EnterpriseWorks received $125,000 as one of 24 awards granted by the SBA’s Office of Innovation and Technology under the Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program.
Request for Proposals – COVID-19 Technology Acceleration Program
Contractors will provide services and support for entrepreneurs and researchers with technology development related to the coronavirus pandemic. Two RFPs are posted. One is for consultants. The other is for prototyping, fabrication, or makerspace labs. Proposals received by September 16 will receive full consideration.
EDA Grant to Support Technology & Training in Response to COVID-19 Impact
The U.S. Economic Development Administration awards $300,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistant Grant to the EDA University Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
EDA University Center Issues Report on Economic Gardening in the State of Illinois
“Growing Our Own” shares how downstate Illinois utilizes – and can continue to employ – economic gardening development strategies that leverage existing assets of each community.
COVID-19 Resources
The Illinois University Incubator Network hosts IUIN Peer webinars for Illinois university incubators to share resources and best practices for responding to the impact of COVID-19 on incubator operations and communities. Staff of the University of Illinois Research Park and the EnterpriseWorks Technology incubator are hosting virtual events and workshops that are open to the public and feature timely and relevant topics for the Illinois innovation and entrepreneurship communities. They have also curated an online list of COVID-19 resources.
Collaboration Encourages Interest in Small Business Innovation Research, Hosts 70 Participants
In November, the Illinois University Incubator Network (IUIN), the Research Park at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC), the IL SBDC Network, and the IL PTAC at Western Illinois University produced an SBIR Workshop at SIUC that also offered a live webinar and moderation of the workshop at four additional host locations throughout Illinois.
Request for Consulting Proposals
The EDA University Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks consulting proposals for an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) Program that will serve startup ventures and prospective entrepreneurs in downstate Illinois (south I-80). Click article headline to read more …
Surefooted LLC Awarded STTR Grant from National Institutes of Health
Approximately 1 in 3 senior citizens experience a fall each year and falls are the leading cause of death by an injury among those aged 65 and older. Surefooted is developing a type of physical therapy equipment that aims to revolutionize fall prevention.
Oxalo Therapeutics Awarded $2.3 Million of STTR Funding from National Institutes of Health
According to the National Kidney Foundation, about one in ten people will develop a kidney stone. Oxalo Therapeutics, a University of Chicago (UC) biotech startup, is developing a drug to treat and prevent kidney stones. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded Oxalo Therapeutics a $2.3 million grant for a first-of-its-kind drug.
Digital Dipstick Wins SBIR Funding Using Resources Throughout Illinois
Digital Dipstick Company, a fluid-monitoring technology startup, was recently awarded $224,000 in Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding from the National Science Foundation. Digital Dipstick received guidance and help from resources provided by the Illinois University Incubator Network, designed to help entrepreneurs affiliated with University-based entrepreneurship centers. But their story starts long before that.