Project Grant SHU20018GR0009

The Department of State Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs awarded $149,786 under the AEECA/ESF PD Programs (CFDA 19.900) cooperative agreement to Network 20/20, Inc. to deliver an intensive academic and practical entrepreneurship and leadership training program for 16 students or recent graduates aged 18-25 in Serbia. The program will provide in-depth entrepreneurship and leadership training through a U.S.-based program and support participants to launch ventures and impact their...

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...

This $168,682 project grant from the Inter-American Foundation (IAF) will support Asociacion Educacional Para El Desarrollo Integral De LOS Movimientos Comunitarios (Entre Mundos) in delivering community-based tourism and organizational development training and services. Under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750), which aims to strengthen partnerships and support self-help efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean, Entre Mundos will work with community organizations in...

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 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...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration awarded Wichita State University a $1.5 million Project Grant under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024). The grant will support entrepreneurship programs in Wichita, Kansas through September 2024. Specifically, the university will offer a Startup School and Technology Transfer Matchmaking program to increase entrepreneurship and university-based technology transfer. It will also fund a NXTSTAGE Accelerator...

This $120,589 National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering Project Grant will support the Advanced Studies Institute (ASI) to train U.S. manufacturing engineering students and foster innovative research ideas through short courses leveraging unique facilities in Italy. Over two years, the ASI will host 15 U.S. graduate students annually in Italy for 15 days each to participate in eight short courses covering emerging Industry 4.0 technologies being adopted in...

The Small Business Administration's Office of the Chief Operating Officer awarded a $312,744 Project Grant to Youngstown Edison Incubator Corporation, doing business as Youngstown Business Incubator, to support entrepreneurship and small business development initiatives from September 1, 2022 through February 28, 2025. The grant funding will support the awardee's efforts under the Congressional Grants program (CFDA #59.059), which provides funding for small business development and...

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...

Nextcorps Inc. was awarded a $984,612 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program (CFDA 11.307) to deliver a software startup accelerator for non-technical founders in Rochester, NY from May 2021 through October 2022. The EAA program provides technical and planning assistance to regions experiencing adverse economic changes, which this award will do by supporting entrepreneurs through an accelerator program...