The University of Iowa Research Foundation (UIRF) has awarded $625,000 in gap funding to 10 faculty researchers whose projects have a strong potential for commercialization. These include proposals for a light-driven desalination unit, a device for detecting delirium in patients, and a news aggregator than can assess the political bias of news articles and aggregate content according to users’...

UI Partners, part of the University of Iowa Office of Research and Economic Development, recently launched a new website for IC Kitchen Connect, a toolkit for connecting food entrepreneurs and shared-use kitchen facilities in the area.

Through an agreement with the Association of American Universities, the University of Iowa Office of Research and Economic Development will once again make available to the campus community free live and on-demand streaming of the TEDMED 2015 talks next week. TEDMED 2015 will be recorded during a live event Nov. 18-20, 2015 in Palm Springs, Calif., and feature more than 80 talks from...

The University of Iowa Office of Research and Economic Development will host a lecture by Dutch artist Theo Jansen at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 10 in Room C20 of Pomerantz Center as part of the Creative Matters lecture series in collaboration with the UI Arts Advancement Committee. (Note that the venue was changed to accommodate larger crowds.) Known as the Leonardo Da Vinci of the 21st century...

University of Iowa Vice President for Research and Economic Development Daniel A. Reed delivered the 2nd Annual State of Research Address on Nov. 2 in the College of Public Health’s Callaghan Auditorium. Video of the address is now available online here. The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development provides resources and support to researchers and scholars at the...

Although Forbes has named Iowa one of the best places in the nation to do business, the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Bloomberg News said in 2014 that African Americans and women in the state still struggle to succeed in business here. To help turn the tide, the University of Iowa and UI Partners, part of the UI Office of Research and Economic Development, are sponsoring an Untraditional...

The University of Iowa Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development has launched a pilot seed grant program to encourage researchers to use the Central Microscopy Research Facility (CMRF) to help secure further external funding. Established in 1973 and located in the Eckstein Medical Research Facility, the CMRF provides instrumentation and technical assistance to research...

Faculty, staff and students of public or private colleges or universities in Iowa, and researchers and educators affiliated with Iowa state agencies may apply for seed grants from the University of Iowa Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination. The application deadline is January 4. Funding emphasis is on original pilot studies leading to innovative lines of environmental and...

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development (OVPRED) is accepting applications to the FY2016 Internal Funding Initiatives. These programs encourage leading edge scholarship, creative activities and interdisciplinary research. The next application deadline is 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 15, 2015.

Studies of the early universe show that 5 percent of all mass and energy should be in normal matter—that is, the visible stuff of the universe, composed of protons and neutrons.