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2013 Sprout Grant Deadlines Announced

February 1, 2013 By

Call for Applications
3rd Annual Brandeis University Virtual Incubator
“Sprout Grants”

The Brandeis University Virtual Incubator invites members of the Brandeis Community (undergrads, grad students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, staff) to submit an application for a “Sprout Grant”.  These grants are intended to help entrepreneurs launch their research and ideas from the lab to the market. This spring, $50,000 will be shared among the most promising proposals.

Information sessions
  • Feb 6, 2 p.m.
  • Feb 8, 10 a.m.
  • Feb 11, 2 p.m.
Deadlines for this competition:
  • Preliminary Proposal: February 15, 2013
  • Full Application: March 8, 2013
  • Judging Event: April 15, 2013

Information sessions will be held in the Shapiro Science Center 1st floor conference room (Rm 1-09) at the following dates and times:

For more information email nborman at brandeis dot edu

The Brandeis University Virtual Incubator supports entrepreneurship through educating, mentoring, networking, and sponsoring. It is sponsored by the Brandeis University Office of Technology Licensing, and funded by the Office of the Provost.

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Sprout Grants Awarded to Seven Groups

April 13, 2012 By

Another Brandeis NOW story covers the results of the 2012 Sprout Grant competition. Of 20 applications received, half were software related, half life sciences and physical science-related, so the groups were judged separately. Thirteen groups were asked to return for a second round of interviews, coaching and presentations to outside panels of industry judges.  Seven groups were awarded grants:

2012 Sprout Grant winners, life and physical sciences:

  • 
Radiation detector, Wellenstein, PI $20,000
  • Tuberculosis treatment, therapeutic, Hedstrom, PI $17,000
  • Cold Stage for Light Microscopy, microscope tools, Turrigiano, PI $16,000
  • Conditional gene silencing, research tool, Lau PI, $6,000

2012 Sprout Grant winners, software:

  • Innermost Labs, social network. Sahar Massachi and Adam Hughes, $7,500
  • Digital Learning Analytics, learning analytics, Larusson PI  $6,000
  • Campus Bash, social network, Y. Sebag, and M. Jafferji $6,500

For more information about the projects and the judging process, read the story at Brandeis NOW.

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2012 Sprout Grant Competition Announced

January 11, 2012 By

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2nd Annual Brandeis University Virtual Incubator

“Sprout Grants”

The Brandeis University Virtual Incubator invites members of the Brandeis Community (undergrads, grad students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, staff) to submit an application for a “Sprout Grant”.  These grants are intended to help entrepreneurs launch their research and ideas from the lab to the market. This spring, $50,000 will be shared among the most promising proposals.

Deadlines for this competition:

  • Preliminary Proposal:  February 10, 2012
  • Full Application:  March 9, 2012
  • Judging Event:  end of March

Information sessions will be held in the 4th floor conference room in the Ros-Kos Connector at the following dates and times:

  • Jan 24, 11 a.m.
  • Jan 31, 11 a.m. 
  • Feb  2, 10 a.m.
  • Feb  7,  10 a.m.
  • Feb  9,  11 a.m.

For more information and an application, contact Irene Abrams at iabrams@brandeis.edu

The Brandeis University Virtual Incubator supports entrepreneurship through educating, mentoring, networking, and sponsoring. It is sponsored by the Brandeis University Office of Technology Licensing, Irene Abrams, Associate Provost for Innovation, and funded by the Office of the Provost.

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