The Seed Fund for Community Engaged Research supports Penn faculty in building collaborative, community-driven research partnerships to address locally identified challenges.
Invent Penn State accelerates economic growth by supporting research commercialization, entrepreneurship, and innovation through academic programming and statewide innovation spaces.
Startup Projects supports early-stage Cornell-affiliated startups with proof-of-concept funding to advance promising technologies toward institutional investment or corporate partnerships.
Ohio Third Frontier Technology Validation and Start-up Fund supports Ohio research institutions and young companies in validating and commercializing technologies to build research-based businesses.
University Early Stage Proof of Concept Fund – ADVANCE supports Michigan university faculty with proof-of-concept and market validation work to advance early-stage technologies toward licensing or startups.