FBG gives 100,000 euros to valorize four UB research projects
The FBG has given 100,000 euros to four UB projects in the framework of the Valorization Fundaids of the Fund for the Promotion of Innovation (F2i). Its aim is to valorize projects of the University of Barcelona which have a high potential on transfer and impact on our society. FVal aids will enable researchers to make progresses on the elaboration of the selected technologies with the aim of getting them closer to the marketʼs requirements and to favour its transfer through a license for an existing company or the creation of a spin-off.
The FBG has given 100,000 euros to four UB projects in the framework of the Valorization Fundaids of the Fund for the Promotion of Innovation (F2i). Its aim is to valorize projects of the University of Barcelona which have a high potential on transfer and impact on our society. FVal aids will enable researchers to make progresses on the elaboration of the selected technologies with the aim of getting them closer to the marketʼs requirements and to favour its transfer through a license for an existing company or the creation of a spin-off.
The awarded projects in this first edition are: “Inhibitors of androgen receptor dimerization: first-in-class drugs for the prostate cancer treatment”, by Eva Estébanez Perpiñá (Faculty of Biology); “New generation of SMDs for printed electronic circuits”, by Albert Cirera Hernández (Faculty of Physics); “Automated food recognition system for catering facilities”, by Petia Radeva (Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science), and “Therapeutic and prophylactic effects of soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitors (sEHI) in acute pancreatitis (AP) and in edoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)-induced AP”, by Santiago Vázquez Cruz (Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences). Each project has received 25,000 euros.