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2024 Annual Impact Report: Innovation Partnerships Celebrates A Record-Breaking Year of Research Commercialization
9/16/2024Innovation Partnerships is pleased to present our annual report for Fiscal Year 2024, which contains highlights of our office’s performance as well as stories of impact from across the University of Michigan’s research enterprise.
Braid: An Open Source Platform for Social Learning and Storytelling
11/27/2024MOSS is a pilot initiative that supports research teams through education, promotion and community development, with the goal of better positioning their open source projects for sustainable outcomes. The MOSS Source Code Series features interviews with University of Michigan open source project creators and managers. These conversations provide an opportunity...
Impact Newsletter – October 2024
10/22/2024It’s been a remarkable month for the Michigan innovation ecosystem, and we're thrilled to share some exciting updates and announcements in our October newsletter.
Ben Marchionna Appointed to Innovation Partnerships’ National Advisory Board at the University of Michigan
10/21/2024Ben Marchionna, the first-ever chief innovation ecosystem officer for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and State of Michigan, has been appointed to serve on the Innovation Partnerships National Advisory Board (NAB). In his role as chief innovation ecosystem officer, Marchionna leads the development, growth and sustainability of the rapidly...
Celebrate Invention Showcases U-M Innovators, Launches Accelerate Blue Foundry Program
10/18/2024On October 15, Innovation Partnerships hosted more than 300 attendees at its annual Celebrate Invention event. Members of the University of Michigan community and the broader entrepreneurial ecosystem gathered together at the Michigan League to honor campus innovators and the societal impact of their discoveries. The event kicked off at...
Impact Newsletter – September 2024
9/25/2024As fall settles in at the University of Michigan, we're excited to share updates from Innovation Partnerships.
2024 Annual Impact Report: Innovation Partnerships Celebrates A Record-Breaking Year of Research Commercialization
9/16/2024Innovation Partnerships is pleased to present our annual report for Fiscal Year 2024, which contains highlights of our office’s performance as well as stories of impact from across the University of Michigan’s research enterprise.
Weil Institute director named Distinguished University Innovator of the Year
9/10/2024When he joined the University of Michigan in 2012, Dr. Kevin Ward was given a challenge that would test his leadership and entrepreneurial mindset. The challenge—to develop a new transdisciplinary team science research program in critical illness and injury—would require Dr. Ward to draw on his experiences in the U.S....
Kuva Labs celebrates partnership with University of Michigan
8/15/2024It is a medical truth that you cannot treat what you cannot see. Medical imaging plays a central and important role in the diagnosis of many diseases, perhaps most importantly in cancer. The earlier cancer is detected and diagnosed, the better the outcome. Great advances have been made in imaging,...
Impact Newsletter – July 2024
7/24/2024Summer in Ann Arbor is idyllic, but innovation doesn’t take a break. Our research labs are buzzing with activity as our community of innovators generate new technologies and discoveries to tackle the biggest challenges of our day. Our July Impact Newsletter aims to convey the excitement the Innovation Partnerships team experiences daily as we collaborate with university innovators, entrepreneurs and industry to amplify the impact of the University of Michigan’s research discoveries.
MTRAC Advanced Transportation awards more than $1.5M to support mobility, transportation research projects
7/16/2024ANN ARBOR—The Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) Advanced Transportation Innovation Hub at the University of Michigan recently awarded more than $1.5 million to support 15 multidisciplinary early-stage to mid-stage research projects with high commercial potential. U-M researchers from the Ann Arbor, Flint and Dearborn campuses, along with faculty from...
KidneyIntel, LLC Celebrates Launch with Innovation Partnerships Bell Ringing
7/9/2024KidneyIntel, LLC, celebrated their official launch as a University of Michigan (U-M) startup company by ringing the startup bell in the offices of Innovation Partnerships. Primary Investigator and CEO Terrie Holewinski, a registered renal dietician, represented the company in a joyful celebration surrounded by her family and friends. KidneyIntel is...
Michigan University Innovation Capital Fund Now Accepting Applications
6/20/2024By Alexi Pierce Innovation Partnerships Today, Innovation Partnerships at the University of Michigan (U-M) announced the Michigan University Innovation Capital Fund (MUICF) has launched and is accepting applications for investment opportunities. The MUICF is a new pre-seed venture fund focused on investing in Michigan startup companies that have a license...