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National Labs, Polsky Center, and I-Corps Create Commercialization Partnership

January 18, 2021

A unique partnership between two of the Department of Energy’s Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Programs (LEEP) and the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) I-Corps Program will offer valuable [...]

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 NSF issues first biennial report on I-Corps

NSF issues first biennial report on I-Corps

August 21, 2019

In June 2019, NSF submitted a biennial report on the efficacy of the NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) program, which provides hands-on entrepreneurship training to academic researchers and other [...]

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 Culture of collaboration at Purdue key to commercial success

Culture of collaboration at Purdue key to commercial success

June 25, 2018

At its new I-Corps Site, led by Professor Matthew Lynall, Purdue University is proving that the only way forward is together. In the last four years, collaborative work with the National Science [...]

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 Lipinski Introduces Bill to Boost American Innovation and Create Jobs

Lipinski Introduces Bill to Boost American Innovation and Create Jobs

March 7, 2018

Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-3), joined by Congressman Daniel Webster (FL-11), has introduced the Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2018, supporting the expansion of the successful I-Corps [...]

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 Midwest Alliance, NSF pilot SBIR ‘Phase 0’ program

Midwest Alliance, NSF pilot SBIR ‘Phase 0’ program

February 7, 2018

ANN ARBOR–A new pilot program supported by the National Science Foundation will help early stage startups in the Midwest commercialize their technology. The Midwest Innovation Corps (I-Corps) [...]

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“Warren Buffet said that the best investment is education. My sincere wish is that this program gets continuous funding because I-Corps™ is offering the best investment for Michigan and the country.”
- Riya Cao, CEO of LSPediA

Quote: LSPediA

May 19, 2017
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 Midwest Universities Form Innovation Alliance

Midwest Universities Form Innovation Alliance

November 2, 2016

A new four-university alliance will help researchers across the Midwest turn their inventions into marketable products to benefit society. Supported by a $3.5 million grant from the National [...]

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 NSF fosters entrepreneurship, innovation through new awards for I-Corps nodes

NSF fosters entrepreneurship, innovation through new awards for I-Corps nodes

September 27, 2016

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded five new grants to teach entrepreneurship and to support research and innovation at regional hubs across the United States under its Innovation [...]

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