Europractice is offering free MPW runs to European universities that
have never prototyped an ASIC (or a cheap 65nm run if you've never
tried 90nm or below).
More details here:
http://www.europractice-ic.com/docs/EP_stimulation_action_final.pdf
Sounds like a great initiative to encourage more groups to fab chips
(there's nothing more fun of course!).
best,
- Rob.