Featured Article
Successful Inaugural Round of Applications to the UM-BILD Accelerator

Featured Inventor
James Galen, PhD

Featured Partner
TollereBio Inc.

President’s Entrepreneurial Fellowship Corner
Meya Ngundam, PharmD ’23

UMB Patent Awards
January - March 2024

Upcoming News & Events

• Innovation @UMB – This hybrid event series occurs the second Wednesday of each month and explores topics related to commercializing discoveries and advancing research. The Innovation @ UMB series will be on summer break through August; look for the next event in September. In the meantime, catch up on the 2023-24 events by watching the recordings.
• FDA Regulatory Education for Industry: Innovation in Medical Product Development - May 29 -30
• BIO International Convention – June 3–6
• TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo – June 17-19 in Washington, D.C.
• Baltimore Region Investment Summit – June 27

Funding Opportunities

• Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund (MSCRF) – The Request for Applications for the July 2024 funding cycle is open. All applications are due by July 9, 2024.

• TEDCO Maryland Innovation Initiative – Applications are being accepted for translational research grants to develop university technologies. The next deadlines are July 15, 2024 and mid-October, 2024. To learn more, email the UM Ventures, Baltimore team.

For more UM Ventures news, visit umventures.org/news.

Outreach Activities

January - March 2024

The Office of Technology Transfer supports and facilitates intellectual property and commercialization efforts at UMB. We routinely meet with departments across campus to help researchers understand how we can support their work and represent UMB at external meetings where there are potential collaboration partners. Email us to schedule a presentation, group meeting, conference attendance, or to learn how we can support your work. Recent department and industry meetings include:

• UMSOD Inaugural Research Day
• Innovation @ UMB Series
• Association for Technology Managers (AUTM) Annual Meeting
• CSL Research Acceleration Initiative (supported multiple applications)
• UMSOM’s Institute for Health Computing