BU Innovators of the Year: Where Are They Now?
When asked to describe the invention he’s most proud of, 2020 BU Innovator of the Year Jerome Mertz, Biomedical Engineering (ENG) shared, “The invention itself is usually a letdown, and I rarely think about it when it’s over. It’s the process of getting there that’s interesting to me.” When you’ve disclosed nearly two dozen inventions, […]
Want Wider Recognition for Your Idea? Ignition Awards Offer More Than Funding
Let’s start by making one thing clear: the Ignition Awards are not your average grant awards. In fact, we don’t even think of them as grants. Why not? Well, traditional grants provide funding; not funding in addition to training workshops, network-building, and practitioner feedback. Other grants are given to recipients to help finance promising ideas, but with little or no interaction with experts in the very fields where those ideas could take hold! And more conventional grants may help pay for your research, but they don’t get you any closer to understanding how your idea can make an impact in the world; how it might be commercialized.
The Journey to Impact: Collaborating with a Corporate Sponsor on Early Detection of Lung Cancer
A central goal for us here at BU’s Technology Development office is to equip our faculty and research community with the information you need when thinking about bringing research to market. As such, we aim to share the variety of pathways that can be taken to secure backing and support to turn ideas into reality; […]
The Journey to Impact: How to Filter “Expert” Advice
We are surrounded by the media, startup challenges, business competitions, presentations from “experts,” panels, business books, articles with advice and so on—all determined to help us bring our ideas to market, start a company, make money and MORE.
Announcing the 2021 Ignition Award Winners
Technology Development is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Ignition Award. The Ignition program awards $75K and $25K, one-year grants to Boston University faculty to help launch promising new technologies into the marketplace. Congratulations to this year’s winners, listed below. Members of the BU research community can reach out to Rana K. Gupta, […]
Tackling Substandard Healthcare in Underserved Communities
Today we feature the work of Dr. Muhammad Zaman, professor of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at Boston University’s College of Engineering, and his team.
The Journey to Impact: People Over Ideas
We have an over-tendency to talk about ideas—cool ideas, and then prematurely label them innovative or disruptive. But when you think about change and impact, think about the people behind the ideas.
The Innovator’s Quarterly: Move Your Research into the World
May 2021 | News from BU Industry Engagement and Technology Development Spotlight Red Hat has announced a renewed and expanded commitment of $20 million to support BU research through the Red Hat Collaboratory at BU’s Hariri Institute for Computing and Computational Science & Engineering. BU and Red Hat Extend and Expand Partnership for Cloud Research […]
Call for Proposals: 2021 Pfizer CTI
We are pleased to announce a call for proposals for Pfizer’s Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI) program for collaborative development of novel biotherapeutics. Deadline: June 28, 2021 Areas of Interest and Targets/Pathways of Focus: Oncology: Targeting tumor cells, immuno-oncology, and cancer neo-epitopes that could be leveraged in cancer vaccines Internal Medicine: Obesity/cachexia, heart failure, diabetic/chronic […]
The Journey to Impact: Common Questions from BU Researchers
I interviewed eight PIs who presented at The Innovator’s Journey: Embracing Creativity & Discomfort in Pursuit of Impact.