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Stony Brook Start-up Codagenix receives $322,000 to Fund Vaccine Research
December 14, 2014
Codagenix, a Stony Brook biotech company, has closed on $322,000 in public and private funding, including the latest investment from Accelerate Long Island and the Long Island Emerging Technologies Fund. Read more about the company and the funding from Accelerate Long Island and Newsday.com.
Attention Stony Brook University Faculy and Staff: Applications for the second cycle of the President’s Fast Impact Fund (FIF) opened August 3, 2026. Open to all Stony Brook faculty and staff, this special initiative supports immediate-impact projects that can be launched quickly and deliver results within six to ten months.
The FIF provides awards of up to $300,000 focused on low‑investment, high‑reward initiatives that create visible, positive change. Examples of projects that would be considered include specialized equipment or technology acquisitions, pilot programs or proof‑of‑concept initiatives, targeted renovations or seed funding, among other opportunities.
All proposals must include a customized, high-level budget and be endorsed by the relevant vice president or dean with authority to implement the project. Applications for the August cycle will be available beginning August 3 with submissions due Friday, August 21 by 5 pm, ET. Please visit the Fast Impact Fund website for additional information and to submit an application.
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[post_content] => Presented by Clean Energy Business Incubator ProgramWednesday, March 11, 2015
Long Island High Tech Incubator
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM: Seminar
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM: Mixer
In most cases for a startup, having patent, trade secret, trademark, and/or copyright protection is the key leverage needed to attract the life-blood investment necessary to sustain and grow the startup to exit. This discussion will address from a startup's perspective how to maintain the maximum potential value of Intellectual Property you may have AND future Intellectual Property that you don't even know about yet!
You will learn about:
Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secret Basics
Common misconceptions about IP, e.g., Patentability and enforcement vs. Freedom-to-Operate
Preparing for your pitch and the resultant Due Diligence
What steps to take (or not to take) in order to avoid losing your precious IP leverage: Unintentionally forfeiting IP rights,Controlling ownership,And other IP portfolio building strategies
Speakers: Ray Farrell, founding partner of Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP; Pina Campagna, Patent & Trademark Attorney at Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP.
RSVP to David C Hamilton Director, Business Development, Clean Energy Business Incubator Program (CEBIP): david.hamilton@stonybrook.edu
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The Long Island High Technology Incubator (LIHTI) is inviting innovative and entrepreneurial individuals, with advanced training in STEMM disciplines, to join our team to support our Venture Champions Initiative. The VC Fellowship is powered by the LIHTI team, working collaboratively with a wide network of mentors and industry partners. In the long term, this fellowship aims to generate a pipeline of trained, entrepreneurially-minded fellows as well as a pool of commercially viable technologies for the Long Island Innovation ecosystem. Apply here to chart your commercialization career in hard tech.
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Christopher Ashdown, a Stony Brook University MD/PhD student and alumnus of the CFB’s Fundamentals of the Bioscience Industry Program, has won the Innovator Showcase Pitch Event at the 2022 Proof of Concept Network (POCN) Annual Meeting hosted by National Institutes of Health SEED (Small business Education and Entrepreneurial Development). Chris pitched on behalf of Lahara Bio.
Chris advanced through multiple rounds of pitching and was selected to present at the POCN Innovator Showcase with two other exceptional POCN innovators. Congratulations Chris!
Attention Stony Brook University Faculy and Staff: Applications for the second cycle of the President’s Fast Impact Fund (FIF) opened August 3, 2026. Open to all Stony Brook faculty and staff, this special initiative supports immediate-impact projects that can be launched quickly and deliver results within six to ten months.
The FIF provides awards of up to $300,000 focused on low‑investment, high‑reward initiatives that create visible, positive change. Examples of projects that would be considered include specialized equipment or technology acquisitions, pilot programs or proof‑of‑concept initiatives, targeted renovations or seed funding, among other opportunities.
All proposals must include a customized, high-level budget and be endorsed by the relevant vice president or dean with authority to implement the project. Applications for the August cycle will be available beginning August 3 with submissions due Friday, August 21 by 5 pm, ET. Please visit the Fast Impact Fund website for additional information and to submit an application.