WEEKLY UPDATE | Innovation @ Georgia Tech
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Congratulations to all students for making it to the end of Spring 2020. We are so extremely proud of all your hard work.
It’s not too late to join your classmates and reimagine your summer by taking classes!
Last day to register for summer is Friday, May 15.
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Join our workshop on how to Build A Startup in the World of Venture Capital hosted by Scott Lopano, Principal at
Tech Square Ventures
. Learn to position your startup to raise venture capital funding and determine if venture capital funding best aligns with your business goals.
Open to everyone!
Date:
Thursday, May 14
Time:
4 pm - 5 pm EDT
Location:
Virtual
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"During this interactive marketing webinar, Umama Kibria, the savvy startup CEO behind
SweatPack
and the personal fitness brand,
smallandstrong.fit
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will give you tactical strategies to implement into your social media accounts to build your community, personal brands, convert followers into paying clients and build out your sales funnel. The Forbes “30 Under 30” founder will give you candid insights on how to authentically create content, collaborate, and engaging."
Open to everyone!
Date:
Tuesday, May 19
Time:
2 pm - 3 pm EDT
Location:
Virtual
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Competitions & Funding Opportunities
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Inviting women-led early stage startups, based in the US, to apply for this innovation competition. Top 10 finalists compete for a total of $100K in cash. You must be available from the competition from September 29 to October 2, 2020.
Date:
Monday, May 18
Time:
8 pm EDT
Location:
Virtual
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Inviting proposals from faculty and staff related to sustainable design or sustainable technology. You can apply for up to $30,000 to develop or strengthen existing courses and programs that incorporate key concepts through innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E).
Examples of sustainability principles and frameworks include: systems thinking; life cycle analysis; green chemistry, materials, or manufacturing; circular economy; and Biomimicry.
Open to all faculty or staff members! Georgia Tech is a member of VentureWell.
Date:
Wednesday, May 20
Time:
8 pm EDT
Location:
Virtual
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"The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) is urgently soliciting proposals for RADx, a fast-track technology development program for at-home and point-of-care testing innovations, in response to COVID-19. Innovators and inventors with promising
rapid testing solutions can receive up to $500 million to help fund product development
, along with coaching from technical, business, and manufacturing experts to support their journey to market."
Applications at any stage of readiness will be considered.
Open to all students, faculty, and staff!
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Undergraduate student teams have the opportunity to work on innovative solutions to unmet health and clinical problems and win up to $100,000 prizes for 2020. There are 6 prizes that can be won:
- DEBUT Challenge prizes:
- 1st Prize: The Steven H. Krosnick Prize: $20,000
- 2nd Prize: $15,000
- 3rd Prize: $10,000
- HIV/AIDS Prize: $15,000 (with funds from the NIH Office of AIDS Research)
- The Healthcare Technologies for Low-Resource Settings Prize: $15,000 (with funds from the National Institute of Minority and Health Disparities)
- Venture Prize: $15,000
- Design Excellence Prize: $5,000
- Honorable Mentions: $1,000
Open to all undergraduate students!
Deadline:
Monday, June 1
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Resources & General Opportunities
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Explore a wide variety of funding opportunities collected by naceda.
Deadline:
Ongoing
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Apply for grants and raise capital through crowdfunding. Have an idea or company that needs funding, coaching, or connections? Then looked no further than the iFundWomen where they have a ton of resources at your fingertips.
Deadline:
Ongoing
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This tool has been created to help college students affected by COVID-19 final resources. While it is located in Georgia, it has nationally-available resources. Resources are available for food, healthcare, connectivity, etc.
Deadline:
Ongoing
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Explore various opportunities that are available to current startups. This collection of resources is updated regularly by ATDC. To add to this list email Adam Gautsch (
Adam.Gautsch@atdc.org
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Making the Virtual World Fun
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Over the next few weeks we will be sharing various opportunities that now exist to make the virtual world fun. We invite you participate in the event/activity/opportunity listed below.
This week we feature theme parks!
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Theme Park Virtual Visits
Three theme parks have partnered to provide you with virtual rides and tours. Click on the links below to take visit:
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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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Volunteer today
Groups of students are coming together to help link farmers who have to throw away food due to COVID-19 to food banks across the United States.
To volunteer or donate click here.
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Office of Undergraduate Education| Clough Commons 205
studentinnovation@gatech.edu | http://innovation.gatech.edu
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