The Center for Advancing Innovation
  • 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
Startup Challenges
  • What are our Startup Challenges? Our Challenges feature federally funded, commercially viable inventions where the goal is to launch companies around challenge inventions
  • Your Opportunity: Participate in a challenge and receive entrepreneurial training as well as experiential learning, mentorship, prize money, media attention and funding for your startup.  Most importantly, launch a company around the next breakthrough!
Current Challenges
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innovatechildrenshealth.com

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scalechallenge.org

Prior Challenges
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brainrace.org

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freedomfromcancerchallenge.org

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innovatevabeach.com

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space-race.org

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nscsquared.org


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neurostartupchallenge.org


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breastcancerstartupchallenge.com

The Center for Advancing Innovation, Inc 2015
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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