Tulane University Innovation Institute

Tickets are going fast! Join the Tulane Innovation Institute next week (Wed., Aug. 7) for 'Show Her the Money' at Tulane University! All proceeds will go to Dress for Success New Orleans. https://lnkd.in/gSWkEUTU Meet and greet with Salon22nola, Flamingo Funders, Greater New Orleans Foundation, WBEC South, and more local support organizations.

We are very excited to partner with Greater New Orleans Foundation on next week's screening of SHOW HER THE MONEY. Learn more about the Greater New Orleans Foundation’s women’s giving circle, Impact 100 - where over 100 women each year give $1,100, collectively making a significant grant to one local nonprofit and smaller grants to a few additional nonprofits. Since its inception, Impact 100 has granted over $1.3 million to regional nonprofits. #womenfunders #showherthemoney #neworleans #givenola Purchase your tickets to the movie here: innovation.tulane.edu/her — all proceeds will go to Dress for Success.

Congratulations, Patrick Gurley, for completing your YouthForce NOLA internship! We enjoyed having this rising McMain senior with us this summer and wish you the best of luck in the coming year! 🎓 💚 💙

Deadline extended to Friday, August 2nd! Apply now to compete in the 2024 BioChallenge for your chance to win a portion of $100k+ in funding and prizes, join the ranks of former winners such as AxoSim, Junum, and Obatala Sciences, Inc. Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/e86S7T85 #Funding #STTR #PitchCompetition #BioInnovation

The Tulane University Innovation Institute is pleased to announce the launch of the Fall 2024 cycle of the Provost’s Proof of Concept (PPOC) Fund. This grant, up to $50,000, is designed to help advance promising ideas and technologies to become market-ready. Members of the Tulane community (faculty, staff, graduate students, PhD students, fellows, and post-docs) with an invention disclosure filed or in preparation and an identified commercial application for the proposed technology or invention are welcome to apply.  Applications are due Friday, September 6. https://lnkd.in/d2jREUEh Tulane University #innovation @TulaneMed @tulane-sse @tulane-national-primate-research-center Tulane Executive MBA @tulane-sphtm

Congratulations Claiborne M. Christian on being named one of Gambit's 40 Under 40 recipients! Clay's work inside and outside the Tulane University Innovation Institute is impressive and inspiring. https://lnkd.in/gKsRZgZq #tulane #neworleans #innovation #commercialization Tulane University Tulane Alumni Association

EVENT PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: WBEC South We are excited that WBEC South will join us for SHOW HER THE MONEY on August 7 at 6 p.m. at Tulane University. Learn more about this organization at https://www.wbecsouth.org/ and their upcoming webinars on becoming certified as a WBE (Women's Business Enterprise) or SBA WOSB (Women-Owned Small Business). Get your tickets for Show Her the Money, before they sell out: https://lnkd.in/gSWkEUTU

Our Fall 2024/ Spring 2025 events calendar is growing! Check out what we have planned, and mark your calendar to join us. 💚 💙 🎉 https://lnkd.in/eZyy7Mtr

Meet the bright minds behind Informuta, Kalen Hall, PhD and Leo Williams, who are revolutionizing the treatment of antibiotic-resistant infectious diseases. Their innovative biotech startup, which originated at Tulane University, uses machine learning and DNA sequencing to combat drug resistance in bacteria. Informuta has received support and funding through various Tulane Innovation Institute programs, including GWIN Mentorship, Open Medical Innovation Challenge  (Open MIC) Night, the Provost’s Proof of Concept Fund, and our $50K Demo Day pitch competition. Learn more about these programs and Informuta's journey: https://lnkd.in/dtpH7VBy #Innovation #Biotech #Entrepreneurship #TulaneInnovation #Healthcare #MachineLearning #DNASequencing #InfectiousDiseases #DrugResistance #StartupSuccess #Mentorship #ResearchToReality #BiomedicalInnovation

The NIH is hosting an Entrepreneurship Bootcamp! If you are an academic or small business life science innovator looking for free entrepreneurship training, submit your request to apply to the new NIH Entrepreneurship Bootcamp by Friday, August 16.    The Tulane Innovation Institute is committed to helping innovators find funding to propel their research and inventions. For the latest grant opportunities, visit: https://lnkd.in/gzmrN4uX