Project Grant ED15HDQ3120042

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...

The Economic Development Administration of the Department of Commerce awarded a $666,791 cooperative agreement to the Economic Innovation Group, Inc. from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023 under the Research and Evaluation Program. Through this funding, Economic Innovation Group will advance economic development in persistently poor communities by developing tools, recommendations, and resources to shape federal economic development policies and inform decision-making. The Research and Evaluation...

This $1.1 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration supports the University of Michigan's Economic Growth Institute and New Growth Innovation Network to identify and evaluate best practices in equity and inclusion from Phase 2 Build Back Better Regional Challenge and Good Jobs Challenge projects. Through 2026, the research team will document and assess collective efforts to achieve equitable and inclusive outcomes from these American...

This $300,000 EAGER grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program will support research on the impact of innovation ecosystem acceleration training programs. The project aims to empirically analyze how regional stakeholders undertake innovation ecosystem analyses, engage ecosystem partners, and select innovation interventions. Specifically, the research will leverage an NSF Regional Innovation Engines (RIE) program...

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 $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,...

The U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $7 million cooperative agreement to the State Science & Technology Institute (SSTI) and Association of University Research Parks (AURP) under the Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) program (CFDA #11.307). Over four years, SSTI and AURP will establish a Technology-Based Economic Development Community of Practice to strengthen the capacity of EDA grantees. They will identify and share best practices, foster...

The Upward Talent Council, doing business as Michigan Works, will receive $332,000 from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Development Support for Planning Organizations program (CFDA 11.302) to develop and implement an Upper Peninsula 2022 Labor Market Study. The completed study will provide a comprehensive labor market analysis of each of the 14 counties in Michigan's Upper Peninsula region. It will create an economic development roadmap to...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Federal Grant Award under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $299,408 to Case Western Reserve University (UEI: HJMKEF7EJW69) to develop a groundbreaking forecasting tool that can help policymakers predict the economic and societal impacts of NSF investments in regional technology and science-based innovation ecosystems. The research aims to advance the state-of-the-art in two ways: 1) improving the...

This $289,802 National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) grant award to The George Washington University aims to develop a new data platform and analytical toolset for modeling entrepreneurial ecosystems across all 381 U.S. metropolitan statistical areas. The research will analyze the static configurations and dynamic trajectories of entrepreneurial ecosystems to provide insights relevant to policymakers supporting regional innovation. A sub-award of...