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Innovation in Action: FSU bolsters research projects with an eye on the marketplace

Published: January 5, 2022 | 12:04 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology, University News

A process for cheaper fuel cells, improved genomic profiling and an environmentally friendly way to increase water retention for plants are among the projects that Florida State University is helping researchers move forward into potential commercial ventures. FSU’s Office of the Vice President for Research awarded more than $161,000 to four faculty members to move […]

FSU awards research funding to help faculty bring ideas from lab to market

Published: August 5, 2021 | 2:41 pm | Posted in: University News

A project to develop better solar cells, a new treatment for delivering medicine to the brain and a method for detecting viral and genetic mutations were among the projects that received funding from a Florida State University program that helps researchers develop their academic work into commercial enterprises. FSU’s Office of the Vice President for […]

GAP competition supports researchers moving from laboratory to marketplace

Published: January 5, 2021 | 2:13 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology, University News

A method to improve testing for E. coli in beef and a system for evaluating a product used to reinforce pavement earned funding through a Florida State University program that supports researchers who are bringing their academic work to the marketplace. FSU’s Office of the Vice President for Research awarded faculty members a pot of […]

FSU funding helps researchers turn inventions into business ideas

Published: August 18, 2020 | 12:10 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

Clockwise from upper left: Rebekah Sweat, an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Zucai Suo, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences; David Meckes, an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences; and Biwu Ma, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. They earned funding from Florida State University's Spring 2020 GAP program to transform their research into potential commercial products.

A faster way to make test samples for the automotive and aerospace industries, an improved method for producing a wound-healing therapy and the development of an environmentally friendly X-ray material all earned funding from a Florida State University program that helps researchers bring their work to the marketplace. FSU’s Office of the Vice President for […]

FSU GAP awards help faculty commercialize inventions

Published: January 8, 2019 | 9:57 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Vice President for Research Gary K. Ostrander

Three teams led by Florida State University faculty members have received funding from the university to propel their pioneering research from the lab to the marketplace. The researchers have been awarded a combined pot of $110,000 following their successful pitches at the university’s biannual GAP competition, an event organized by the Office of the Vice […]

GAP awards to help FSU faculty push research into marketplace

Published: June 28, 2018 | 11:42 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Julie Harrington, director of FSU’s Center for Economic Forecasting and Analysis

Two teams led by Florida State University faculty members have received funding from the university to adapt pioneering research into cutting-edge commercial products. The researchers have been awarded targeted financial support following their successful presentations at FSU’s biannual GAP competition, an event organized by the Office of the Vice President for Research where entrants pitch […]

FSU faculty win GAP awards to take science from lab to market

Published: June 7, 2017 | 11:52 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Yaacov Petscher, Nico Wienders and Cheryl Xu are the latest winners of university's biannual GAP competition.

Three Florida State University faculty members will receive financial support from the university to transport their innovative research from the laboratory to the marketplace. The Office of the Vice President Research will split a pot of $110,000 among three researchers to build a new education application, a technology to track ocean currents and a novel […]

FSU researchers win grants to propel research into business ideas

Published: December 19, 2016 | 11:26 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Researchers Yaacov Petscher, Scott Stagg, Joseph Schlenoff and Biwu Ma

Four Florida State University researchers are receiving grants from the university to take promising research from the lab bench to the global marketplace. Researchers Yaacov Petscher, Scott Stagg, Joseph Schlenoff and Biwu Ma will receive a combined total of more than $150,000 to work on projects such as creating an application that helps teachers properly […]

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