Project Grant ED17HDQ0200028

This $1.4 million Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program funds the Southern California Venture Pipeline (SVP) Capital Fund Development Project. The Alliance for Southern California Innovation will review startup applications, vet companies, and forward qualified deals to an evaluator panel. Roughly 75% of applicants will need mentorship to prepare for future funding rounds. Startups selected by the panel will pitch to 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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award, funded under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084), provides $4,985,809 to develop a comprehensive entrepreneurship training program. The goal is to equip academic researchers with the knowledge and skills needed to successfully launch startups to commercialize their university-developed technologies, particularly in regions lacking these resources. The program will build on the NSF I-Corps customer...

The Economic Development Administration awarded a $2.17 million Project Grant to Vilcap, Inc. to develop lasting investment infrastructure for technology startups led by founders of color in the Southeast region of the United States. Under the Resource Invests initiative funded through the agency's BUILD TO SCALE program (CFDA #11.024), Vilcap will work with the Black Innovation Alliance from November 2022 to April 2024 to launch infrastructure and a replicable model to improve...

The Research Park Corporation received a $1.125 million project grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration on May 24, 2022. The funding supports the Ignition Accelerator and Venture Capital Assistance Program to develop tech-based startups across Louisiana's Capital Region. Through this program, the Research Park Corporation will provide technical assistance, planning support, and outreach to underserved communities and businesses to help address the lack...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Cooperative Agreement award under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $3,000,000 in funding to Georgia Tech Research Corp to establish a regional I-Corps Hub in the Southeast. The Hub aims to develop a transformative entrepreneurial ecosystem that enhances the nation's economic and industrial competitiveness through fostering entrepreneurship and deep technology workforce development. The project will deploy...

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 $8 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program will fund the Oasis Accelerator: Inland Empire Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Development Project led by the Regents of the University of California at Riverside from November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2025. The project will create an interconnected network of test beds and domain experts administered by the Oasis Accelerator to conduct research and demonstration projects...

The Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) received a $125,000 Project Grant award from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program (CFDA 59.058) to enhance the competitiveness and innovation capabilities of small businesses in Indiana. This award will enable IEDC to deliver products, services, resources, and expertise that support the rapid commercialization of innovative ideas and technologies developed by small firms....

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $3,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to establish the New England I-Corps Hub. The Hub will provide entrepreneurial training, mentoring, and support to STEM researchers across the New England region to accelerate the translation of fundamental research into new products, services, and ventures that address national...