Project Grant 10SIHNY002

The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) to the Young Americas Business Trust (YABT) to launch the Innovation in Action Challenge Fund (INNOVACTION 2.0). INNOVACTION 2.0 will provide business training to hundreds of youth throughout Latin America and the Caribbean to create youth-led entrepreneurship initiatives that support reducing environmental impacts, climate risks, emissions, and energy use. YABT...

The Center for Advancing Innovation, Inc. was awarded a $2.49 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to launch the Global Health Innovation Challenge. Over three years, the Center will source and launch over 60 high-growth startups in the Washington D.C. metro area to address global health threats using technology. The startups will focus on preventing, diagnosing, treating and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (CFDA 47.075 - Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences) supports a multi-faceted research initiative focused on addressing disparities in access to capital and entrepreneurial opportunities for underserved demographic groups. The $243,419 project establishes two key research infrastructures: The Small Business Lender Preference and Perception (SBLPP) Database, which consolidates survey data from nearly 9,300 U.S. community banks and...

This $400,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports a multi-institution collaborative effort to develop a research and innovation ecosystem that leverages external partnerships to shape the STEM talent pipeline and workforce development. The "LIGHT UP" collaborative, comprised of six higher education institutions in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, aims to establish a...

The National Science Foundation awarded $304,558 under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships federal grant program to the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance, Inc. to design and implement an eight-week entrepreneurial training program. The program will provide approximately 100 educational and learning technology research teams with resources and tools to advance their innovations from the lab to the market. Specifically, the grantee will offer curriculum based on...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $103,672 to develop a framework for assessing the societal and economic impacts of regional innovation programs. The project aims to design an evaluation system and data infrastructure to track outcomes from NSF's Regional Innovation Engines program investments. This includes analyzing employment dynamics, supplier-buyer networks, and...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) EAGER grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program awarded $300,000 to the Center On Rural Innovation Inc. to conduct a 2-year research project. The project aims to identify early indicators of success in building rural tech innovation ecosystems that foster sustainable economic growth and community well-being. The research will utilize a mixed-methods approach, integrating quantitative and qualitative techniques, to:...

This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $399,727 to Saint Francis University to establish a regional innovation ecosystem consortium called SCORE (Symbiotic Collaboration for Regional Ecosystem). The primary goals are to: (1) Develop innovation capacity within a cohort of primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs), including several rural and minority-serving schools; and (2) Foster...

Innovations Financial Credit Union was awarded a $1,826,265 Project Grant from the Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund under the Community Development Financial Institutions Rapid Response Program (CDFI RRP, CFDA 21.024). The grant will support Innovations' ability to respond to the economic impacts of the coronavirus by providing financial and technical assistance services to communities and populations affected by the pandemic from June 2021 through...

This $374,782 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports a collaborative research initiative to strengthen innovation capacity across four diverse academic institutions: Winston-Salem State University, North Arkansas College, Middle Georgia State University, and St. Vincent College. The "EPIIC: Strengthening Collaborative Advancements Leveraging Equitable University...