/venturepartners/ en /venturepartners/2025/07/08/external-news/how-slashing-university-research-grants-impacts-colorados-economy-and-national <span> How slashing university research grants impacts Colorado’s economy and national innovation—a 51�Թ��� administrator explains</span> <span><span>Daniel Corbin …</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-07-08T11:39:46-06:00" title="Tuesday, July 8, 2025 - 11:39">Tue, 07/08/2025 - 11:39</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/venturepartners/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-06/New%20quantum%20article%20061325_0.png?h=601e5bfe&amp;itok=x_uImLsa" width="1200" height="800" alt="Two people peer inside a complex machine"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/251"> Advanced Materials </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/309"> Aerospace </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/85"> Biosciences </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/397"> CU Innovators News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/12"> CU Startup News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/398"> CU Technology and Discovery News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/525"> Climate, Energy &amp; Sustainability </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/247"> Hardware &amp; Instrumentation </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/317"> Quantum &amp; Photonics </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/315"> Software and Information Technology </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/361"> Venture Partners News </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="ucb-box ucb-box-title-left ucb-box-alignment-right ucb-box-style-fill ucb-box-theme-lightgray"><div class="ucb-box-inner"><div class="ucb-box-title"><span><strong>Supporting a Groundbreaking Innovation Pipeline</strong></span></div><div class="ucb-box-content"><div><div><div><p>$8 billion in economic impact, a record-breaking 36 startups launched in a single year and $1.2 billion raised for CU startups and innovations: These are some of the results reported in the latest annual report from Venture Partners.</p><p><a class="ucb-link-button ucb-link-button-blue ucb-link-button-default ucb-link-button-regular" href="/venturepartners/about/reports/current-annual-report" rel="nofollow"><span class="ucb-link-button-contents">Read Our Annual Report</span></a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/how-slashing-university-research-grants-impacts-colorados-economy-and-national-innovation-a-cu-boulder-administrator-explains-257869" rel="nofollow"><strong>From The Conversation</strong></a></p><p>Over the past several months, universities have lost more than $11 billion in funding. Research into cancer, farming solutions and climate resiliency are just a few of the many projects nationally that have seen cuts. The Conversation asked Massimo Ruzzene, senior vice chancellor for research and innovation at 51�Թ���, to explain how these cuts and freezes are impacting the university and Colorado’s local economy.</p><p><a class="ucb-link-button ucb-link-button-blue ucb-link-button-default ucb-link-button-regular" href="https://theconversation.com/how-slashing-university-research-grants-impacts-colorados-economy-and-national-innovation-a-cu-boulder-administrator-explains-257869" rel="nofollow"><span class="ucb-link-button-contents"><i class="fa-solid fa-arrow-up-right-from-square">&nbsp;</i>&nbsp;Read on The Conversation Website</span></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>The Conversation—Over the past several months, universities have lost more than $11 billion in funding. Research into cancer, farming solutions and climate resiliency are just a few of the many projects nationally that have seen cuts. The Conversation asked Massimo Ruzzene, senior vice chancellor for research and innovation at 51�Թ���, to explain how these cuts and freezes are impacting the university and Colorado’s local economy.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/venturepartners/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2025-06/New%20quantum%20article%20061325_0.png?itok=KshUS2Pt" width="1500" height="766" alt="Two people peer inside a complex machine"> </div> </div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:39:46 +0000 Daniel Corbin Leonard 2611 at /venturepartners /venturepartners/2025/06/16/external-news/federal-tech-transfer-law-pays-tremendous-dividends-research-universities-spark-regional <span>Federal tech-transfer law pays tremendous dividends as research universities spark regional economies</span> <span><span>Daniel Corbin …</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-06-16T09:52:19-06:00" title="Monday, June 16, 2025 - 09:52">Mon, 06/16/2025 - 09:52</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/venturepartners/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-01/CU%2051�Թ���%20aerial%20photo.jpeg?h=2cf6e654&amp;itok=Ci7vLQrI" width="1200" height="800" alt="An aerial photo of the iconic 51�Թ��� campus with the 51�Թ��� flatirons in the background"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/251"> Advanced Materials </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/309"> Aerospace </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/85"> Biosciences </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/525"> Climate, Energy &amp; Sustainability </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/247"> Hardware &amp; Instrumentation </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/317"> Quantum &amp; Photonics </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/315"> Software and Information Technology </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/361"> Venture Partners News </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Information Technology &amp; Innovation Foundation (ITIF)—According to a new report, American research universities like the University of Colorado in recent decades have become engines of innovation for state and regional economies, thanks in large part to the federal Bayh-Dole Act, which incentivizes technology commercialization.</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://itif.org/publications/2025/06/16/federal-tech-transfer-law-pays-tremendous-dividends-as-research-universities-spark-regional-economies-new-report-details-impact-of-bayh-dole-act/`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 16 Jun 2025 15:52:19 +0000 Daniel Corbin Leonard 2603 at /venturepartners /venturepartners/2025/05/15/internal-news/oedit-announces-grants-cu-boulder-and-cu-denver-startups-and-researchers <span>Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade announces grants to 51�Թ��� and CU Denver startups and researchers</span> <span><span>Daniel Corbin …</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-05-29T13:02:59-06:00" title="Thursday, May 29, 2025 - 13:02">Thu, 05/29/2025 - 13:02</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/venturepartners/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2024-11/Colorado%20mountains%20112224.png?h=b42cb850&amp;itok=VVs37kKF" width="1200" height="800" alt="Rock mountains overlooking a dirt road and creek"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/397"> CU Innovators News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/12"> CU Startup News </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/247"> Hardware &amp; Instrumentation </a> <a href="/venturepartners/taxonomy/term/315"> Software and Information Technology </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><em>This article was originally published by the </em><a href="https://oedit.colorado.gov/press-release/oedit-announces-grants-to-35-colorado-startups-and-researchers-in-the-advanced" rel="nofollow"><em><strong>Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT)</strong></em></a>.</p><div class="ucb-box ucb-box-title-left ucb-box-alignment-right ucb-box-style-fill ucb-box-theme-lightgray"><div class="ucb-box-inner"><div class="ucb-box-title">Interested in securing non-dilutive funding to translate your invention into real-world impact?</div><div class="ucb-box-content"><p>The Center for Translational Research (CTR) is a campus-wide resource for both existing and aspiring university-originated startups seeking non-dilutive funding to translate their university inventions into a startup company. It provides support to university faculty, researchers&nbsp;and staff as well as non-university employees of startups utilizing university technology.&nbsp;</p><p><a class="ucb-link-button ucb-link-button-blue ucb-link-button-default ucb-link-button-regular" href="/venturepartners/university-innovators/funding-opportunities-and-support/center-translational-research" rel="nofollow"><span class="ucb-link-button-contents">Learn More</span></a></p></div></div></div><p>The Global Business Development division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced that 22 Colorado companies and 13 researchers have been awarded Proof of Concept and Early-Stage Capital and Retention grants through OEDIT’s Advanced Industries Accelerator Program, including seven CU Denver and 51�Թ��� ventures.</p><p>These grants help promote the growth and sustainability of advanced industries in Colorado by driving innovation, commercialization and public-private partnerships that move this vital aspect of Colorado’s economy forward in communities across the state.</p><p>“These pioneering companies and researchers are not only advancing technology, they are creating jobs, attracting investment, and positioning Colorado at the forefront of global competitiveness,” said Michelle Hadwiger, Global Business Development Director. “From advanced materials and aerospace to quantum computing and sustainable manufacturing, this cohort showcases the bold ideas that are shaping Colorado’s future economy.”</p><p>The Proof of Concept grant is intended to help Colorado research institutions speed up applied research in the advanced industries as well as commercialize products and services in partnership with the private sector. The Early-Stage Capital and Retention grant supports businesses commercializing innovative and disruptive technologies in the advanced industries that will be created or manufactured in Colorado.</p><p>The Advanced In