Interested in Entrepreneurship? Come Talk to Us
Meet our New Director of Duke New Ventures: Jeff Welch, PhD By Aliza Inbari Jeff Welch returns to Duke after a long career as a life science and business development executive. In May 2021, he…
New Small Business Grant Funds Available for North Carolina Technology Companies
One North Carolina Small Business Program to include SBIR/STTR pre-application support for the first time in more than a decade. NC Department of Commerce, January 20, 22 — Applications are now being accepted for a…
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…
Bringing Inventions to the Market
By Aliza Inbari Universities are great innovation incubators. Google, flu shots, vaccines, GPS, and many other inventions were born in university labs around the world and impact our lives every day. The Duke Office…
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…
Nadine Wong Named Managing Director of Licensing and Strategic Initiatives at Duke Office for Translation and Commercialization
By Aliza Inbari Durham, NC, October 28, 2021 — Nadine Wong, PhD, Managing Director of the Biointerfaces Institute at the University of Michigan, will join the Duke Office for Translation and commercialization (OTC) as Managing…
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.
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…