The Bill L. Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship fosters an entrepreneurial ecosystem at UAB and provides the infrastructure required for students, staff, and faculty to commercialize innovation on campus, within the community, and beyond.
Through partnerships with UAB schools, colleges, programs, and the local business community, the HIIE works to increase innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and businesses to launch sustainable startups with new or disruptive technologies.
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Kwan uses knowledge gleaned as an Innovate fellow to prepare the next generation
Thaddaeus Kwan, Ph.D., became one the first Innovate fellows in the Harbert Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship while a postdoc at UAB. He now works in HIIE as a project analyst — and heads the Fellows program. -
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.
State-based recipients of Phase I and Phase II Federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants are eligible to apply for up to $250,000 in supplemental funding.
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UAB start-up acquired by Eurofins Discovery Panlabs
A UAB start-up company specializing in custom human cell engineering and drug discovery and commercialization has been acquired by an international drug discovery company.
