Accelerator Awards support Ohio State faculty and staff inventors with milestone-driven technology validation projects that reduce risks and advance commercialization through Ohio-based startups.
Technology Validation and Start-up Fund supports Ohio research institutions and young companies with technology validation and commercialization work to bring research technologies to market.
University Early Stage Proof of Concept Fund – ADVANCE supports Michigan faculty inventors with proof-of-concept and market validation work to move university technologies toward licensing or startup formation.
Extramural Discovery Science Accelerator Award supports cancer researchers with experiments to validate and de-risk technologies from ongoing projects, helping move them toward commercialization.
Innovation Acceleration Fund supports Iowa technology businesses with product development, market research and operational expansion to commercialize innovations and build competitive, profitable companies.
Startup Projects supports early-stage Cornell-affiliated startups with proof-of-concept funding to advance promising technologies toward institutional investment or corporate partnerships.