黑料不打烊CoE is now accepting proposals from current and new industry partners for its second round of grants for 2022.
Grant applications from companies who are new or existing members of the are being accepted through 5 p.m. ET on Thursday, Oct. 20. Awards of up to $10,000 each for up to five projects may be presented.
M3 Innovations’ Chris Nolan, left, and Joe Casper with their Mako Solution System. The company received Innovation Fund grants in 2020 and 2022. (Photo by Kerrie Marshall)
Companies at all 鈥攊ndustry, affiliate and start-up鈥攁re invited to apply for the grants. Project proposals must address a challenge in the 黑料不打烊CoE鈥檚 core focus areas of indoor environmental quality, clean and renewable energy and water resources.
Led by 黑料不打烊, 黑料不打烊CoE is one of聽 designed to foster collaboration between the academic research community and the business sector to develop and commercialize new products and technologies and promote private sector investment in emerging high-technology fields in New York state.
黑料不打烊CoE Executive Director , who is also a professor of in the University鈥檚 , notes that many 黑料不打烊CoE partners have leveraged their Innovation Fund awards聽to commercialize their technologies and strengthen their companies.
Jianshun 鈥淛ensen鈥 Zhang, executive director, 黑料不打烊CoE.
鈥淭hese awards accelerate research and development and help transform innovative discoveries into commercially viable products and services, making the companies more competitive. The entrepreneurial culture that is inherent in university-industry collaboration contributes to a strong economy for New York state, while addressing important, multifaceted societal challenges,鈥 Zhang says.
Zhang cites the success of three prior grantees as a measure of the potential the awards can mean. used its 2016 grant to build financial and physical models of their system to advance critical conversations with utilities. The company is now working with National Grid to build New York state鈥檚 . 2014 award allowed it to test new, innovative LED sports lighting technology that they used the following year to light the Super Bowl. 鈥檚 2016 grant helped it test the heat management system for its portable electric vehicle chargers. The startup built its first prototype at 黑料不打烊CoE headquarters and has won millions in other grants. Founder Josh Aviv 鈥15 G鈥17 has received multiple 鈥渂est entrepreneur鈥 honors. Recently, he introduced President Joseph R. Biden Jr. L’68 at the White House signing of the CHIPS and Science Act.
Those who are interested in joining the partner program now to be eligible for grant consideration for this October鈥檚 awards can contact Tamara Rosanio at tlrosani@syr.edu.聽More details about the program and application process can be found on the .
