Project Grant SGE21022GR1030

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.079) provides $933,987 to Michigan State University's Toolbox Dialogue Initiative Center (TDIC) to support the Accelerating Research Through International Network-to-Network Collaboration (ACCELNET) researcher community. The primary activities include: Hosting annual in-person meetings and professional development workshops for ACCELNET awardees and early career researchers....

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...

The South Carolina State-Wide Investment Accelerator Project will receive $2.1 million from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) from November 2022 through October 2025. The funding will support organizing, launching and operating a statewide investment accelerator program with stakeholders to identify an accelerator contractor, recruit and deliver programming twice annually for early-stage startup cohorts,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $273,188 to Docare LLC, a small disadvantaged business located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, aims to develop a large language model and communication optimization tools to improve clinical trial participant engagement and retention. The project will use unsupervised machine learning and operations research techniques to analyze communication data from multiple clinical trials,...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $750,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports the Institute for African Americans in Computing Sciences (IAAMCS) National Network. The award extends the Diversifying Leadership in the Professoriate (LEAP) initiative, which aims to increase the diversity of computing faculty at research universities as a means of expanding diversity across the computing field....

This National Science Foundation project grant of $103,357 will support a collaborative research effort by Arizona State University to engage STEM leaders in improving diversity among faculty. Led by ASU in partnership with the University of New Mexico and University of Oregon, this NSF Advancing Excellence in Graduate Education program Catalyst Alliance project will pilot an institutional change strategy of broad significance. Over the two-year period from March 2022 to February 2024, the...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded Innovation Works $8 million under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to implement the Scaling Networks in Southwestern Pennsylvania Project from November 1, 2022 to October 31, 2025. The project aims to deepen, strengthen and cross-pollinate networks of mentors, corporate partners, investors and supply chain partners to more scalably deliver entrepreneurial services to startups in the region. Key...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded a $10.9 million cooperative agreement under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) to the New Growth Innovation Network to unite community-based organizations, economic development districts, and economic development organizations in partnerships. The award will fund the New Growth Innovation Network project from October 2022 to October 2025. The project aims to advance equity in economic development and...

This $6,021,480 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program will fund the Village to Venture: EDA Build to Scale Venture Challenge. Through a partnership between Southwestern Community College, the University of San Diego, and the Connect Foundation, this project will support underrepresented entrepreneurs in the San Diego region in accessing traditional capital sources and creating new jobs. Specifically, the partnership will...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $399,969 Project Grant through its NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Ivy TECH Community College of Indiana. The three-year grant aims to broaden the participation of two-year institutions in emerging technology programs by increasing their capacity and infrastructure to grow and sustain strong regional partnerships. Key activities include implementing the Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) advisory...