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Advance your clean tech startup on June 13
Learn how to increase revenue, reduce costs, and win federal research grants for your clean tech startup. This online seminar, scheduled for Tuesday, June 13 from 1 – 2:30 p.m., […]

Explore the power of artificial intelligence on May 23
The power of artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming more prevalent with the release of OpenAI’s GPT-4 earlier this year. Yet thousands of scientists have signed an open letter requesting that […]

Get Free Support and Find Funding — Apply Now
You can speed your time to market with the NextCorps’ Manufacturing Accelerator. This is one of the few programs in the nation that helps startups get support and find funding […]

Applications for funding due March 10, 2023
Applications are due March 10, for the next cohort of Venture For ClimateTech. Using an accelerator model, the cohort offers initial funding to climate technology innovators. The funding provides guidance […]

Grant applications accepted until February 15, 2023
Applications are due February 15, for the Jeff Lawrence Innovation Fund Manufacturing Grants. These initiatives are designed to encourage collaboration between not-for-profit organizations and manufacturers in New York State. The grants serve as […]

Two local businesses win Grow-NY competition
A total of twenty finalists competed for $3 million in prizes in the Grow-NY Food and Agriculture Business Competition this week in Syracuse. Bergen’s Craft Cannery earned a $500,000 second […]