All Blog Posts Tagged 'funding' (21)

U.S. NIH "Stimulus" Funding 2009: Top 12 Medical School Recipients ... Top 10 State Recipients

Colleagues,

As reported in Xconomist Forum ....

... Here are the numbers for a dozen top-ranked institutions nationally, and the top 10 States for First-Year NIH (National Institutes of Health) ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or “stimulus”) funding awards:

Top 12 Universities With Research Medical Schools

As of 10/5/2009

1. University of… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on October 13, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

California Healthcare Institute (CHI) Podcast Helps Entrepreneurs Find New Sources of Funding ... Features MedTech-IQ, Co-Founder, Conrad Clyburn

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I recently had an opportunity to participate in a podcast produced by the California Healthcare Institute (CHI). CHI is an independent organization devoted to researching and advocating policy to forward the interests of California’s biomedical community. CHI has built a membership of over 250 leading biomedical companies, academic and research institutions and companies involved in supporting the biomedical community. See links below to the podcast, information on CHI,… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 28, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Guest Blog: Bootstrapping Our Way Back From the Collapse

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Please see excellent blog post from Sramana Mitra in Xconomy. Sramana is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. She has founded three companies and writes a business blog, Sramana Mitra on Strategy. Her latest book is Entrepreneur Journeys: Bootstrapping: Weapon Of Mass Reconstruction, see MedTech-IQ recommednded… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 15, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

New Defense Medical Research and Development Program (DMRDP) ... Opens With $97 million in Fiscal Year 2010

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The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Defense Health Program Medical Research and Development Office is soliciting proposals for the Defense Medical Research and Development Program (DMRDP) Applied Research and Advanced Technology Development Awards to be funded beginning in fiscal year 2010 (FY10)...The DMRDP Applied Research and Advanced Technology Development Award is being offered for the first time in FY10 ...and anticipates that approximately $97… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 2, 2009 at 4:12pm — 2 Comments

Stanford University Medical School Captures $6.9m in NIH "Stimulus" Supplemental & Not Previously Awarded Grants

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As reported in the San Francisco Business Journal ... Stanford University’s School of Medicine announced that it has been awarded $6.9 million in 18 projects related to federal economic stimulus funding.

Eleven of the newly funded projects had been peer-reviewed and approved but hadn’t received money yet. Another six involved supplemental grants to existing projects. In 1 case, the NIH awarded $500,000 to a researcher to buy two photon microscopes that will be… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 17, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

New Member Update ... 9 May 2009...Now with 1 Click CONNECT!

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Now with 1 Click CONNECT you can click the name of an expert, and send a message to them directly from their Member Profile page. Let me know if you find this feature useful. It is always good to stay connected. From "MedTechIQ" ... The international home of the 3C's ... "Content, Community & Collaboration" for medical technology. Now please welcome the new… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 9, 2009 at 12:34am — No Comments

Cadillacs to Yugos

The New York Times reports (7May09) on current proposals for providing medical insurance to those presently without a plan. One scheme in particular involves taxing "Cadillac" programs to fund government subsistence level coverage for others. On its face, this concept has classic 'income redistribution' all over it. In a curious way, though, it does have the 'virtue' of imputing market value to a huge… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on May 8, 2009 at 6:00pm — 2 Comments

IBM Announces $2B To Cover Gap in High-Tech Stimulus Funding

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As reported in various publications including iHealthBeat ... IBM announced that it will provide $2 billion in bridge financing for high-tech infrastructure projects, including health IT projects, that likely will qualify for federal grants and incentive payments under the economic stimulus package.

The federal stimulus package includes Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments for hospitals and physicians who demonstrate meaningful use of health IT. However,… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 4, 2009 at 7:33pm — No Comments

New Member Update...20 April 2009

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The MedTechIQ community continues to grow. We are fortunate to have a membership of incredible talent, skill and experience. When you get a chance, search members by key word. See what you come up with ... then, "Contact, Connect, Collaborate!"

It is always good to stay connected ... here now, the new… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 20, 2009 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Applications for $1.5 Billion in Recovery Act Funds Now Available

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that applications for a total of $1.5 billion in grants funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are now available. The grants will fund scientific research, construction and improvement of research facilities, and the purchase of scientific equipment.

The NIH will allocate the Recovery Act funds as follows:

* At least $200 million in Challenge Grants to support research on topics that… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on March 17, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Change of guard at DARPA

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As reported in HS Daily Wire...After eight years at the helm of the Pentagon's advanced research arm, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), Tony Tether has been asked by the Obama administration to leave office by 20 February...The new parlor game in Washington, DC these past couple of days has been the guessing game about who will succeed Tether at DARPA. Noah Shachtman, a maven in this business, says several different names keep coming up. In no particular… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on February 17, 2009 at 2:58pm — No Comments

New $75,000 Funding Opportunity Announced by MedTechIQ member, Dr. Timothy Gerrity

A message to all members of MedTechIQ

Colleagues,

MedTechIQ Member, Dr Timothy Gerrity, announces a new Center for Commercialization of Advanced Technology (CCAT) Solicitation.

The CCAT at California State University San Bernardino will fund new opportunities to support commercialization of advanced military health technologies. The CCAT will accept applications from industry, academic research organizations, and government laboratories beginning Wednesday,… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 24, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

U.S. Defense Department puts $400M in research

A message to all members of MedTechIQ

Colleagues,

As reported in today's Washington Business Journal, the Department of Defense will invest an additional $400 million over the next five years to support basic research at academic institutions.

Initial research funding will focus on challenges like counter weapons of mass destruction, network sciences, energy and power management, quantum information sciences, human sciences, science of autonomy, information… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 7, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

Hard Times?...Tools to Optimize Business & Personal Budgets - CNN Money

CNN Money reports - Struggling to keep your finances straight? These 7 new technologies can help business owners compare credit cards, analyze budgets and get funding.

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on October 31, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Risk Capital Co-op Explores New Model of Early Stage Funding

Colleagues,

Interesting article describing a Seattle based hybrid fund - cross between an Angel network and Early Stage VC. Appears they are deftly targeting an underserved niche.

In challenging times, may be a strategy with some long term merit. LP risk is limited. Ideal, perhaps, for med tech start-ups emerging from labs in regional clusters where Risk Capital is relatively scarce, but Medical Technology is excellent, i.e., National Capital Area (MD/DC/VA), Ohio… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on October 16, 2008 at 7:00pm — No Comments

NIH issues details on $250 million plan to fund "Transformative" research

As reported in GenomeWeb News, The National Institutes of Health today issued details of a $250 million plan to fund “transformative” research through a new type of grants that are designed to lower the hurdles researchers face as they try to win backing for “bold [and] creative” science. NIH said that the “Transformative-R01 (T-R01) Program” is aimed at helping scientists bypass some of the structure and review bottlenecks that… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 10, 2008 at 12:15pm — No Comments

Medical imaging grants available

MedTechIQ Member, Dr Timothy Gerrity, director of the Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization at Cal State San Bernardino is now accepting grant solicitations from universities, government labs and small technology companies interested in commercializing medical technologies for the military. Imaging technologies in demand are those aimed at curtailing fatalities by helping medical personnel in… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on August 23, 2008 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Military funds $35 million R&D program in Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

The Department of Defense Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program of the Office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs recently awarded the Mission Connect Mild TBI Translational Research Consortium a grant totaling approximately $35 million to support the five-year research program. The consortium includes research teams from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, The… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on August 23, 2008 at 1:52pm — No Comments

For limited time: Growthink offers free access to online Venture Capital portal & funding match making service

Leading venture capital research firm Growthink launches new initiative that offers entrepreneurs and venture-backed companies free access to its online research portal and matches them with premier service providers.

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on August 12, 2008 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Google to Extend Reach With Venture-Capital Arm

The Wall Street Journal reports today that Google has begun moves toward starting a venture capital arm. Google already has a nonprofit philanthropy group, Google.org foundation, that addresses global health issues which includes investments in groups such as INSTEDD led by Dr Eric Rasmussen, MD (former Navy physician). Now it wants to start a formal venture capital arm, similar to Intel Capital, Time Warner… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on July 31, 2008 at 9:12am — No Comments