Project Grant U411C160019

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...

This $285,504 EAGER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports a two-year research project to measure the impact of university innovation facilities on real estate markets and R&D space supply and demand across the top 100 U.S. metropolitan areas. The project aims to collect and analyze data on four key outcome variables: R&D space demand, R&D space supply, business establishment clustering, and...

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...

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...

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...

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $123,310 one-year Project Grant under its Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to the Angel Capital Association (ACA), a non-profit organization, to promote the engagement of angel investors in the "deep tech" innovation ecosystem. The key objectives of the project are to: Conduct data collection to better understand angel investor patterns in deep tech sectors such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology,...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award in the amount of $299,991 to the Center for Strategic & International Studies Inc. (CSIS) will advance research on how public investments in translational science and emerging technology impact global supply chains, economic competitiveness, and network effects. The project will leverage a range of traditional and novel indicators, as well as qualitative research from experts, to...

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...

This $474,942 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program will fund research at Duke University to evaluate the impacts of declining public R&D investment and the pivot away from defense innovation in the U.S. The research aims to (i) examine the effects of federally-funded R&D on the development of complex, science-based "deep tech" innovations, and (ii) assess the impacts of major cuts to...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $295,591 to the University of Kentucky Research Foundation will develop a deep graph neural network-based foundation model to quantify and predict place-based innovation (PBI) factors. The key products and services to be delivered include: Modeling the time and capital requirements for PBI product development and commercialization. Assessing the impacts of...