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Meet Lilie’s 2025 Rice Innovation Fellows

Every year, the Innovation Fellows remind us what’s possible when bold ideas meet Rice grit. The 2025 cohort brings together scientists, engineers, and change makers who aren’t afraid to ask big questions and chase down even bigger solutions. Working alongside them has been electric, and we can’t wait for the Rice community to get to […]

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Meet the 2024 Summer Venture Studio Cohort

Meet Rice University Liu Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship’s (Lilie) eight dynamic teams selected for the 2024 Lilie Summer Venture Studio (SVS), an immersive summer accelerator program designed to propel the university’s most innovative ventures forward. Read more on Innovation Map One September 17th, Lilie will host the 2024 SVS Demo Day as the culmination […]

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Lilie Announces 2024 Innovation Fellows Cohort

See the full article on Innovation Map! Rice University has announced its latest cohort of fellows who aim to translate research into real-world startups. The 2024 cohort of Rice Innovation Fellows is the third of its kind since the university’s Office of Innovation and The Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (or Lilie) launched […]

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Rice U. announces latest cohort of Innovation Fellows

See full story at Rice News The Innovation Fellows program at Rice University has announced its latest cohort of talented researchers. The Innovation Fellows program supports the translation of research from the lab to real-world startups through funding, mentorship and other resources. It is designed to help Rice faculty and doctoral and postdoctoral students turn […]

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