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    • Innovation in Children's Health with Kolaleh Eskandanian & Vasum Peiris
    • Making an Impact with Neil St. Clair
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    • Curriculum, Community, and Capital for Underrepresented Founders with Bjorn K Simmons
    • Retain Your Best Customers and Turn them into Raving Fans with Joey Coleman
    • Jordan Carlisle: Founder, Investor, and Northwest Arkansas Community Builder
    • Fighting Like a Mother to Cure SLC6A1 with Amber Freed
    • The Future of Family Office Investing with Arthur Bavelas
    • Preparing for a post-COVID future with Louis Efron, Founder of World Child Cancer
    • Transformational Leadership with Lara Stein, Co-Founder of Boma Global and TEDx
    • Susan and Robert Gold, the co-founders of Feynman School
    • Charles J. Andres, Patents & Innovation Associate with Wilson Sonsini
    • Why Doctors Skip Breakfast with Gregory Charlop
    • Leveraging technology transfer to drive economic growth with Katherine Hill Ritchie
    • How the US bounces back after Coronavirus with Think Tank Superstar Ross DeVol
    • The secret power within the microbiome with Ross Youngs
    • The Coronavirus Episode with Ivan Delgado Orlic
    • The Super Connector, Richard Lofgren
    • Sheri Sobrato and CAI's upcoming children's health challenge
    • Leading GA Tech into a top 10 tech transfer organization with Terry Bray
    • The pioneer who established Stanford's Tech Transfer as a global leader, Kathy Ku
    • How Keith Marmer is helping turn Salt Lake City into a tech transfer powerhouse
    • Engaging Regulators for Success with Marty Rosendale
    • Infusing Startup Culture into Tech Transfer with Tom Stackhouse
    • Investing in the Biggest Challenges in Child Healthcare with John Parker
    • Policymaking, Keys to Innovation in Bio, and More with Jim Greenwood!
    • Incorporating the Bragg Factor into Your Work
    • Aligning Tech Transfer to DEFEAT Brain Diseases with John Boockvar
    • Why Tech Transfer is Key to Winning the Innovation Arms Race
    • Pioneering a New Era of Tech Transfer with Ruben Flores
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Be a Catalyst for Breakthroughs!

The most paradigm-shifting, transformational inventions, including the Internet, GPS and cancer vaccines, have come out of government funded Research and Development (R&D). Yet, the majority of US taxpayers’ R&D investment, $140B/year, is untapped; less than 0.1% of inventions become products. Many of the inventions have the potential to transform and create disruptive new platforms and models. In the last 7 years, $1 trillion in US taxpayer-funded inventions is available from NIH, NASA, the Department of Defense and other agencies, universities, hospitals and federal institutions. The Center for Advancing Innovation (CAI) harvests value from these inventions by putting them into the hands of hard-working, enterprising entrepreneurs to boost economic growth, create knowledge-based jobs and launch new markets

Our Mission

We are a catalyst to maximize the potential of publicly funded breakthrough  technologies that benefit society. We find the best inventions, crowdsource entrepreneurs, form startups and nurture newly formed companies

We ignite entrepreneurship, bolster the economy and enable inclusivity
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  • Home
  • Approach
  • Startup Challenges
    • Innovate Children's Health Challenge
    • SCALE Challenge
    • Brain Race
    • Freedom from Cancer Startup Challenge
    • Virginia Beach Bio Startup Challenge
    • Space Race
    • Nano Startup Challenge
    • Neuro Startup Challenge
    • Breast Cancer Startup Challenge
  • Awards
  • Testimonials
  • News
    • Ignite Social Impact Announcement
    • Innovate Children's Health Challenge Announcement
    • Innovation Arms Race
  • Podcast
    • Words of Wisdom from Sheldon Himelfarb - Bringing Peace to the World Through Entrepreneurship
    • What's in Store in the Next Regime with Brain Bonlender
    • Connecting Talent with Opportunity with Nick Donofrio
    • Using Your Strengths to Find Your Superpower with Tien Wong
    • Be Nice, Work Hard, and Get A Great Education. Insights from a maestro with Maurice Jones
    • Innovation in Children's Health with Kolaleh Eskandanian & Vasum Peiris
    • Making an Impact with Neil St. Clair
    • Virtual Reality Brain Training with Amir Bozorgzadeh
    • Curriculum, Community, and Capital for Underrepresented Founders with Bjorn K Simmons
    • Retain Your Best Customers and Turn them into Raving Fans with Joey Coleman
    • Jordan Carlisle: Founder, Investor, and Northwest Arkansas Community Builder
    • Fighting Like a Mother to Cure SLC6A1 with Amber Freed
    • The Future of Family Office Investing with Arthur Bavelas
    • Preparing for a post-COVID future with Louis Efron, Founder of World Child Cancer
    • Transformational Leadership with Lara Stein, Co-Founder of Boma Global and TEDx
    • Susan and Robert Gold, the co-founders of Feynman School
    • Charles J. Andres, Patents & Innovation Associate with Wilson Sonsini
    • Why Doctors Skip Breakfast with Gregory Charlop
    • Leveraging technology transfer to drive economic growth with Katherine Hill Ritchie
    • How the US bounces back after Coronavirus with Think Tank Superstar Ross DeVol
    • The secret power within the microbiome with Ross Youngs
    • The Coronavirus Episode with Ivan Delgado Orlic
    • The Super Connector, Richard Lofgren
    • Sheri Sobrato and CAI's upcoming children's health challenge
    • Leading GA Tech into a top 10 tech transfer organization with Terry Bray
    • The pioneer who established Stanford's Tech Transfer as a global leader, Kathy Ku
    • How Keith Marmer is helping turn Salt Lake City into a tech transfer powerhouse
    • Engaging Regulators for Success with Marty Rosendale
    • Infusing Startup Culture into Tech Transfer with Tom Stackhouse
    • Investing in the Biggest Challenges in Child Healthcare with John Parker
    • Policymaking, Keys to Innovation in Bio, and More with Jim Greenwood!
    • Incorporating the Bragg Factor into Your Work
    • Aligning Tech Transfer to DEFEAT Brain Diseases with John Boockvar
    • Why Tech Transfer is Key to Winning the Innovation Arms Race
    • Pioneering a New Era of Tech Transfer with Ruben Flores
  • About Us
    • Differentiators
    • Our Partnerships
    • Contact Us
  • Internship Program