$17,000 was awarded to three Iowa Nurses to support the advancement of innovations designed to improve patient care, enhance safety, and streamline clinical workflows.

The Innovation GAP Fund supports early-stage technology development across the University of Iowa, helping innovators de-risk research-based innovation with commercial potential. 

For Zac Richards, the Iowa Innovation Leadership Fellowship represents “plugging into Iowa’s innovation ecosystem” and learning from founders, intellectual property experts, and venture capitalists who’ve successfully brought medical technologies to market.

KCRG profiles Pani Clean, Inc. and the funding they received for their nitrate removal technology

Pani Clean, Inc. and Halide Biologics, Inc. both secured a $50,000 Proof of Commercial Relevance loan.

Katie Colling was named winner of the 2025 3MT competition

Six Innovation Challenge winners in the Graduate/Faculty/Staff/Incubator Startup division received a combined $35,000.

NeuroPred, Inc., led by Michal Brzus, and Terraform Tillage, led by Josh Jeske, split top honors at the Nov. 5 event at the Kirkwood Regional Center. LSF Medical Solutions LLC, led by Melissa Bates, placed third and received $25,000 in AWS support.

IPR's River to River speaks with with University of Iowa's Aislinn Conrad and Karim Abdel-Malek who are developing an AI system that monitors physical behaviors to detect violence as it happens.