Deadline: 17-Dec-21
Applications are now open for the first cohort of EMPOWER, a 16-week accelerator for women, transwomen, and non-binary people in STEM in Arkansas that have an innovation that they would like to explore ways to bring their idea and/or research to market through accessing non-dilutive federal funding.
Over the course of the program, accepted applicants will learn about topics that focus on the impact of their innovation, commercialization strategies, and technical milestones that need to be achieved in order to bring their innovation to market during weekly webinar sessions. They will also be paired with industry mentors and technology mentors to help them apply their learnings during the weekly sessions to their innovation.
Startup Junkie is a team of passionate people working every day to help entrepreneurs win and communities thrive. They exist to educate, inspire, and support entrepreneurs and innovators through no-cost, one-on-one consulting; events, workshops, and programs; and access to capital and talent.
Supported by the Walton Family Foundation, the Science Venture Studio (SVS) in collaboration with Innovate Arkansas, the Northwest Arkansas Council, University of Arkansas Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Startup Junkie aims to help Arkansas science- and technology-based startups apply for non-dilutive federal funding. The SVS team is composed of a grant specialist, advisor, commercialization fellows and technology mentors all with the passion for helping small science and technology businesses secure funding to develop their technology and grow their company.
Criteria
- Applicants are encouraged to either complete the application in narrative form or video record themselves answering the questions on their phone. If you choose to video record yourself on your phone, they ask that the video be at a maximum of 1 minute and 30 seconds and that it be downloaded via vimeo or youtube.
- They also strongly encourage applicants to schedule a 20 minute meeting with the EMPOWER team between November 29th – December 17th so that they can learn more about you, your innovation, and answer any questions that you may have about the accelerator.
- More details about the programmatic functions of the accelerator will follow, but the anticipated schedule for the accelerator will begin January 18, 2022 and end on February 28th.
For more information, visit https://www.startupjunkie.org/news/2021/11/19/empower-accelerator-seeks-applications-for-first-stem-cohort