Faculty / Researcher Resources

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Academic Courses / Entrepreneurship Training

Global Innovation Challenge (GIC)
4/22/19
The Global Innovation Challenge brings together students, faculty and community members from various disciplines to learn about and develop strategies to address significant and persistent global health challenges.

Business Services

Entrepreneurship Law Center
1/26/22
Legal services for startups in Buffalo
SWIFT (Sponsorship With Industry Focused Terms)
1/26/22
Eliminate lengthy, costly licensing negotiations

Coach / Mentor / Advisor

Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars
4/22/19
Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars offers resources and tools for students, faculty, staff and alumni that help them consider and jumpstart a career as an entrepreneur.
Cultivator
3/3/22
Get up to $100k in pre-seed funding in our early-stage startup program

Competitions

Aging Innovation Challenge
4/22/19
The Aging Innovation Challenge invites students and faculty to generate innovative solutions to assist older adults and their caregivers in completing activities of daily living.
Entrepreneurs Festival
4/22/19
The Entrepreneurs Festival offers product demos, networking opportunities and a pitch competition.
Erie Hack
4/22/19
Erie Hack is a data and engineering competition designed to find innovative solutions to Lake Erie's biggest challenges.

Events / Clubs / Networking

Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars
4/22/19
Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars offers resources and tools for students, faculty, staff and alumni that help them consider and jumpstart a career as an entrepreneur.
Entrepreneurs Festival
4/22/19
The Entrepreneurs Festival offers product demos, networking opportunities and a pitch competition.
Faculty Founders Forum (FFF)
4/22/19
Faculty Founders Forum (FFF) is a series of monthly lunch meetings that offers regular engagement directly with faculty who are involved or interested in start-ups, technology transfer and/or commercialization activity.
How I Built This
4/22/19
How I Built This is a monthly fireside interview with a successful local entrepreneur.
Inve[n|s]t
4/22/19
UB Inve[n|s]t is a club for innovators at UB that provides a space for team formation, brainstorming, mentoring and connections.
Networking Events
4/22/19
Networking events help entrepreneurs connect with like-minded individuals to support development of ideas and ventures.
She Started IT
4/22/19
She Started IT is an event that engages 6th to 10th grade female students from across the WNY community, along with UB students, faculty and alumni, to inspire girls to explore careers in computers, technology and entrepreneurship.
Startup Series
8/19/21
UB Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships hosts this series of events to provide information sharing and networking opportunities for technology and life science startup companies.

Funding / Venture Capital / Tax Incentives

Bruce Holm Memorial Catalyst Fund
3/24/20
The Holm Fund is a technology commercialization accelerator fund that offers grants and commercialization resources that help transfer new technologies out into the market where they can benefit the public good.
Buffalo Innovation Accelerator Fund
1/26/22
Funding to accelerate your technology to market
Buffalo Innovation Seed Fund
1/26/22
Seed funding to take your business to the next level
Buffalo Institute for Genomics and Big Data Analytics (BIG)
1/26/22
Accelerate life sciences growth by connecting with bioinformatics and data resources
CMI Faculty-Industry Applied Research Opportunities Grant
1/26/22
Driving critical R&D by connecting with materials innovation
Cultivator
3/3/22
Get up to $100k in pre-seed funding in our early-stage startup program
Empire Discovery Institute
1/26/22
Accelerating drug discovery
Small Business Innovation & Technology Transfer Research Assistance
5/1/19
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs offer entrepreneurs federal funding for research, development and commercialization of innovative technologies.
SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund (TAF)
5/1/19
TAF provides funding to support the advancement of SUNY innovations from the lab to the marketplace.
UB Center for Advanced Technology in Big Data and Health Sciences
1/26/22
Where winning partnerships in health sciences and big data start
Western New York Incubator Network (WIN) SBIR/STTR Assistance
4/22/19
A program of the WNY Incubator Network (WIN), the Federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) assistance program links quality SBIR/STTR applicants with outside experts to submit timely, high-quality proposals to relevant federal agencies.
Western New York Incubator Network (WIN) Tax Incentives
4/22/19
Through this program of the WNY Incubator Network (WIN) (a New York State-designated Innovation Hot Spot), a NYS-enabled set of tax incentives are available to incubated ventures in their first five years of operation that include five years of state sales tax credits, income tax credits for the company, and for its principals.

Incubator / Coworking Space / Makerspace

Co-working Memberships
1/26/22
Co-working space at the UB Incubators offer entrepreneurs a chance to share ideas and get advice in a nurturing environment, in a shared environment.
Lab & Office Space at the CBLS
1/26/22
Wet labs, office amenities & experts to collaborate with
UB Incubator @ Baird
8/19/21
The UB Incubator @ Baird, located near UB’s North Campus, is a 40,000-square-foot, FDA-compliant facility that provides incubator space, laboratory facilities, educational programs, mentors, and a network of experts to support early-stage companies with scalable potential.

Opportunities to Speak, Mentor or Invest

Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars
4/22/19
Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars offers resources and tools for students, faculty, staff and alumni that help them consider and jumpstart a career as an entrepreneur.
Entrepreneurs Festival
4/22/19
The Entrepreneurs Festival offers product demos, networking opportunities and a pitch competition.
External Expert Network
11/26/19
There are many opportunities to get connected and involved with startups and growing the economy. Developing ideas and commercializing from lab to market is our mission. We are actively seeking experts to help support our goals. From Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIRs), Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and mentors, you can make a difference for startups looking for help from experts, like you.
Faculty Founders Forum (FFF)
4/22/19
Faculty Founders Forum (FFF) is a series of monthly lunch meetings that offers regular engagement directly with faculty who are involved or interested in start-ups, technology transfer and/or commercialization activity.
How I Built This
4/22/19
How I Built This is a monthly fireside interview with a successful local entrepreneur.
I-Corps Site Program
11/6/23
Transition your technology idea from the lab to the marketplace
She Started IT
4/22/19
She Started IT is an event that engages 6th to 10th grade female students from across the WNY community, along with UB students, faculty and alumni, to inspire girls to explore careers in computers, technology and entrepreneurship.
Techstars
4/22/19
Techstars offers a worldwide network, events, and start-up services to help student entrepreneurs connect with mentors, potential investors and others who can help them successfully launch and grow their business.

Programs

CMI Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) Workshops
5/1/19
Workshops are held for businesses interested in learning about the services and capabilities of the Center of Excellence in Materials Informatics (CMI) and Business & Entrepreneur Partnerships (BEP).
Cultivator
3/3/22
Get up to $100k in pre-seed funding in our early-stage startup program
Entrepreneurship Skill Building Workshops
4/22/19
Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars' Entrepreneurship Skill Building Workshops focus on building skills of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Faculty Founders Forum (FFF)
4/22/19
Faculty Founders Forum (FFF) is a series of monthly lunch meetings that offers regular engagement directly with faculty who are involved or interested in start-ups, technology transfer and/or commercialization activity.
I-Corps Site Program
11/6/23
Transition your technology idea from the lab to the marketplace
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Working Group
4/22/19
These working sessions enable SBIR/STTR applicants and recipients to connect and learn from experienced awardees and program experts.
Startup Series
8/19/21
UB Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships hosts this series of events to provide information sharing and networking opportunities for technology and life science startup companies.

Research and Equipment

Biorepository Program
1/26/22
Driving scientific discoveries with experts and facilities
Center for Computational Research (CCR)
1/26/22
Expertise in advanced computing and data analytics
Department for Materials, Design and Innovation
4/22/19
Centered on establishing knowledge discovery in materials science by harnessing the tools of information and data science, this interdisciplinary department aims to transform the training and education of materials scientists and engineers to address society's need for significant acceleration of design and discovery of new materials, emergent properties, and processing strategies in a socially responsible manner.
Empire Discovery Institute
1/26/22
Accelerating drug discovery
Genomics & Bioinformatics Core (GBC) at the CBLS
1/26/22
Genomics & Bioinformatics
Institute for Healthcare Informatics (IHI)
4/22/19
The Institute for Healthcare Informatics (IHI) is a secure computing center — compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) — that stores, aggregates and innovatively analyzes health care data to apply medical informatics in clinical and academic settings.
Lab & Office Space at the CBLS
1/26/22
Wet labs, office amenities & experts to collaborate with
Proteomics & Bioanalysis Core (PBC) at the CBLS
1/26/22
Proteomics & Bioanalysis
Shared Equipment & Software at the CBLS
1/26/22
Collaboration can happen in many ways; let us do the legwork.

Startup Services

Entrepreneur-In-Residence
8/19/21
Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIRs) work closely with the UB Business and Entrepreneurship Partnerships Startup Ventures Team to help us identify promising startups, so we can accelerate their growth.
Entrepreneurship Law Center
1/26/22
Legal services for startups in Buffalo
University-Industry Partnerships and Connections
4/22/19
Through Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships (BEP), industry can connect with UB faculty, researchers and students; university-based technology; and research that supports industry innovation, growth and competitiveness. BEP can help you commercialize and grow by connecting you to knowledge, facilities and funding.
Western New York Incubator Network (WIN) SBIR/STTR Assistance
4/22/19
A program of the WNY Incubator Network (WIN), the Federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) assistance program links quality SBIR/STTR applicants with outside experts to submit timely, high-quality proposals to relevant federal agencies.

Talent / Careers / Internships

Entrepreneurs Festival
4/22/19
The Entrepreneurs Festival offers product demos, networking opportunities and a pitch competition.

Technology Licensing / Commercialization

Empire Discovery Institute
1/26/22
Accelerating drug discovery
Entrepreneurship Law Center
1/26/22
Legal services for startups in Buffalo
EXL Express License
5/1/19
EXL Express License offers an expedited licensing process for student and faculty start-up founders who are ready to move their technology forward into a start-up company.
Intellectual Property Assistance
11/5/19
We help you take your research from lab to market or assist with all the opportunities in between including intellectual property protection, licensing and commercialization. One of our primary roles is to protect intellectual property developed by UB faculty, staff and students. Technology Transfer helps you avoid adverse circumstances that could harm the value of your intellectual property.
Small Business Innovation & Technology Transfer Research Assistance
5/1/19
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs offer entrepreneurs federal funding for research, development and commercialization of innovative technologies.
SWIFT (Sponsorship With Industry Focused Terms)
1/26/22
Eliminate lengthy, costly licensing negotiations
Technology Transfer Services
1/26/22
Build and grow your business with UB technologies
UB Center for Advanced Technology in Big Data and Health Sciences
1/26/22
Where winning partnerships in health sciences and big data start