The mission of the Duke Institute for Health Innovation (DIHI) is to catalyze transformative innovations in health and healthcare, and to help cultivate a community of innovation and entrepreneurship across Duke University and the health enterprise.
NC Biotech’s Science and Technology Development team visits Duke to discuss research grant funding programs.
Activate is a two-year fellowship that provides early-stage hard-tech science entrepreneurs $100K in research funding, yearly stipends of $100K, intensive entrepreneurial training, mentorship, networking, and other benefits.
The Flash Grant program aims to identify and energize creative ideas that exhibit early indications of commercial potential.
Chain Reaction Innovations (CRI) is a 2-year fellowship program at Argonne National Laboratory for innovators focused on clean energy tech.
The Translational Research Grant (TRG) program funds projects that explore commercial applications or initiate the early commercial development of university-held life sciences inventions.
Up to $15K for Duke faculty to start or finish research projects not well served by established funding mechanisms.
Two or more Duke Co-PIs from different schools can apply for up to $100K for interdisciplinary projects that advance science and technology.
Up to $150K directed towards enhancing the creativity and novel research and scholarship of Duke’s early/mid-career faculty.
