The Canada Foundation for Innovation announced $554 million dollars in funding yesterday for Canadian Research hospitals to help attract and keep world-class researchers.
“This investment in Canada’s research hospitals will result in new insights into the causes of illness, new approaches to prevention and treatment, improved health-care delivery systems, and ultimately, in an improved quality of [...]
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$554 Million in Funding for Canadian Research Hospitals
Posted in General, tagged funding, Member News on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ACCT Canada Funded Features Now On Flintbox
Posted in Around Flintbox, New Features, tagged ACCT Canada, Flintbox, New Features on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this year ACCT Canada, The Alliance for the Commercialization of Canadian Technology, requested proposals from our group members to suggest new and novel uses of Flintbox as part of the grant program from NSERC. We received many excellent proposals, and the final three chosen were from the C4 consortium, the University of Victoria (IDC) [...]
Online Commercialization Training with Wendy Kennedy
Posted in Resources, tagged commercialization, entrepreneurship, online training, webinar on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Starting today and running throughout the fall, “entrepreneurial professor” Wendy Kennedy is offering a series of online training sessions in Commercialization and Entrepreneurship.
Kicking off the series is today’s session What’s the REAL Business Problem? Learn the Language of Business and the Core Value of Your Invention.
At the root of all successful inventions is the [...]
Flintbox Technologies: August
Posted in Flintbox Technologies, tagged Flintbox Technologies, intellectual property, members, research on August 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Flintbox Technologies is a snapshot of some of the most recent out-licensing and in-licensing opportunities available on our site.
Out-Licensing Opportunities
Optical Pressure Sensor For Biomedical Applications
University of Victoria – August 7, 2008
Researchers at the University of Victoria have developed an optical in-fibre Bragg grating (FBG) pressure sensor with pressure range and resolution approaching that of today’s [...]
Patent Risks and A New VC Database
Posted in Resources, tagged intellectual property, patents, Resources, vc on August 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Guy Kawasaki’s How to Change the World blog is always at the top of my Google Reader. He’s a great writer with excellent, thoughtful insights into VC funding, start-ups and business in general. Best of all, he is a wealth of knowledge, regularly posting links and articles that are thought provoking and highly useful. This [...]
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