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Standard Potential speaking with microphone at ChargeUp

Standard Potential and Con Edison pilot home battery network to make NYC grid more reliable, affordable
Standard Potential and Con Edison pilot home battery network to make NYC grid more reliable, affordable 1920 1280 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

Sodium-ion battery solution company Standard Potential conducted in-person customer discovery interviews at The Battery Show through a 2023 I-Corps course.

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NASA SmallSat cohort 2025.

NASA I-Corps Empowers Small Sat Innovators to Bridge the Gap Between Research and Industry
NASA I-Corps Empowers Small Sat Innovators to Bridge the Gap Between Research and Industry 1024 768 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

In August 2025, a group of researchers developing small spacecraft innovations explored the potential real-world impact of their technology in a specialized NSF I-Corps regional course led by the Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub (IN I-Corps) in collaboration with NASA. 

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Photonect fiber connection

Photonect Secures $1.25M SBIR Phase II Award from NSF
Photonect Secures $1.25M SBIR Phase II Award from NSF 1920 1080 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

A $1.25 million grant will help I-Corps alumni startup Photonect Interconnect Solutions advance the commercialization of its photonics innovation. Photonics technology can make data centers and telecommunications networks, which require a lot of power to handle internet traffic and cloud storage, more cost- and energy-efficient. 

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2025 ASCO I-Corps cohort

Oncology Researchers Attend ASCO Event Through I-Corps Regional Course
Oncology Researchers Attend ASCO Event Through I-Corps Regional Course 2048 1536 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

This June, an I-Corps cohort of oncology researchers – each working on a cutting-edge solution to improve care and outcomes for cancer patients – took to Chicago for the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting to interview clinicians about their biggest problems. 

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I-Corps Participant SensVita Awarded $305,000 STTR Grant 
I-Corps Participant SensVita Awarded $305,000 STTR Grant  1920 1080 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

This February, Cornell health technology startup SensVita, which has developed a touch-free way of monitoring of heart and lung functions, was awarded a $305,000 STTR Phase I grant from the National Science Foundation.

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Alison Gregory speaking about AreaHub on-stage

AreaHub Provides City of Yonkers With Climate Risk Intelligence
AreaHub Provides City of Yonkers With Climate Risk Intelligence 1280 890 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

I-Corps alumni startup AreaHub has taken a major step in their mission to inform businesses and individuals with environmental risk intelligence.

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A detailed arteriogram of the brain, showing the major arteries and their branches with contrast dye flowing through, highlighting possible aneurysms.

Neuralenz Secures $500k NINDS STTR Award
Neuralenz Secures $500k NINDS STTR Award 1280 731 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

In September, the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) awarded Neuralenz a $500k Phase I STTR grant for developing a new, non-invasive measurement of cerebral blood flow that could enable doctors to rapidly detect neurological damage and treat it more accurately.

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I-Corps Alum EchoICs Wins $275K NSF STTR Phase I Award 
I-Corps Alum EchoICs Wins $275K NSF STTR Phase I Award  1280 853 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

EchoICs, an I-Corps regional course alum and 2022 National I-Corps Team participant, received a $275,000 STTR Phase I Award from the National Science Foundation in August. Founded by Dr. Alyssa Apsel, Director of Computer Engineering at Cornell University, and postdoctoral student Thomas Tapen, EchoICs developed a new flexible spectrum radio for more efficient military communications and commercial cellular usage.

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NASA I-Corps wildfire technology management cohort

Wildfire Technology Researchers Participate in a NASA I-Corps Pilot Taught by the IN Hub
Wildfire Technology Researchers Participate in a NASA I-Corps Pilot Taught by the IN Hub 1920 1440 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

NASA recently collaborated with the Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub (IN I-Corps) to run a specialized NSF I-Corps regional course for wildfire technology management innovators, an initiative that complements the agency’s wildfire management efforts. 

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BIO cohort photo 2024

Biotechnology Researchers Immerse in Customer Discovery at BIO
Biotechnology Researchers Immerse in Customer Discovery at BIO 1000 562 I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

For the third year, the Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub (IN I-Corps) led a hybrid I-Corps regional course that included a funded customer discovery trip to the BIO International Convention, the world’s largest biotech industry event. 

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