Category: Finance
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Grant Awarded for Mind-Machine Engineering Research Center
National Science Foundation announced an $18.5 million grant to establish an Engineering Research Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering based at University of Washington in Seattle. The grant is for five years of funding, with an option for another five years. The new center is expected to research robotic devices that interact with, assist, and understand…
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Challenge Seeks Sensor to Monitor Ligament, Tendon Repair
A new challenge from InnoCentive in Waltham, Massachusetts offers a $30,000 prize for a design of an implanted micro-sensor that reports displacement and mechanical load on healing ligament or tendon tissues. The deadline for submissions is 22 September 2011. InnoCentive conducts open-innovation challenge competitions for company or organization sponsors. The sponsor of this challenge is…
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Company-Institute Teams to Tackle Residual HIV Infection
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of National Institutes of Health awarded three research teams more than $14 million a year, for up to five years, to develop strategies to help rid the body of HIV infections. The grants to project teams composed of private companies and universities or research institutes are…
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Fewer VCs in U.S. Raise More Funds in First Half of 2011
According to Thomson Reuters and National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), the number of venture capital companies raising money in the first six months of 2011 dropped sharply, but the amount of funds collected also rose sharply compared to the first half of 2010. Venture capital (VC) companies are often sought out to invest in early-stage…
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New on Technorati: Health Care Costs and Health Care Spending, Not the Same Thing
There’s no argument about the need to cut government spending on health care. But when discussing health care you need to separate the ideas of spending from costs, since they can mean very different things. Read More: Generic Drugs Can Generate Sharp Health Care Cost Reductions * * *
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Challenge Seeks Method to Estimate Powder Flow
InnoCentive, in Waltham. Massachusetts, that conducts crowdsourcing contests for sponsoring companies, has posted a new challenge seeking a method to estimate the “flowability” of powder blends based on the physical properties of the mixture. The challenge has a prize of $20,000 and a deadline of 7 September 2011. Powders can be difficult materials for which…
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NIH Study to Research Health Effects of BP Oil Spill
A network of researchers funded by NIH’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) will evaluate potential harmful effects of the Deepwater Horizon disaster on reproduction and birth outcomes, the cardiorespiratory system, and behavior and mental health. University and community participants will study the level of potentially harmful contaminants in air, water, and seafood, and…
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University Spin-Off to Develop Semiconductor Power Devices
Anvil Semiconductors Ltd, a company created by University of Warwick in Coventry, U.K., will develop silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor power switches that promise to be smaller and more efficient than devices built on traditional silicon. The company was founded by Warwick engineering faculty Phil Mawby and Peter Ward, who designed the company’s development technology in…
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Venture Exits Down, Capital Volumes Up in Second Quarter
The number of companies backed by venture capital achieving liquidity fell in the second quarter of 2011, but the amount of capital raised in the process rose significantly in that period. These data on venture-backed exits — companies gaining financial independence, usually through merger and acquisition (M&A) or initial public offering (IPO) — are compiled…
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Challenges Focus on Quantification, Measurements of Metals
Two challenges posted today (30 June) on InnoCentive seek solutions to problems involving quantification or measurements of properties of metals. InnoCentive, in Waltham, Massachusetts, is a company that conducts challenge competitions for sponsors, who for these challenges have decided to remain anonymous. One of today’s challenges seeks a method for in-line quantification and real-time reporting…