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UD A Partner in Regional Innovation Hub

Written by Horn Entrepreneurship | Aug 31, 2021 8:48:46 PM

By Tracey Bryant and Catherine Zandonella, Princeton • August 25, 2021

Photos by Evan Krape and Ashley Barnas 

Collaboration to accelerate tech, broaden diversity in entrepreneurship

The University of Delaware is a partner in a new regional innovation network, established with a $15 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), to accelerate the transformation of scientific discoveries into technologies that improve our daily lives.

The NSF Innovation Corps (I-CorpsTM) Northeast Hub, announced Aug. 25, is one of five new hubs in a nationwide NSF-funded network of universities formed to boost the economic impact of federally funded research – delivering benefits in health care, energy and the environment, computing, artificial intelligence, robotics, advanced materials and other areas – while building skills and opportunities among researchers from all backgrounds, including those historically underrepresented in entrepreneurship.

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