Project Grant U411C120033

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 National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $400,000 Project Grant through its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the University of New Haven for the "BRIDGE-TECH: Building Relationships in Innovation and Development for Growth in Emerging Technologies" project. This collaborative research effort brings together five primarily undergraduate institutions to strengthen regional innovation ecosystems by removing barriers to research, workforce...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $399,781 Project Grant under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Widener University. The 3-year BRIDGE-TECH project aims to strengthen regional innovation ecosystems at five primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) by removing barriers to research, workforce development, and technology commercialization. Key goals include increasing industry-sponsored research, enhancing innovation culture and technology...

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 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 National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $305,000 supports the development of a novel, non-destructive, in-line inspection technology to improve the quality and efficiency of semiconductor manufacturing. The project aims to address the challenge of detecting defects hidden beneath the surface of semiconductor devices using quantum-based sensing techniques. The proposed inspection tool is expected to reduce...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) provides $400,000 in funding to Bradley University to support the BRIDGE-TECH (Building Relationships in Innovation and Development for Growth in Emerging Technologies) project. This collaborative initiative brings together five primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs) to strengthen regional innovation ecosystems by addressing barriers to research,...

This $400,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) supports the "LIGHT UP: LEVERAGING INNOVATION TO GROW HIGH TECH AND UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS" collaborative effort among six diverse institutions in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions. The key objectives of this collaborative project are to: (1) expand and improve the institutions' structural support systems for economic...

This $230,292 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports research to enhance understanding of how innovative research and development (R&D) effectively translate into commercial products. The study will focus on place-based innovation (PBI) ecosystems, regions where stakeholders collaborate in close geographic proximity, to uncover critical factors that facilitate or hinder successful R&D...

This $400,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports a multi-institution collaborative effort to develop a research and innovation ecosystem that leverages external partnerships to shape the STEM talent pipeline and workforce development. The "LIGHT UP" collaborative, comprised of six higher education institutions in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions, aims to establish a...