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SFU Beedie founded Invention to Innovation (i2I) program developing scientist innovators for major international collaboration on spinal cord research
Jul 18, 2022
The quest to repair severed spinal cords has brought together the brightest minds from across institutions and disciplines in a spinal cord injury research program, Mend the Gap, that was recently awarded $24 million in government funding from Canada’s New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF). SFU Beedie’s Invention to Innovation (i2I) program played a key part in landing this funding for Mend the Gap because the training advances research as well as broadening researcher career […]More...
Scientist Innovators Celebrated at Mitacs i2I Skills Training Finale
May 17, 2021
Scientist Innovators with novel clean tech and biomedical processes took home top honours at the 2021 Mitacs Invention to Innovation (i2I) Skills Training Finale. Morgan Lehtinen, Founder and CEO of Micellotech was named the winner and Karolina Valente, CEO, President & Co-Founder of Voxcell the runner up at the Mitacs Invention to Innovation (i2I) Skills Training Final Pitch event, the culmination of a seventh month experience that develops an entrepreneurial mindset and innovation skills in […]More...