10/26/15 BATON ROUGE – A new, web-based tool that can be used in political campaigns is one of the 15 innovative projects developed by LSU system faculty that recently received funding through the LIFT2, or Leverage Innovation for Technology Transfer, fund. LSU Department of Geography & Anthropology Assistant Professor David Sathiaraj is working on a [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2015 BATON ROUGE – The second phase of the LSU LIFT2 Grant Program has concluded, and 14 proof-of-concept grants totaling $500,000 are being awarded to faculty representing all five of LSU’s research campuses. “With the second phase of LIFT2 grants being awarded, our faculty are showing that we are [...]
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Posted on Oct 21, 2014 by Rose Velazquez Physics professor Guang Jia is using a new approach to combat an age-old issue: industrial air pollution. With funding provided by the LSU LIFT2 Grant Program, a University initiative created to fund projects in various colleges and academic disciplines, Jia and his colleagues are designing a new [...]
Baton Rouge, La. –At a meeting of its board of directors today, the Research Park Corporation approved $250,000 to launch the LSU Re-LIFT2 program, in partnership with the LSU Research and Technology Foundation (RTF). Re-LIFT will compliment LSU’s LIFT2 Fund which funds research projects across the LSU System which have yet to be licensed, optioned [...]
Posted on Jul 15, 2014 in News, Research & Innovation The pilot phase of the LSU LIFT2 Grant Program has concluded, and 15 grants totaling $500,000 will be awarded to support proof of concept innovations. The LIFT2 grants will support projects ranging from a number of disciplines from all five of LSU’s research campuses. “We are pleased to award [...]
BATON ROUGE – The new LSU LIFT2 Grant Program has launched, just four months after creation of the new proof-of-concept program by the LSU Board of Supervisors. The Request for Proposals, or RFP, for this pilot phase of the program was released today; applications for grants from the LSU LIFT2 Fund are due June 20, [...]
BATON ROUGE – The LSU Student Incubator awarded $25,000 cash to five student-run startups during the culmination of the third-annual Venture Challenge on April 25. This is the third year the Venture Challenge has showcased LSU’s brightest student entrepreneurs, and the LSU Student Incubator plans to continue providing student business with the total startup experience next year.
LSU LIFT, or Leveraging Innovation for Technology Transfer, Fund will support commercialization of faculty intellectual property through small grants for applied research on proof of concept
