UM included in Midwest university alliance that aims to spur marketable ideas #DetroitNews

Associated Press - A $3.5 million federal grant is supporting a new alliance of Midwest universities working to move academic innovations into the commercial realm. The University of Michigan said its Engineering Center for Entrepreneurship will lead the Midwest I-Corps Node with money from the National Science Foundation's Innovation Corps program. Other participating universities are Illinois, Purdue and Toledo. Officials say the alliance aims to link technology, market needs, people and money in a way that

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