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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.
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,...
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...
Impact Newsletter – May 2024
5/29/2024Summer has arrived in Ann Arbor and with it, our May Impact Newsletter, bringing you exciting news from across the University of Michigan’s innovation ecosystem.
Chris Rizik Named Chair of Innovation Partnerships’ National Advisory Board at the University of Michigan
5/15/2024The Innovation Partnerships National Advisory Board was founded in 2002 to provide advice and connections to enhance the University of Michigan’s success in translating its research discoveries into real-world solutions that benefit society. Composed of industry, venture, government, university and community leaders, the Board has transformed the University and our...
Impact Newsletter – April 2024
4/25/2024Spring has arrived in Ann Arbor, and I am pleased to bring you our April Impact Newsletter.
U-M research-based technology receives FDA Humanitarian Device Exemption for pediatric kidney injury treatment
4/12/2024By Kate Barnes, Office of the Vice President for Research & Alana Ritt, Innovation Partnerships SeaStar Medical Holding Corporation, a public company (NASDAQ: ICU) based on research conducted at the University of Michigan and licensed by U-M’s Innovation Partnerships, recently received a Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) Approval Order from the...
Impact Newsletter – March 2024
3/26/2024March has brought a flurry of excitement and innovation to our ecosystem, and our newsletter is here to provide you with an overview of the latest projects, news, and opportunities for engagement.
MEDC, U-M Award $1.8M to Support Eight Innovative Biomedical Research Projects
3/18/2024Eight innovative biomedical research projects, designed to address challenges from opioid use disorder to preterm birth, recently received more than $1.8 million from the Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) Life Sciences Innovation Hub, the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) and Innovation Partnerships. Led by researchers at...