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Friday, Aug. 8 (deadline) | —Designed to help graduate students, postdocs, researchers, and their teams explore the translational potential for their breakthrough research.

Friday, Aug. 22 (deadline) | —A six-month acceleration process for promising startups in any vertical and selected Cohort teams receive a $200,000 investment.

Aug. 27-29 | —Connecting non-space dual-use technology providers with leading commercial and government space opportunities focused on in-space manufacturing, national security initiatives and government and private sector funding.

Friday, Aug. 29 (deadline) | —Welcoming applications from startups that are developing carbontech solutions.

Tuesday, Sept. 2 (deadline) | —A global product-innovation showcase that matches breakthrough solutions with the world’s leading miners, investors and suppliers.

Sept. 8 (deadline) | Sept. 16-Oct. 14 | —For first-time leaders and scientists new to management, this workshop is designed to build the foundations of leadership by exploring the characteristics of leaders, effective communication and teamwork skills.

Sept. 15-17 | | A three-day gathering in Boulder of 1,000+ founders, mentors, partners and community leaders from across the global network.

Tuesday, Sept. 16, Jan. 20, May 19 (deadlines) | —Supporting projects that build on early translational work to refine ideas, improve solutions and reduce barriers to moving research from the lab into real-world use.

Tuesday, Sept. 16, Jan. 20, May 19 (deadlines) | —Supporting translational efforts that demand one or more partnerships for technology development and deployment.

Rolling Applications

—PromotingÌýgrowth and sustainability in Colorado’s advanced industries that increase the state's global competitiveness.

—Unshackled Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused exclusively on immigrant-founded startups.

—Offers up to two additional years of funding on a current NSF award to support high-risk, use-inspired research and early translation efforts not included in the original project.

—Expanding the capacity of builders and developers to construct and market zero emissions (all-electric) homes.

—Funding is granted through many different agencies across the federal government and in various areas of innovation.

—Empowering entrepreneurs by providing access to mentorship, capitalÌýand a global network to help them succeed and scale their startups.

Various Deadlines

—A curated pipeline of vetted opportunities aligned with industry and national priorities from Catalyst Partners, government requirements and industry targets.

—Empowering the federal government and the public to participate together in equitable forms of innovation through prize competitions.

• Solving the dilemma of space dust: LASP researchers win prestigious NASA prize for dust mitigation instrument
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• Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder awards therapeutics funding to advance promising drug development projects
• How slashing university research grants impacts Colorado’s economy and national innovation—a Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder administrator explains
• Scientists develop method to build tiny custom microrobots
• Activate welcomes Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder-based fellows to Cohort 2025
• 2025 Ascent Deep Tech Community Showcase highlights CU’s next breakthrough startups
• Illumina picks up proteomics developer SomaLogic from Standard BioTools for $425M
• Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder scientist receives $1.25M award for cancer research
• Big Blue Technologies selected for $1.5M award from the Wyoming Energy Authority’s Energy Matching Funds Program
• Federal tech-transfer law pays tremendous dividends as research universities spark regional economies

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