Tulane Turns Research Into Reality | New Orleans News

Tulane University just snagged a $6 million NSF grant to turn lab breakthroughs into real businesses and jobs across the Gulf South—part of a national push to speed up research commercialization. The SMART Tulane initiative will train 100+ faculty and students in patenting, market validation, and startup creation, aiming to boost annual startups from five to twelve. Led by Kimberly Gramm, Donald Gaver, and Ibrahim Demir, the program also deploys AI tools to spot market opportunities and forge industry partnerships—with Georgia Tech helping tailor the approach. All this comes as Tulane redevelops the historic Charity Hospital site into a regional innovation hub, aiming to share best practices with under-resourced universities while fueling local economic growth. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/58cb531ac5c395d0