Cooperative Agreement 1931690

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...

The Innovation Marquette Enterprise Corporation was awarded a $611,911 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024). The grant will fund the creation of an innovative crowdfunding platform to connect local entrepreneurs to angel investors and broader venture capital networks. Key services include establishing a crowdfunding program, educating local angel investors about scalable tech...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded the Center for Civic Education a $6,619,611 Project Grant through the Education Innovation and Research (EIR) program (CFDA 84.411) to implement the "Integrated Civic SEL" initiative from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029. This grant will fund the Center for Civic Education's delivery of media literacy and public policy engagement programs, aimed at enhancing civic knowledge and skills,...

This $2,066,556.92 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration funds the Upstream Innovation: Accelerator for Digital Utility Transformation project. The project will build a Chicago-based water technology accelerator program over three years to develop a pipeline of water technology companies through specialized training and business development supports. The awardee, Current Innovation NFP, will recruit a range of digital water solutions startups,...

This $100,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (CFDA 20.531 - Technical Assistance and Workforce Development) will fund the Introducing Youth to American Infrastructure, Inc. (IYAI) Sustainable Mobility Career Awareness and Innovation Challenge Program. The key deliverable is a virtual innovation challenge planning guide and toolkit, informed by lessons learned from IYAI's 2023-2024 pilot challenge initiative. The guide and...

The $800,000 Project Grant awarded by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Program on September 26, 2024 to Civic Community Partners, Inc. supports the organization's efforts to deliver financial services, loans, investments, and technical assistance to underserved communities across the United States. As a certified CDFI, Civic Community Partners, Inc. is using the grant funding to expand lending, grant-making, and investment activities in...

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 Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $2.2 million Project Grant to the Chico Economic Planning Corporation under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024). The funding supports the ChicoStart Accelerate Innovation by Mobilization to Rural Communities (AIM-RC) Technology-based Business Incubator Development Project. Through this project, ChicoStart will partner with CleanStart and California State University, Fresno to support innovation...

This $1.2 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program will fund the Diversify-Connect-Fund Project to support the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Greater Charlottesville, Virginia. The two-year project aims to improve outcomes for underrepresented startup founders and investors. Key services include an Angel Academy program modeled after an accelerator to provide outreach, recruitment, selection and six-to-eight week training...

This $2,228,505 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Program (CFDA 47.070) supports the development of a cloud-based, open, and collaborative cyberinfrastructure to enable data-driven exploration and modeling of urban data. The project aims to address two critical obstacles in urban computing: the lack of robust, well-engineered tools and open computing platforms, and the dispersed community of cross-disciplinary...