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Lung-health startup Respira Labs inhales $2.8M to help respiration patients breathe easier

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Respira Labs , a medical technology company specializing in respiratory care, which first unveiled its product to the world last year , successfully raised $1 million in funding and an additional $1.8 On top of the investment raised, the company was awarded an additional $1.8

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Regher Solar is ready to meet the new space industry’s demand for cheaper, better solar panels

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They also snagged a NASA SBIR Phase I award and an NSF Phase II, totaling $1.1 With prototypes and some validating funding in hand, they collected $33 million in LOIs over the summer and have $50 million more being hammered out, Herasimenka said. Whether the hard part is designing the new panel or actually making it, though?

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Docugami’s new model for understanding documents cuts its teeth on NASA archives

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“We did core science, self-funded, in stealth mode, and we sent a bunch of patents to the patent office,” he said. How to access ‘America’s Seed Fund,’ the $3 billion SBIR program. One of the best applications may be to the SBIR and other small business funding programs themselves.).

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Cruz Foam’s shell-based Styrofoam alternative brings in $3.4M seed with DiCaprio and Kutcher

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” The company kept the lights on for the period after I met them with an SBIR award from the NSF, with the Phase I and II awards yielding more than $2 million in non-dilutive money to work with. We don’t want to introduce materials that are just gonna be another problem.”

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The Truth about Bilingual Interpretation: Guest Post by Steve Yalowitz

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I was co-author of a recently completed research study [ PDF ] funded by the National Science Foundation, the Bilingual Exhibit Research Initiative (BERI), which strove to better understand bilingual labels from the visitor perspective. BERI was a three-year collaborative effort I worked on with Cecilia Garibay, Nan Renner and Carlos Plaza.

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Navigating the Shifting Political Landscape as a Federal Grant Recipient

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Federal grant recipients, subrecipients, and contractors face shifting priorities, new executive orders, and evolving funding practices. As the current administration rolls out new policies and executive orders, nonprofit organizations, social enterprises, and other grant recipients must adapt or risk losing essential funding opportunities.

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BadVR is using government grants to build a business that’s independent of venture capital

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It’s the second grant that the company has taken from the NSF and is an example of how startups can turn to government funding for capital and avoid some of the pitfalls of fundraising from venture capital. For Borders, the key to tapping government funding is all about proper advance planning.

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