Kickoff: Design Thinking | Innovation Strategy for You and Your Organization
In this four-day program from CBS's Executive Education program, participants learn how to apply design thinking — a problem-solving technique that involves exploring and reframing complex challenges in order to generate solutions — to drive customer-focused innovation in their own organizations.
Deadline: Rapid Testing Innovation Competition
Details here. To accelerate the development and deployment of rapid tests, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), on behalf of the City, is seeking to identify companies developing innovative molecular or antigen rapid tests that can deliver results quickly, reliably, and at scale. Diagnostic test manufacturers, suppliers, developers, and academics are invited to submit proposals […]
Third Thursday: The Pitch
Learn how to pitch your product or business to potential investors. Join Columbia Engineering on October 15th for its monthly Third Thursday forum to hear from alumni entrepreneurs.
NYC Defense Innovation Meetup
Register here. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Information Directorate (Rome, NY) chief engineer, Karen Roth, will provide an overview of AFRL Rome's open innovation initiatives, including their public-private partnership Innovare, followed by Q&A, and open community discussion (gives, asks, news).
Now Open: Statements of Interest for Design for Social Innovation (DFSI) Fall 2020
Express interest here - we will be in touch! The deadline to begin is October 16, but there are two information sessions that we will email interested parties about (Oct 7 and Oct 9). Open to all Columbia students, including Teachers College and Barnard The Design for Social Innovation Track is a self-paced, project-based program […]
Spark Workshop Searies: BlackOakTV | Building Advocacy Through Entertainment
RSVP here About two-thirds of black people in the United States pay for a subscription video on demand (SVOD) service, such as Netflix. But the underwhelming number of shows centered around black stories and characters contributes to the prevention of black viewers, who watch more long-form video content than any other ethnicity, from subscribing to […]
Deadline: KP Fellows Program
Apply Kleiner Perkins has been at the center of innovation – investing and building companies like Google, Amazon, Square, Slack, Twitter, Uber, Genentech, and many more. An important part of building iconic companies is attracting young talent and that’s why the group started the KP Fellows program. The program is an opportunity for technical students […]
SBIR/STTR Virtual Workshop
REGISTER Columbia Tech Ventures, in partnership with Stony Brook University, is inviting you to join the live Virtual Classroom for an interactive, 1.5 day SBIR/STTR workshop. Led by experts from BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting, the session will review key basics, including program purpose, eligibility, and sources of funding. The general overview will be combined with proposal prep essentials […]
Deadline: WBENC Cummins Grant for Black Student Female Founders
APPLY HERE The WBENC Cummins Grant for Black Student Female Founders is a new funding initiative to invest in the next generation of the fastest growing segment of women-owned businesses – Black female founders. The grant program will provide $2,000 to $6,000 funding awards to Black female entrepreneurs in STEM currently enrolled in college or […]
Deadline: Fall Preliminary Round, Columbia Venture Competition
APPLY Introducing the addition of the Fall Preliminary Round of the Columbia Venture Competition. Details are at StartupColumbia.org where you'll see format and rules changes designed to improve the experience for everyone and to reward Columbia's most innovative startups. Teams participating in the Fall Preliminary Round may also compete in any of the other Spring […]