Startup Founders Fret Over Getting Fired Like Sam Altman

tanya.amos2024-05-30T12:56:26-07:00 Max Bregman participated in the NSF I-Corps program Fall 2023 with his startup BreathEV. Max was featured in this Wall Street Journal article about how startup founders can protect themselves from being ousted by their company's board, in the wake of Sam Altman's firing from OpenAI. Read full article

Research-Based Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the NSF I-Corps Program

tanya.amos2024-05-23T13:22:05-07:00 The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps) program has been instrumental in nurturing entrepreneurial potential in the world of research-based ventures. Ryan Manwaring, a Doctoral Prepared Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, who specializes in pediatric and adult care, recently embarked on a transformative journey through the Desert and Pacific Region Hub of the NSF I-Corps program. Read full article

National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps to launch new cohort in January 2023

tanya.amos2024-05-23T12:01:32-07:00 Have an invention, innovation or idea that can make an impact outside of academia? The National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program provides entrepreneurial training to teams of researchers, students and mentors to explore the commercial potential of their research or innovation. Read full article

Boise State awarded $1M, recognized as Innovation Corps Desert and Pacific Hub member

tanya.amos2024-05-23T12:01:10-07:00 Boise State is now recognized as a member of the National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps) Desert and Pacific Region Hub, and receives an award of $1,067,000. As an I-Corps member, the university will collaborate with R1– or “very high research activity”– institutions to accelerate innovations that benefit the region and society. Read full article

$1M award transforms world-class research into public-impact solutions

tanya.amos2024-05-23T12:01:04-07:00A $1 million award from the National Science Foundation will help the University of Hawaiʻi convert its world-class research into solutions with public impact. UH has been selected as part of a new National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Hub, joining seven other universities—Arizona State University (lead); University of Arizona; Northern Arizona University; University of California, San Diego; Boise State University; University of Idaho; and University of Nevada, Las Vegas—to form the Desert and Pacific region NSF I-Corps Hub, one of five newly-funded hubs. Read full article

ASU awarded lead of new National Science Foundation I-Corps Hub

tanya.amos2024-05-23T12:00:54-07:00 The U.S. National Science Foundation has announced the addition of five new NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Hubs to its National Innovation Network. Arizona State University is the lead institution for one of the new hubs: the Desert and Pacific region. The other universities joining the Desert and Pacific Hub are: the University of Arizona; Northern Arizona University; the University of California, San Diego; the University of Hawaii; Boise State University; the University of Idaho; and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Read full article