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.
Joint Pitch Day & AFWERX Open Topics: Driving a Culture of Innovation in the AF Cyber Operations Portfolio
MITRE Phase I evaluators: Jon Salisbury, Stephen Dillon, Keith Miller, and Adam Bairos. Not pictured: Christian Fiore, David Long, and Jeff Smith Technology is accelerating at an ever-increasing pace and is more widely accessible than ever before. This creates...
Air Force SBIR Open Topics and Focus Areas
Through a competitive awards-based program, the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) program enables small businesses to explore their technological potential and provides the incentive to profit from its commercialization. AFWERX, in partnership with Air...
Navy releases SBIR /STTR Topics
The Navy is presenting a preview of its topics to be included in the upcoming DoD 20.1 SBIR BAA and the 20.A STTR BAA. Both will officially open on 1/14/20 and close 2/12/20. Navy 20.1 SBIR Topics Preview The Navy is presenting a preview of its topics to be included...
Fires Support Next (FSN) Needs Statement for Rapid Reaction Technology Office (RRTO)- deadline 24 January
The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Rapid Reaction Technology Office (RRTO) will conduct a Solutions Meeting on behalf of the Assistant Director of Autonomy within the Undersecretary of Defense for Research & Engineering (USD(R&E)) in Spring 2020 in McLean, VA....
State of Innovation: Startups to Watch 2020, 22 January
BOSTINNO: Every December, we post our annual 'Startups to Watch' list, a collection of early-stage Boston companies that we predict and anticipate big things out of in the coming twelve months and beyond. In January, we'll be hosting our State of Innovation meet-up,...
SBIR- America’s Largest Seed Fund Lunch & Learn 22 January
Join us for our annual SBIR lunch event. At this lunch-and-learn, a panel of successful grant awardees will deconstruct the application process and the major challenges and roadblocks, as well as speak to what this non-dilutive funding means to them, their companies,...
Boston New Technology Augmented & Virtual Reality Startup Showcase 13 January
Join this event to Learn about the latest AR and IoT tech from PTC's experts See 6 innovative and exciting local AR & VR tech demos, presented by startup founders Network with attendees from the Boston-area startup/tech community Get your free headshot photo...
MassChallenge HealthTech Announces 2020 Cohort of Top Digital Health Startups
(Boston) - MassChallenge, a global network of zero-equity startup accelerators, today announced that 27 digital health startups will join the 2020 MassChallenge HealthTech cohort. The 27 startups represent some of the world’s most innovative technologies to...
Catalyst Space Accelerator Tackles Next Problem: Data Fusion with Space Application
Colorado Springs, CO, Dec. 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Catalyst Space Accelerator (CSA) just announced the companies who will come together for three months of training, customer discovery, and networking in its fifth Accelerator session: Data Fusion for Space...
USAF Pitch Bowl Planned for March
The Air Force is gearing up to host its inaugural “Pitch Bowl” in March 2020, an event that will bring together the best ideas from the growing pool of Pitch Days where companies try to snag a military contract without the years-long wait of traditional procurement....
Tech Startups, Small Businesses Present Technologies to the Air Force at the Catalyst Space Accelerator Demo Day
Colorado Springs, CO, Nov. 26, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Last Thursday, the Catalyst Space Accelerator (CSA) program successfully concluded its fourth Accelerator with its eight companies pitching their space-based Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)...
How San Antonio is Building a Startup Culture
At City Summit 2018, 50 cities committed to new initiatives to support their innovation economies. NLC’s City Innovation Ecosystems program collects and tracks these commitments in order to showcase successes, identify best practices and connect peer cities who can...
The Entrepreneurs Center lands $10.8M to support startups
State nearly doubles the region’s funding to invest in high-tech companies The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded The Entrepreneurs Center $10.8M to expand support for innovative entrepreneurs driving Dayton’s thriving startup scene. The Entrepreneurs Center...
Voxel8 Returns to 3D Print Shoe Uppers
Voxel8 Returns to 3D Print Shoe Uppers In 2015, a startup called Voxel8 wowed attendees at CES in Las Vegas with a desktop 3D printer capable of 3D printing electronic circuits into thermoplastic parts. The firm demoed its Developer’s Kit system by fabricating a...
MassRobotics Bi-Annual Startup Demo Night
The MassRobotics bi-annual Investor Demo Day was held November 18th. The by-invitation only demo events introduce the residents and local robotics startups to MassRobotic partners and the investment community. One of the values they provide to their partners is...