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The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research ASPIRE Awards
- Funding: ASPIRE I Awards ($250K), ASPIRE II Awards ($750K)
- Target audience: Principal Investigators with innovative ideas that have the potential to solve high-impact problems in cancer research,
- Applications deadline: Ongoing
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America’s Seed Fund SBIR | STTR
- Funding: up to $2 Million in seed funding
- Target audience: startups developing deep technologies
- Applications deadline: ongoing
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Cornell Research&Innovation
- Description: Several Cornell entities have funding opportunities for which individuals at Cornell can apply. The list provides summaries of many of these opportunities. Details may be found by following the links and the program contacts can provide more information.
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D-Prize
- Topic: Social entrepreneurship
- Target: NGO and early-stage ventures worldwide
- Amount: $20K to start new organizations fighting poverty in low-income countries.
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Grow-NY Year 6 Application
- Topic: business competition focused on growing the food and agriculture ecosystem in Upstate New York’s Central, Finger Lakes, and Southern Tier regions
- Target: food and agriculture startups from around the world
- Amount: up to $1 million in prize money. In addition to funding, Grow-NY startups receive mentorship, business development support, and key resources.
- Deadline: May 15, 2024
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Equalize Pitchers
- Applications deadline: November 17, 2023
- Target audience: Academic appointment (tenured/tenure track/research) or a post-doc or graduate student position at an academic research institution as well as having a pending or issued patent or copyright.
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Fuzehub Commercialization Competition 2023
- Applications Open: July 10 through August 9, 2023
- Finalists Pitch Live: October 16 – 17, 2023
- Awards up to $50,000 each; one company has the chance to win an additional $100,000 for a grand award of $150,000
- Eligibility: Companies are required to have an existing tangible prototype
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