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UAB named 2023 Innovation and Economic Prosperity University Awardee by APLU
UAB received the IEP Innovation award, recognizing exemplary initiatives spurring innovation, entrepreneurship and technology-based economic development. The university established the Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in 2014 to oversee research commercialization, support startup creation and drive economic development. Photography: Steve WoodThe Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has named the University of…
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Denver uses American Rescue Plan funds for Park Hill Innovation Hub to help small businesses
The City of Denver is using money from the American Rescue Plan to fund an innovation hub and help small businesses succeed. The Park Hill Innovation Hub celebrated its grand opening on Wednesday. The Park Hill Innovation Hub is designed to cater to underrepresented entrepreneurs, including aspiring, women and minorities. CBS The Park Hill Innovation…
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3 steps for getting urban innovation pilots out of ‘purgatory’
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. New York City is poised to be a thriving hub for urban innovation, but first, it must get out of something researchers at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and the New York City Economic Development…
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Navigating Innovation: NSWC Dahlgren Division’s Adaptable Interface Innovation Challenge
In a demonstration of cutting-edge technology expertise, Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) convened another innovation challenge at the University of Mary Washington Dahlgren Campus Nov. 1-3. The Adaptable Interface-Innovation Challenge focused on spearheading advancements in the rapid integration of systems on Navy ships, setting a course for future maritime warfare. This innovation challenge…
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Research Innovation Labs
Apply Now Deadline: February 13, 2024 Funding Amount: $15,000 per year plus course releases for PIs Purpose The College of Arts and Letters and the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts (ISLA) invite proposals for an inaugural cluster of Research Innovation Labs, to begin work during the 2024-2025 academic year. In order to provide…
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Putting Innovation Into The Legal System By Design
Innovation is a word we typically do not associate with the American judicial system, a network of 2,000 judicial districts across the United States. “The reality is the justice system in America hasn’t done much innovative in the last 400 years,” Jared Fishman told me in a recent interview. “We’re still using a very similar…
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Digital innovation in travel: Is the next frontier airport dining?
Next month, Neil Thompson of HMSHost will share his insights about what future innovations are in store for airports during a keynote presentation at the Self-Service Innovation Summit Dec. 4-6 in Miami. Some of the most stressful moments a consumer experiences take place at the airport, with flights and circumstances often changing. Hence, it’s no…
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Innovation and Safety: The Unique Challenges of Complex Safety-Critical Medical Device
Eric Soederberg, President & CEO, Sunrise Labs Eric Soederberg considers himself an engineer from birth and is passionate about solving difficult engineering problems. His career spans over 25 years in product development leadership at Draper Labs, Motorola, DEKA. At DEKA, Eric led and brought to market the world’s first iBOT mobility system: a class III…
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Climate-neutral tech solutions: EU’s strong in innovation, but lags in commercialisation
The annual assessment of key climate-neutral energy technologies finds the EU is strong in high-value patents, public R&D investment, and the number of innovating companies. The technologies in which the EU shows greatest strength are wind (rotors), heat pumps, offshore operations (for installation of renewables), and heating and cooling networks. The results are published in…
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Opening of the call Capacity Building Strand 2b under the Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) Instrument
The European Commission has launched a call for proposals for Capacity Building Strand 2b (I3-2023-CAP2b) under the Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) Instrument on 15 November 2023. The main aim of the call is to strengthen regional innovation ecosystems in less-developed regions and build their capacity to develop business cases for interregional innovation projects. The call also focuses on improving the…