Congratulations to our very own, Dr. Sita Pappu, Director of the Office of Commercialization, for being recognized as a Woman of Distinction by the Women’s History Month Committee and the President’s Commission on the Status of Women. This distinguished honor recognizes Dr. Pappu’s professional contributions and service activities that span all of WSU’s campuses, and […]
The OC is pleased to award 7 WSU researchers with a grant from the FY2015 Commercialization Gap Fund (CGF). The awards are intended to be the final funding step to advance innovations from the lab to the marketplace. In collaboration with the OC, CGF recipients will work to reach key milestones throughout the duration of […]
The Life Sciences Discovery Fund announced nearly $750,000 in Proof of Concept grants to Washington state for-profit and non-profit organizations, looking to promote translation of health related technologies from the lab to the marketplace. In addition, an existing grant was expanded by $56,000 to increase the commercial potential of a drug to protect hearing in […]
On September 18th, the WSU Innovation Open House, a “special showcase of just a small sample of the many research activities at Washington State University” was held in the CUB to correspond with the WSU Foundation Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees. From projects just past proof-of-concept to innovations well under way to their […]
The Washington Biotechnology and Biomedical Association recently highlighted the Washington State University Office of Commercialization and its partnership with Accelerator. In discussing the OC’s history, the WBBA briefly discussed our recent partnership with the biotech investment company, and also explained a few of our other programs coinciding with our push for WSU’s revitalization of the […]
The Washington State University Office of Commercialization is proud to announce that M3 Biotechnology, one of our local startup companies, has been selected as one of five companies to be showcased by the Michael J. Fox Foundation for their work on neurodegenerative disease therapies. The MJFF aims to accelerate the research and development of projects […]
The visitor center has earned one of the 2014 Excellence in Structural Engineering Awards from the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations (NCSEA) for innovative design, engineering achievement and creativity The Brelsford Washington State University Visitor Center project was submitted by Amie Sullivan, associate for KPFF Consulting Engineers, who worked on the project. NCSEA […]
Washington State University will soon become a collaborating partner in a new $14.3M Clean Energy Fund grant for one of three Washington energy storage projects. The project is set to take place on WSU’s main campus in the Pullman, WA area. Over three years, Avista Utilities will test how well large batteries store energy […]
Juming Tang, Washington State University Professor and food engineering researcher, has earned the 2014 Freezing Research award for his work, which has led to the significant improvement in food quality and safety through freezing. His contributions include microwave pasteurization technology, essential to the control of microbial and viral pathogens in frozen and chilled meals. President […]
Washington State University researchers will be happy to know that they can now obtain funds for their projects through the new commercialization gap-funding program. Proposals can be submitted at http://commercialization.wsu.edu/Researchers/CGF/, and awards are to be announced by December. Following on the heels of WSU’s recent partnership with Accelerator Corperation, WSU’s own Office of Commercialization has […]