The Kentucky Network for Innovation & Commercialization (KYNETIC) has selected its first round of promising university-born health and medical technologies, each of which will receive training and $33,000 for development. Six projects were selected this funding cycle, two of which are from UofL: Pediatric NeuroRecovery Posture Control System (researcher Andrea Behrman) Vertify Probe: Intraoperative Device for Measurement of Bone Quality (researchers Stuart Williams, Maxwell Boakye and Michael Voor) KYNETIC is a statewide program supported by $6.6 million in funding, including a $4 million Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (REACH) grant from the National Institutes of Health and matching funds. The goal is to advance the most promising biomedical research innovations including pharmaceuticals, devices and apps from the state's eight public universities and the Kentucky Community & Technical College System (KCTCS). KYNETIC grants support six-month, milestone
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By TOM LATEK
Kentucky Today Apr 23, 2021
3 hrs ago
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) â The University of Louisville has received $750,000 from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to launch a new program aimed at solving long-term health, economic and societal problems resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.Â
The Pandemic-Related Product Acceleration & Responsive Entrepreneurship Program, or PRePARE, UofL researchers will join with members of the community, on innovative ideas that can expand existing companies or start new ones to bring those ideas to market.
Potential ideas include ways to track viral spread more efficiently, expand access to virtual services, or bring employees back to work safely.