HIIE launches new program to jumpstart software innovations
Potential software and app innovators from across the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) now have a new local resource.
The UAB Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HIIE) recently launched the Blazer App Accelerator, a program that will help would-be UAB software and app creators validate their ideas and create prototypes ready for the next step of development.
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UAB start-up company focuses on AI to help identify cardiovascular disease
As the number one cause of mortality in the United States and globally, cardiovascular disease has long been a focus for medical researchers like Steven Rothenberg, M.D.
Rothenberg, an assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Radiology, is the co-founder of Body Check, a UAB start-up company focused on developing and furthering artificial intelligence algorithms that can help identify patients with underlying cardiovascular disease.
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Harbert Institute names winners of 2024 Innovation Awards
The director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Comprehensive Diabetes Center, who also founded a start-up focused on oral treatments for diabetes, received the Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HIIE)’s highest honor during the institute’s annual Innovation Awards Oct. 11, 2024.
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UAB start-up awarded nearly $3 million to develop biomaterial for use in treating brain aneurysms
Endomimetics, a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) start-up, this week announced a $2.8 million funding award from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop a peptide-based biomaterial for use after medical procedures.
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HIIE names 2024 Blazer Bridge Fund winners
In its second year of existence, the Blazer Bridge Fund (BBF) will provide support to six innovative projects from University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) inventors, including a device to prevent neonatal apnea, a tool to help ICU patients remain safely hydrated, and continued development of a possible therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease, among others.
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UAB named 2024 APLU Innovation & Economic Prosperity Awards Finalist
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) recently named the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) one of six universities that are finalists for the 12th annual APLU Innovation & Economic Prosperity (IEP) Awards.
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Nugent again among BBJ’s Power 60
According to the Birmingham Business Journal (BBJ), Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Executive Director Kathy Nugent, Ph.D., is again considered one of Birmingham’s most important business leaders.
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UAB start-up closes $7.5 million seed round
A University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) spinoff company, Yuva Biosciences, has closed a $7.5 million seed round intended to help the company continue its advances in addressing mitochondrial dysfunction – a major cause of aging.
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Meet the Licensing Associate: Wink Crittenden
For Francis “Wink” Crittenden, Ph.D., a great day at work means at getting least one problem solved. Fortunately for Crittenden, a licensing associate with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)’s Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HIIE), the nature of his job – and the quality of his team – usually means he has a great day.
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Innovate Alabama opening applications for fourth funding round for SBIR/STTR recipients
State-based recipients of Phase I and Phase II Federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants are again eligible to apply for up to $250,000 in supplemental funding.
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Two UAB start-ups make Alabama Inno list of Startups to Watch for 2024
Two of Alabama Inno’s Startups to Watch for 2024 are University of Alabama at Birmingham spin-offs: Alveolus Bio and Reliant Glycosciences.
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Harbert Institute names winners of 2023 Innovation Awards
A University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) professor who has launched two start-ups was honored with the Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s (HIIE’s) most prestigious award during the institute’s annual Innovation Awards Oct. 13.
Read more First-ever Blazer Bridge Fund grant recipients announced
The first six projects funded by the new Blazer Bridge Fund (BBF) include, among others, potential new therapies for viral infections, designed protein nanopores, AI-based solutions for lung function assessments and a social app for teachers.
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UAB start-up looks to improve lives of Crohn’s patients
A new UAB start-up company is working to treat Crohn’s disease earlier than ever.
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Transporting patients to a better experience
Transportation for critically ill patients is an essential component of navigating the journey to better health – literally and figuratively. However, ensuring comfortable, safe patient transportation that is also easy on the caregiver is often overlooked.
Tracy and Scott Comas are here to change that with the Care Continuum Chair, a product of their UAB start-up company, TPM Research.
Read more Nugent named one of BBJ’s Power 60
Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Executive Director Kathy Nugent, Ph.D., has again been named one of Birmingham’s most influential executives.
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UAB-led proposal selected as semifinalist for inaugural NSF Regional Innovation Engines competition
A University of Alabama at Birmingham-led proposal is in the semifinal round of a grant competition that could yield up to $160 million in funding per project.
Read more Innovate Alabama again opens applications for up to $250k in state funding
State-based recipients of Phase I and Phase II Federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants are again eligible to apply for up to $250,000 in supplemental funding.
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Two UAB faculty members named NAI Senior Members
Two University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) faculty members have been named to the 2023 class of National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Senior Members.
Moon Nahm, M.D., and Michael Niederweis, Ph.D., were today announced as new honorees.
UAB start-up receives FastTrack Grant from NIH
A new University of Alabama at Birmingham start-up has become one of the few Alabama-based therapeutics companies ever to have received a FastTrack award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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HIIE to host panel on “How to Launch a Start-up”
Start-ups launched out of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are part of Birmingham’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, with the University’s start-up portfolio boasting a mix of established companies and upstart businesses.
Read more Two UAB start-ups receive grants from Innovate Alabama
The Alabama Innovation Corporation awarded two University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) start-ups with grants during the second round of Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant awards.
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UAB start-up Guideway Care honored as top-500 fastest-growing company nationally
A fast-growing University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) start-up was recently honored as one of the top 500 fastest-growing companies in the nation.
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HIIE launches new website
By Amy Jones | Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) faculty, staff and students interested in technology transfer now have a one-stop resource at their fingertips.
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Six UAB start-ups named Start-ups to Watch by BBJ
By Amy Jones | Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) start-ups comprised more than a third of the Birmingham Business Journal (BBJ) list of Start-ups to Watch 2023.
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Kwan named one of BBJ’s 2022 NextGEN honorees
Members of the UAB Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HIIE) team members continue to represent the University in the pages of the Birmingham Business Journal.
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UAB spin-off company IN8bio looks to soon advance brain cancer drug programs into Phase 2 clinical trials
IN8bio, the company behind today’s most innovative therapeutic research toward treating aggressive brain cancers, expects to advance its lead solid tumor drug program into Phase 2 clinical trials next year. The company was launched from technology developed at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and intellectual property licensed from the Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HIIE) and two other institutions.
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Harbert Institute honors Innovation Award winners, inducts first UAB class of National Academy of Inventors members
With top Birmingham business leaders and community luminaries looking on, the Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (HIIE) team celebrated a year of focused growth while also looking forward to 2023 and its limitless potential.
Read more Nugent honored as one of 2022’s “Top Birmingham Women”
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Associate Vice President Kathy Nugent, Ph.D., was announced as one of the Top Birmingham Women of 2022 by the Birmingham Business Journal.
Read more SBIR/STTR recipients eligible to apply for up to $250k in state funding
The Alabama Innovation Corporation, also known as Innovate Alabama, recently opened applications for the Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grant Program.
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