Cooperative Agreement SKG10024CA0034

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...

The Economic Development Administration awarded a $3.27 million Project Grant to Social Entrepreneurs of New Orleans Inc., doing business as Propeller: A Force for Social Innovation, to scale venture capital investments that support minority-owned businesses through the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024). Over a three-year period, Propeller and its partner New Orleans Startup Fund will build capacity for due diligence, fundraising, and technical assistance to grow their initial...

This $349,957 federal Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University aims to advance understanding of technology-based social entrepreneurship education for engineering students. The research will investigate how engineers who have founded technology social ventures identify business opportunities to solve societal problems, and the necessary competencies for successful technology-based social...

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 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $999,942 in funding to Learn Collaborate Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop an AI-powered collaborative project-based learning (CPBL) software platform. The platform is designed to address the workforce skills gap by enabling project-based learning activities that seamlessly integrate real-world projects with academic...

This Project Grant award of $299,898 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program is intended to catalyze deep tech innovation and entrepreneurship through international partnerships. The project aims to enhance the impact of NSF's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs by facilitating the formation and success of small business concerns working to solve critical...

This Project Grant award of $200,000 from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (47.076) program aims to promote AI readiness and democratize AI technologies for a broad spectrum of advanced cyberinfrastructure users and researchers. The key products and services provided under this 4-year award, which began on September 1, 2023, include: Developing a comprehensive suite of experiential learning modules, including flexible micro-modules and immersive extended reality experiences, to...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program provides $100,000 in funding to the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance, Inc. (doing business as Venturewell) to host a conference focused on reimagining science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) innovation and entrepreneurship through the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The conference will bring together a...

This $999,900 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program aims to create a pathway for underserved community college computer science students to gain practical experience and mentorship in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The project will provide 150 students across three annual cohorts with 1-2 micro-internships where they contribute to AI/ML open-source projects and receive 8...