Bridging Innovation in Action
Since the inception of Bridging Innovation nearly ten years ago, the program has demonstrated continuous development through our team’s growth, increased sponsor engagement, and expanded reach from coast-to-coast.
Bridging Innovation is a corporate resource—set out to effectively build pathways for our staff, researchers, projects, and sponsors to innovation ecosystems across the United States. We are uniquely positioned to convene government, industry, and academia to collaborate on big societal challenges.
District Hall Community Tour 17 December
Come down for a free tour of District Hall, Boston’s public home for innovation. District Hall is the world’s first freestanding public innovation center, designed to inspire innovation, foster collaboration, and make great ideas come to life. We operate a free,...
Launch Clinic with Artificial Intelligence Startups 4 December
At the AI Themed Launch Clinic, startups present a 15-minute pitch for feedback from our panel of experts + the audience. Launch Smart Clinics are a great place for startups to get constructive feedback on their pitch from a board-of-directors-level panel of experts...
Air Force leaders seek to “flip the switch” on innovation
7 November 2019, SAN FRANCISCO – Will Roper, the Air Force assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, and Lt. Gen. John “JT” Thompson, Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center commander, said the Air Force is committed to working more closely...
Strengthening Teamwork for Robust Operations in Novel Groups (STRONG)
The future vision for the U.S. Army includes teams of humans and intelligent agents working together to accomplish missions. The U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has established this new collaborative program, Strengthening Teamwork for Robust Operations in Novel...
MITRE visits Austin innovation ecosystem
On October 9th, Dr. Kerry Buckley, MITRE Vice President for Air Force Programs, the Air Force Cyber Operations team, and representatives from MITRE’s Bridging Innovation team traveled to Austin, Texas to meet with organizations in the defense innovation ecosystem....
MassChallenge Awards over $1M in Cash Prizes to Top Boston and Rhode Island Startups
BOSTON, October 24, 2019 – MassChallenge, a global network of zero-equity startup accelerators, tonight awarded more than $1M to 12 startups from its 10th annual Boston accelerator and second annual Rhode Island accelerator. Through a partnership with Boeing and...
Navy SBIR / STTR Topics Workshop hosted by MassRobotics 4 December
Have you ever wondered how your innovative ideas can be delivered to the Department of Defense? If so, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to discover how your business can get a share of the $350 million of non-dilutive funds invested every year by the Navy and...
NSIN STARTS presents: The F-35 JPO Pitch Day 21 November
NSIN, the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office, and the AFRL Information Directorate (RI), will host an event called the F-35 JPO Pitch Day, in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, November 21, 2019 from 0730-1700 @ The National Housing Center located at 1201 15th Street...
Defense Innovation Summit Austin 19 November
Capital Factory (701 Brazos St Austin) welcomes you to our Defense Innovation Summit on November 19 starting @ 0900, where we’ll bring defense partners, corporations, the startup community and investors together for a full day of programming to promote valuable...
MassRobotics Block Party Recap
MassRobotics brought together the robotics community for the 3rd Annual #RobotBlockParty on October 20th to help celebrate the Massachusetts Statewide STEM week. The event attracted over a thousand attendees, from preschoolers to high schoolers, university students to...
Air Force Technology Executive Officer (TEO) Pitch Day – AF SBIR/STTR 15 November
You are invited to the Air Force Technology Executive Officer (AF TEO) Pitch Day powered by AF Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR). This event addresses current technological challenges by bringing together enthusiastic...
Accelerator to Use Funds to Benefit Cohort Companies
PRESS RELEASE GlobeNewswire Oct. 14, 2019, 12:00 PM Colorado Springs, Colo, Oct. 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Catalyst Space Accelerator (CSA) is among the 60 winners of U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) $3 million Growth Accelerator Fund Competition for...
MassChallenge Rhode Island Names Top 2019 Startups
October 2, 2019, RHODE ISLAND – MassChallenge, a global network of zero-equity startup accelerators, today announced the top six startups from its 2019 Rhode Island program. Selected startups will now move into the final judging round, where they’ll compete for cash...
GlobalWIN visits Seaport
MITRE hosted the Global Women’s Innovation Network in the Boston Seaport on Thursday Oct 3rd. A dozen US Congressional staffers toured MassChallenge and MassRobotics learning about the robust innovation ecosystem in Boston and MITRE’s activities to bridge innovative...
Air Force Accelerator Powered by Techstars- applications open
Interested in dual-use technologies that detect, track, identify, characterize, attribute or mitigate unmanned systems, to include sensors, compute hardware/software, image processing, AI, sensor fusion, secure comms, trusted ID, power systems, advanced materials, and...