UMaine’s MIRTA accelerator program selects four teams for research innovations

Aquaculture, accessibility education, computer-aided breast cancer detection and marine sciences will be the focus of four research projects selected to participate in the next cohort of the University of Maine’s Maine Innovation Research and Technology Accelerator program.

MIRTA, run out of UMaine’s Foster Center for Innovation, helps faculty-led teams from Maine research institutions to advance lab discoveries into public and commercial use.

Teams work 20 hours a week for four months to bring their inventions to market. The work includes conducting market research, intellectual property analysis and business model development, and guiding the entrepreneurs throughout the process are business incubation staff from the center. Read more

Related Posts

Maine’s first mobile biolab starts tour of rural schools in Fort Kent

FORT KENT, Maine — Fort Kent middle schoolers are the state’s first students to learn at the newly unveiled Maine Mobile Biolab, a 50-foot,...

12 March 2024

UMaine Augusta’s $1.75M medical lab training facility doubles student capacity

Anew medical lab training facility on the campus of University of Maine Augusta is nearly six times larger than an off-campus space...

21 February 2024

UNE receives grant to research state-threatened animal

The University of New England has received a grant from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to study one...

12 February 2024