The Role of a University Technology Transfer Office in Moving Great Ideas Forward
“You may have great technology, but if you don’t have the right talent or the right team, it’s hard to get the investment, certainly from venture firms. We spend a lot of time trying to…
New Startup Support Structures Yield Many Success Stories
Duke ECE Magazine, OCTOBER 8, 2021 | KEN KINGERY Three recent Duke ECE startup companies highlight the many ways Duke Engineering is making entrepreneurship easier than ever before As soon as the prototype was…
Nucleate will Award up to $1.5 Million to Biotech Founders in Partnership with Petri
Nucleate, the nonprofit organization led by academic trainees and dedicated to empowering future biotech leaders, announced Petri Funding Awards totaling $1.5M to accelerate startup formation from its nationwide Activator program. The award is organized in…
An Opportunity to Grow
By Meredith Thompson Three years ago, I started the JD/LLMLE program at Duke Law with a clear vision for my future: become a start-up lawyer. I’ve always enjoyed working with entrepreneurs and helping their ventures succeed.…
Duke Angel Network Presents its 2021 Associate Class
The Duke Angel Network (DAN) Associate Program brings together some of the University’s brightest minds from graduate schools across Duke University—the Fuqua School of Business, Pratt School of Engineering, School of Medicine, School of Law, Duke University Health System, and more. DAN Associates…
Duke graduate students and post-docs play an important role at the intersection of science and business – and you could too!
Duke's Office for Translation & Commercialization (OTC) helps inventors take projects out of the lab and into the market. Find out how Duke graduate students and post-docs can get involved through the OTC Fellows Program.
Duke Science and Technology initiative leaps forward with $23.75 million gift
Duke Trustee Ned Gilhuly ’82 and wife Karen make gift to support Duke’s signature effort to elevate excellence in the sciences. By Bridgette A. Lacy As a seasoned investor, Duke trustee Ned Gilhuly ’82 knows…
Spring 2021 Duke Incubation Funds Awards Announced
Seven projects representing early-stage innovations at Duke University have been awarded Incubation Fund awards totaling more than $249,000. Established in 2017, the Incubation Fund supports innovation in all schools and departments at Duke with the…
Epicenter and ZeroTo510 Present: The Innovation Lab
The Innovation Lab was designed to support people with great tech ideas. To increase the odds of acceptance into larger acceleration programs, ZeroTo510 and Epicenter have partnered to present The Innovation Lab: a virtual pre-acceleration program with a…