The Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology’s inaugural Innovation Conference at IU-Bloomington is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., April 24 in the Frangipani Room of the Indiana Memorial Union. It will feature speakers who cover topics related to commercializing academic research, including how to launch a business through IU’s Spin Up program. Additional topics… Read more »
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The Combine churns into Bloomington once again to harvest innovation, entrepreneurship
Hundreds of inventors, investors and other creative types will converge on the Bloomington Convention Center on April 8-10 for The Combine, an annual conference where coders, creators and culture meet capital and decide to start a company. At least, that’s the idea. Throughout the past five years, The Combine — sponsored in part by Innovate… Read more »
SPEA graduate students work with Spencer, Owen County on economic development plan
Graduate students in IU-Bloomington’s School of Public and Environmental Affairs are working with Spencer Main Street Inc. and the Owen County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corp. on a plan to revitalize their local economy. Led by Barry Rubin, an expert in urban and regional economic development and chair of the school’s Policy Analysis… Read more »
BEST competition at IU Bloomington offers $250,000 for student entrepreneurs' top ideas
Four years ago, a group of 10 investors, the Indiana University Research and Technology Corp. and IU School of Informatics and Computing Dean Bobby Schnabel helped launch the Building Entrepreneurs in Software and Technology (BEST) competition. The objective was to enhance the entrepreneurial culture at IU Bloomington by giving seniors and graduate students two important… Read more »
Efforts to establish engineering program at IU's Bloomington campus are in motion
One of the key recommendations from the recent Battelle economic development report targeting Southwest Central Indiana — the development of an engineering degree at IU Bloomington — is moving ahead full steam, as the university announced it has began the process of launching an engineering program on the Bloomington campus. Such a program, if approved… Read more »
Deadline of April 1 set for applications to Pilot Grant Program established by IU's Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology
The Pilot Grant Program, offered by the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology at IU-Bloomington, funds “proof of concept” projects from any discipline that supports research projects that can: Be developed with an industry partner Serve as the basis to launch a new company Be used to strengthen patent applications based on IU-B discoveries. Project… Read more »
State champions of the Indiana vs. Texas Challenge about to learn who won the overall competition – and who gets "braggin' rights"
The winner of the Indiana vs. Texas Challenge, (initially set to be announced Thursday, March 12) is now scheduled to be announced Wednesday, March 25 — and a pair of Hoosier teams have their eye on the $4,000 grand prize. Organized by the Indy Chamber and TechPoint in partnership with the State of Indiana, the… Read more »
Cyberinfrastructure Building to host reception to launch The Switchboard, a support website for Bloomington's entrepreneurial community
The Cyberinfrastructure Building at IU-Bloomington will be the venue for an April 1 public reception to introduce The Switchboard, an asset-mapping website for Bloomington’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The reception, co-sponsored by IU’s Office of the Vice President for Engagement (OVPE), will highlight the function and purpose of the Switchboard website and showcase the Cyberinfrastructure Building (CIB)… Read more »
IU expands its mission of innovation support by joining the National Academy of Inventors
Indiana University has joined a growing list of university and nonprofit research institutions that are members of the National Academy of Inventors, an organization that honors innovation, the researchers who enable it and efforts to better society through it. The academy also plays an economic development role, in part by serving as a liaison between… Read more »
New innovation and entrepreneurship programs start to take shape as IU moves aggressively toward strategic goals
As Indiana University strengthens its focus on promoting innovation and commercialization in the 21st century — and fostering a culture of “building and making” as IU President Michael A. McRobbie noted in his fall State of the University address — already we are seeing these programs take shape. One such effort is a memorandum of… Read more »