Congratulations to the Economic Development and Industrial Corporation of Boston for winning the Good Jobs Challenge. We provided insight, advice, and recommendations on how to strengthen the application, which led them to a $23M win. 🏆
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Type 2 proposal deadlines announced!
Exciting news! NSF Engines recently released the deadlines for Type 2 LOIs and Full Proposals! 📢 📢 📢
Whatever you do in life and in business avoid this one thing.
Whatever you do in life and in business avoid this one thing.📉 🗃
Christine is selected as a top 10 finalist for NAWBO’s Woman Business Owner of the Year Award
Christine is selected as a top 10 finalist for NAWBO’s Woman Business Owner of the Year Award. This is the second year in a row for a nomination and top 10 finalists. 🏅🏅
Why disrupting the tech industry is challenging
Anyone who has tried to develop a new technology or technology-enabled product can tell you there is often some resistance to change. New technology should theoretically be viewed as exciting. It has the capability to advance outcomes in various industries and often the ability to make life better/easier/more fun. 🌎 🪐
Break the law with federal research grants & find out what can happen.
Break the law with federal research grants & find out what can happen. A DOE grantee was recently charged with wire fraud, conspiracy to engage in wire fraud, and money laundering. 😮
On the importance of pain points.
Behind the invention of every successful product, there is a story about a person whose needs were not being met by the available industry standard of that time. Problems are what inspire us to innovate.🔬 🧫 🧪
Department of Energy Announces $20 Million in Exploratory Research for Extreme-Scale Science
New Funding to enable scientists to explore innovative approaches in priority research areas such as artificial intelligence, quantum information science, high-productivity programming, and discrete event simulation. 🖥 🥼
House Passes $55 Billion Small Business Grant Bill
The House voted, 223-203, to pass the Relief for Restaurants and Other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act of 2022 (H.R. 3807), which would distribute another round of $55 billion to struggling businesses. The bill now moves to the Senate.🏛 📝
DUNS to Unique Entity ID (SAM) – Changeover comes April 4
All federal grant applicants need an identifier for federal awards processes. On April 4, 2022, that identifier is changing from the DUNS number to the Unique Entity ID (UEI), issued by SAM.gov. 😮