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

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Eventually, the company managed to land additional financing in the form of a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Some money came from a grant from BadVR, while at least $1.25 Society has become aware of the power of data and the impact it has on our daily lives. That’s how BadVR got most of its $3.5

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

TechCrunch

There Docugami acts as a sort of assistant that’s fully aware of every other document of whatever type you’re in, so you can create new ones, fill in standard information, comply with regulations and so on. “Oh, we’re not running on grants! But NASA isn’t looking for new insights into Apollo 11.

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Community Science Workshops and Shared Authorship of Space: Interview with Emilyn Green

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We received two rounds of NSF funding in the 1990s to expand. We received NSF funding for three years and then it cut off. So we tend to have three legs of support: municipal, grants/donations, and fee for service (usually with the school district). The bylines are in the community’s awareness of the space.

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