WEEKLY UPDATE | Innovation @ Georgia Tech
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The rains will not deter the number of events and activities that are being launched to help students, faculty, and staff develop their ideas and to craft their own companies. So take a minute or two and explore the events and funding opportunities that have been created with you in mind.
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Female Founders will coach Georgia Tech female-led teams through evidence-based entrepreneurship and innovation centered on customer discovery. Teams will be eligible to apply for up to $3000 to be spent on Customer Discovery efforts, including but not limited to travel expenses to relevant conferences where teams will be able to directly interview potential customers.
Open to undergraduates, graduates, staff and faculty!
Date
: Tuesday, Feb. 25 (info session)
Time
: 11 am - 11:45 am
Location:
Online - WebEx
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This 10-week, paid internship allows students further develop and pursue research that connects it to science, technology, and innovation to economic development. At the end of the internship, students will present their findings to economic development and innovation groups.
Open to students enrolled in Masters and PhD programs!
Program
: June 1 - August 7, 2020 (10-weeks)
Stipend
: $ 6,000
Topics
: All topics are welcome. Interns will research a topic that connects science, technology, and innovation to economic development.
Application deadline
: Friday, Feb. 28
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Application deadline: Saturday, Feb. 29
Online
Apply for the Department of Defense's X-Force Technology Fellowship open to undergraduate and graduate students who are US citizens.
Participants possess a diverse set of skills ranging from mobile and web app development, data analysis and visualization, hardware prototyping, social media strategy, and technology scouting.
Last year, Georgia Tech students participated in the pilot program and worked with 15 military problem sponsors across many states to develop prototype capabilities that address real-world problem topics.
Some awesome example projects for THIS summer (we will have 50+) are:
- help the Air Force integrate multiple data sets into a single dashboard to help flight scheduling
- create the app to end all apps to optimize human performance of Green Berets
- develop a social media playbook and strategy for PSYOPs
- design and build better targets to provide real time feedback during live fire exercises
X-Force Fellows will be paid a competitive stipend ($2,500 per month) and provided with a small budget for travel and material expenses.
X-Force Remote volunteers are unpaid.
Summer cohort: June 1 - August 31, 2020
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This VentureWell program supports collaborative project opportunities for US-based BME design students and faculty across the BME-IDEA global network and will connect faculty members of the consortium to share resources, best practices, ideas, curriculum, knowledge, challenges, and opportunities around innovation in BME design.
Faculty Grant Opportunities
Grants of up to $4,000 will be awarded to US-based faculty for global project explorations and/or experiences to enhance their professional development and knowledge base within the field of biomedical design and innovation.
Student Grant Opportunities
Grants of up to $9,000 will be awarded to student teams for the development and implementation of BME projects focused on innovation, design, and entrepreneurship.
Open to students and faculty!
Application deadline
: Wednesday, Feb. 26
Georgia Tech is a member of VentureWell and so you are eligible to apply!
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The emergence of 3G and 4G led to opportunities for new businesses and startups never before possible. 5G has the potential to do the same. Deep Startups is hosting senior leadership from Qualcomm who are directly working with businesses of all sizes to leverage 5G's potential and guide them based learnings from prior generation deployments. Come to Deep Startups to learn from the leaders of 5G to spark your imagination on how it can solve real problems for you to make an impact.
Date
: Thursday, Feb. 27
Time
: 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Location:
Klaus Advanced Computing Building Room 2448
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The Division of Student Life is pleased to announce the availability of The Alvin M. Ferst Leadership and Entrepreneur Award. This $3,000 award will be given to a junior or senior with at least a 2.5 GPA who has demonstrated extraordinary leadership and/or entrepreneurial skills while at Georgia Tech.
Open to undergraduates only!
Deadline
: Monday, Mar. 2
Time
: Noon
Location:
Online
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Are you
- Working on projects that aim to improve the human condition (social and/or environmental impact) OR
- Working with community partners who address pressing societal issues OR
- Are passionate about social/environmental issues and would like to join a team (they should first email us at ideas2serve@gmail.com)
Open to undergraduates, graduates, or recent alum!
March 29
: Application Deadline (Executive Summary, and 90 second video)
April 1
: Finals Poster Showcase and Awards Ceremony
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Have a startup idea but no teammates to build it with? Do you have skills you want to apply to a startup but don't have an idea? Come meet the co-founders you need to apply to Startup Launch at this speed networking event.
Students from different universities across Georgia are invited to this CREATE-X speed networking event.
Date
: Friday, Mar. 6
Time
: 11:00 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Location:
Klaus Advanced Computing Building Room 2448
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Get your free ticket today for upcoming undergraduate innovation competition. This one-of-a-kind
annual innovation contest pits student inventors head-to-head in a fast-paced pitch competition in front of a live audience. You could be in the audience for this televised final round, streamed to over 3.6 Million viewers online and on Georgia Public Broadcasting at 7:30 on Wednesday, March 11.
Date
: Wednesday, Mar. 11
Time
: 7:30 p.m.
Location:
Ferst Center Theater
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Community Stuff
All events/activities are free.
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The Atlanta Blockchain (TAB) will be hosting a networking event that will include a general discussion on the differences between bitcoin and blockchain.
"This group focuses on educating the community about decentralized crypto technologies. We will focus on many things including: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Ethereum, decentralized storage, alt-coins, mining, programming, blockchain as a database, general education 101’s, and more. Please come join us to be part of this technology revolution!"
Date:
Wednesday, Feb. 26
Time:
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Location:
Atlanta Tech Village, 3423 Piedmont Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30305
Food and drinks provided.
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Upcoming Funding Opportunities
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Compete to win over $250,000 in cash prizes at the e-Fest undergraduate entrepreneurship competition at the
Schulze School of Entrepreneurship in Minneapolis (all expenses paid)
. First step is to create an pitch video (of up to 7 minutes) and a slide deck for your entry.
After the online round, the Top 25 Finalist Teams will be invited (all expenses paid) to Minneapolis. The action-packed 3 day celebration of undergraduate entrepreneurship features workshops, networking and four separate competitions awarding a total of $250K in prize money.
Deadline:
Sunday, Mar. 8
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Submit your idea & we will partner one-on-one with you to move YOUR idea forward!
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Want to expand your team or join a team that already has an idea?
Join a team or expand your team by clicking below!
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Don't Miss These Future Events
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Date: Fri., Mar. 6
Most startups fail because they build the wrong product or service. Learn the technique used by some of the fastest growing startups in Atlanta and Silicon Valley.
Deadline: Mon., Mar. 23
Apply for Startup Launch and receive a $4,000 grant and $30,000 in services to get your company off the ground.
Deadline: Sun., Mar. 29
Online
Apply for this innovation competition with your entry in one of these areas: Climate Solutions, Create and Perform, and Health on the Move.
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Center for Academic Enrichment | Clough Commons 205
studentinnovation@gatech.edu | http://innovation.gatech.edu
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