisions. The Aug. 22 seminar at IU Northwest’s Gary campus — conducted by IU Northwest School of Business and… Read more »