Entrepreneurship & Innovation
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July 8, 2020
Advanced Transportation Hub funds promising mobility projects
The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Innovation Hub for Advanced Transportation at U-M recently awarded a combined $710,000 to eight high-tech, early-stage projects.
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March 23, 2020
University awards six XR projects under new initiative
Six extended reality projects will receive a first wave of funding under U-M’s new XR Initiative, announced in the fall. Financial awards for the first-round projects range from $12,000 to $25,000.
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January 17, 2020
2020 Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize nominations due Jan. 31
Members of the U-M community can reward innovative teaching by submitting a brief online form nominating someone for the 2020 Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize through Jan. 31.
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November 15, 2019
Economic Growth Institute recognized for aiding Michigan businesses
Two programs that help Michigan businesses have garnered U-M’s Economic Growth Institute this year’s Innovation Award from the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.
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October 30, 2019
U-M academic programs to anchor Detroit Center for Innovation
U-M will anchor the Detroit Center for Innovation, a 14-acre center in downtown Detroit aimed at stimulating entrepreneurial activity, educating students and further diversifying the regional economy.
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October 30, 2019
What others are saying about the Detroit Center for Innovation
Here’s what others are saying about the Detroit Center for Innovation.
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October 17, 2019
New investment fund to offer early-stage capital for U-M startups
U-M Tech Transfer, the unit responsible for commercializing university research and innovations, will create the Accelerate Blue Fund to provide seed capital to nascent U-M startup companies.
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October 14, 2019
Tech Transfer activity sets records in fiscal year 2019
U-M Tech Transfer reported that 22 startups were launched in fiscal year 2019, surpassing last year’s record of 21, and 198 U.S. patents were issued for inventions created at U-M, up from 183.
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October 14, 2019
Celebrate Invention schedule
Schedule of events for 2019 Celebrate Invention.
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October 1, 2019
Blaauw, Sylvester are 2019 Distinguished University Innovators
David Blaauw and Dennis Sylvester, professors of electrical engineering and computer science, have been named the recipients of this year’s Distinguished University Innovator Award.
