Project Grant P031N190002

This $3,060,344 Project Grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program funds the Stitchcrew Vest Her Ventures project. The project establishes one of Oklahoma's first accelerators to connect traditionally overlooked entrepreneurs with capital, networks, and resources needed to build and scale companies. It provides executive coaching to over 100 members annually and uses its extended network as a talent bank and trusted pipeline. Stitchcrew and...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program provides $106,000 to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY) to conduct research on designing smart environments to enhance collective learning and creativity. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award include: Developing large-scale online experiments and computational models to investigate how technological...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $2.78 million project grant to Rev1 Ventures, doing business as Platform Lab, under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program. The grant will support Platform Lab's efforts to expand mentorship, networking, and support resources for women and entrepreneurs of color. Key activities include expanding the team of mentors and advisors to recruit and train over 20 diverse founders, providing cultural competency training to...

This $1.2 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program will fund the Charlotte Community Capital Access Investment Initiative. Over three years, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte will engage multiple university and community resources to identify new local capital sources, educate underrepresented potential angel investors, and ensure 120 emerging entrepreneurs are fully prepared for investment. Specifically, the...

This $2.4 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program will fund the Coastal Empire Regional Ecosystem Strategy (CERES) project delivered by Georgia Southern University Research & Service Foundation Inc. CERES aims to strengthen regional business outreach and development programs to better serve underserved businesses in the Coastal Empire region of Georgia. Through activities focused on discovery, ideation, incubation and...

This Project Grant award of $199,999 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program supports research and educational activities at Macalester College to advance 3D drawing and observational sketching in cross-reality environments spanning the physical, virtual, and mixed reality spaces. The key products and services to be delivered include developing novel user interface techniques and algorithms to enable seamless transitions...

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 $974,414 federal Project Grant award from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) National Leadership Grants program supports George Mason University, in collaboration with several partners, to develop a community archiving prototype and training materials. The key objectives are to: (1) create the Archives for Racial and Cultural Healing (ARCH) National Collaborative, (2) support the Chipman ARCH project as a prototype and develop curriculum/practices for future ARCH regional...

This $633,610 federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program supports research by Georgetown University to investigate how core dimensions of creative cognition among engineering students relate to their future success in STEM fields. The 5-year project has three primary objectives: Conducting a 3-year longitudinal study to examine the relationships between students' verbal, visual, generative, and evaluative creativity and their STEM...

This $365,439 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) supports fundamental research to advance the understanding of creativity and its relationship to STEM success. The primary objectives are to: Investigate how core dimensions of creative cognition, including visual, verbal, generative, and evaluative creativity, relate to STEM success during and after college through a 3-year longitudinal study of engineering students....