West Virginia University Archives - I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast

August 7, 2024

Biotechnology Researchers Immerse in Customer Discovery at BIO

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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.

July 10, 2024

IN I-Corps Course Brings Clean Energy Researchers to ARPA-E Summit 2024

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In May, researchers developing innovative clean-technology solutions conducted customer discovery interviews at the 2024 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit in Dallas, Texas, as members of a ‘hybrid’ National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps regional course hosted by the Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub.

April 9, 2024

Sostos Hits Milestones for Cancer Treatment AI Technology

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Sostos, an I-Corps alumni startup developing a cutting-edge AI technology for cancer treatment optimization, recently secured two SBIR Phase I grants — a $275K award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and a $400K award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Photo: GEM Fellows I-Corps Course 2023 cohort.

September 20, 2023

GEM Fellows Course Aims to Broaden Impact of STEM Innovation

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IN I-Corps hosted a regional course specifically for GEM Fellows as a part of the Inclusion in Innovation Initiative, which aims to increase participation in I-Corps and commercialization activity among STEM researchers across diverse backgrounds.

Photo: teams in the 2023 BIO Regional Course

August 17, 2023

BioTech Innovators Engage with Customers at BIO

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This June, a group of researchers developing biotechnology innovations conducted customer discovery interviews at the 2023 BIO International Convention (BIO) in Boston through a tailored I-Corps regional course hosted by the Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub (IN I-Corps).

May 23, 2023

Energy Researchers Perform Customer Discovery at ARPA-E Summit

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The Interior Northeast I-Corps Hub (IN I-Corps) led a specialized regional course for energy researchers in March 2023 that involved tailored virtual entrepreneurship training, followed by sponsored travel to Washington, D.C. for the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit.

A smokestack billows smoke against a blue sky.

February 7, 2023

With $5M Raise, Iconic Air Launches Carbon Accounting Platform

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Iconic Air recently raised $5 million in seed funding and launched its carbon accounting platform, which offers a suite of tools to help companies manage their carbon footprint and achieve net zero emissions.

February 6, 2023

Innovators Explore Product-Market Fit of Tech in Ag-Corps

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Ag-Corps teams connected with potential customers at the 2023 American Farm Bureau Federation Convention to explore the product-market fit of their ag tech innovations.

The GEM Fellows cohort poses in front of a large picture window.

November 4, 2022

GEM Fellows I-Corps Course Celebrates Diversity and Inclusion in Entrepreneurship

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The National GEM Consortium teamed up with I-Corps to provide an exclusive entrepreneurial course for deep-tech innovators from underrepresented groups.

Two people meet and discuss customer discovery

September 8, 2022

NSF Awards Cornell University $15 Million to Lead I-Corps: Interior Northeast Region Hub

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The National Science Foundation has awarded Cornell University a $15 million, five-year grant to lead the newest Innovation Corps Hub, I-Corps: Interior Northeast Region.