Center for Entrepreneurship

April 21, 2016
New fund to accelerate engineering, medical research products

U-M has launched the Monroe-Brown Seed Fund to advance the process of transitioning commercially viable engineering and medical research projects to market.
February 25, 2016
CFE, Mcity collaborate to spur transportation innovation

The Center for Entrepreneurship in partnership with the Mobility Transformation Center is launching TechLab at Mcity, a collaborative effort to promote connected- and driverless-vehicle innovation.
January 22, 2016
Contest offers student ventures chance at mentorship, prize money

Student teams will pitch 21 ideas hoping to be the last one standing in a unique, semester-long student venture competition called The Startup.
November 3, 2015
University invests $1 million in solving transportation challenges

U-M will award more than $1 million in grant funding to technologies that demonstrate high potential for solving transportation’s toughest challenges.
February 15, 2014
Gene-based cancer diagnosis tech wins entrepreneurship contest

Three U-M pathology researchers who developed software that could improve cancer diagnosis and treatment have won a statewide competition organized by the Center for Entrepreneurship.
February 10, 2014
Business contest aims to grow entrepreneurial roots in Michigan

A new statewide contest administered by U-M’s Center for Entrepreneurship aims to arm university students with the resources and skills to launch successful startups in Michigan.
January 22, 2014
$4.35M from Davidson Foundation to fuel research-driven innovation

The William Davidson Foundation has awarded $4.35 million to U-M to support programs that will accelerate the flow of university-generated ideas to the marketplace.
November 4, 2013
U-M aims to offer entrepreneurial education to all undergrads

In an effort to offer formal entrepreneurship education to all U-M undergraduates within the next two years, Provost Martha Pollack has appointed Thomas Zurbuchen, an engineering professor with a proven entrepreneurial track record, as senior counselor for entrepreneurial education.