Parallel18, a Puerto Rico Science, Technology, and Research Trust program, is now accepting applications for the ninth cohort of its international acceleration curriculum, P18. The San Juan-based accelerator is “actively looking for innovative companies with a global vision and with enough traction to scale operations.” Businesses that fit that profile will have until May 10th at midnight […]
Colmena66, a San Juan-based based nonprofit that connects island entrepreneurs and small business owners to local and regional resource partners, was awarded $10,000 through the Lab-to-Market (L2M) Inclusive Innovation Ecosystem Prize Competition, sponsored jointly by the US Small Business Administration and the National Science and Technology Council. The nonprofit received the “Super Connector” award for its submission highlighting […]
The University of Puerto Rico is joining local and global efforts to prevent, mitigate and stop COVID-19, through 10 selected investigations, which will share $1.7 million from the government of Puerto Rico, UPR President Jorge Haddock confirmed. Professors from the Río Piedras, Mayagüez and Medical Sciences campuses will investigate the immunological characterization of the response […]
Starting in July, the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust will implement a new educational program called STEM Boxed Kit Experience. The home delivery service seeks to promote interest in STEM topics (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) by sending boxes with activities and learning materials. Each package will include specialized scientific tools that will […]
Faced with the challenges of the 2020 Hurricane Season, along with the earthquakes and the COVID-19 pandemic, the the Puerto Rico Public Health Trust’s Hurricane Hub program unveiled several initiatives for prevention, preparedness and response in what is predicted to be an active cyclonic season. Part of these initiatives includes the launch of the Virtual […]
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust’s Resiliency and Business Innovation program has designed a curriculum on “Resilience for Businesses,” it announced. The initiative run with funds from the Economic Development Agency (EDA i6), is being done jointly with George Mason University — Center for Resilient and Sustainable Communities and Echar Pa’ Lante. “Building […]
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust Grant Program has selected six projects from local institutions with innovative projects to combat the COVID-19 virus on the island, it announced. The program, which was designed to select five winners with a total budget of $500,000, was expanded to include six winners, who split $600,000. The […]
El Fideicomiso de Ciencia, Tecnología e Investigación de Puerto Rico y el Fideicomiso de Salud Pública de Puerto Rico anunciaron el inicio de un proyecto piloto para establecer programas locales de telemedicina y telesalud, con una subvención de $500,000 del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos. Con la financiación, las organizaciones sin fines de lucro comprarán equipo especializado que permitirá prestar servicios de salud a distancia […]
With the interest of providing informal STEM learning activities to children and youth in the most affected areas of the southwest, the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust and its STEM Education Program created the initiative, “STEM en tu Pueblo,” with the support of the Angel Ramos Foundation to make it available to educators […]
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust has created a collaborative space in its Ponce office so that entrepreneurs affected by earthquakes can continue operations. The space, located in the annex of the Department of Labor and Human Resources in Ponce, will be available Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. while […]
En consonancia con su visión de mejorar la salud pública de las comunidades de la isla, el Fideicomiso de Salud Pública de Puerto Rico ha abierto una convocatoria para que los investigadores locales presenten propuestas de salud pública con el fin de aumentar la comprensión de esos problemas y encontrar soluciones. El Fideicomiso de Salud Pública de Puerto Rico forma parte de […]
As part of its mission to position Puerto Rico as an Innovation Hub, the Puerto Rico Science Technology and Research Trust Technology Transfer Office is celebrating — along with the University of Puerto Rico’s Medical Sciences Campus — the “Technology Transfer Recognition Week” to highlight the incredible potential of this tech transfer process as an […]
The Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust announced a new funding opportunity through its Technology Transfer Accelerator Hub program, aimed at supporting pilot projects to advance life science innovations by quickly and clearly demonstrating whether a technology or product is worthy of moving through the commercialization process. For this first year a total […]
Global competition is exceedingly moving companies that want to continue developing need to improve and diversify their product and service offerings. To achieve that, it makes sense to invest time and effort to stay current. Such were some of the conclusions of a roundtable headed by the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust, the […]
El Fideicomiso de Ciencia, Tecnología e Investigación de Puerto Rico anunció la colaboración del Fideicomiso de Salud Pública de Puerto Rico con la Red de Médicos Migrantes en el proyecto “Los centros de salud comunitarios de Puerto Rico en la preparación para emergencias a través de la movilización comunitaria”, en beneficio de los centros de salud comunitarios de Puerto Rico, conocidos como Centros 330. Recientemente, la Red de Médicos Migrantes, […]
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