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Nominations are now open for the 2025 Class of @NAIorg Fellows! Know an inventor making an impact? 🧠✨ Recognize their work with the highest professional distinction awarded exclusively to innovators. #NAIFellows #Innovation #ResearchExcellence
Nominations are open for the 2025 Class of NAI Fellows! Do you know an inventor whose work is shaping the future? Nominate them for the highest professional distinction awarded exclusively to innovators. NAI Fellows are recognized for: • Pioneering patents and licensing •…
🦐 Shrimp Police and DNA testing? 77% of “local” shrimp served at restaurants are actually imports. FSU experts & SeaD Consulting are helping power a new tool bringing truth to the table and protecting U.S. shrimpers. Article🔗: al.com/life/2025/06/s… #Seafood #FSU
🎉Excited to be recognized as a top startup support resource of Tallahassee by @FloridaTrend! IGNITE fuels North FL innovation via incubator resources, mentorship, commercialization support, & investor networks. Article: digital.floridatrend.com/publication/?i… #Tallahassee #Innovation
🗓️Mark your Calendars for October 21, 2025! FSU’s Annual Discovery Challenge is back! 💼🎉 Watch startups pitch Shark Tank–style for up to $50K in prizes—plus you help pick the Audience Choice winner! Register now: lu.ma/v3rt6pci #DiscoveryDays #FSU #Innovation
We’re proud to be a member of AERO — the Alliance of Entrepreneur Resource Organizations — working alongside partners across the Big Bend to support innovation, entrepreneurship, & business growth. 💡 Learn more at bigbendaero.com #Tallahassee #Entrepreneurship #FSU #AERO
Exciting news! 🚀 @eta_space & @FAMUFSUCOE were awarded a U.S. Navy STTR Phase I award to cut superconducting magnet cooling time from days to just 24 hrs!💡🔬 Article🔗:einpresswire.com/article/829502… #Engineering #Superconductors #Innovation #FSU #FAMU
🚀 @FloridaState is powering technology breakthroughs! @eta_space and a @FAMUFSUCOE team will work together on a U.S. Navy project to rapidly cool superconducting magnets to cryogenic temperatures, cutting a multi-day process to just 24 hours.
Congrats @PiersicaInc on securing a ~$1.9 M U.S. Army SBIR Phase II award—their 3rd Army SBIR win in 3 years!🏆 Over the next 15 months they'll validate an ultra‑high energy‑density battery cell prototype. Article🔗: businesswire.com/news/home/2025…
Looking to empower the next generation of tech innovators? 🔥 IGNITE’s Mentor Program pairs experienced entrepreneurs and execs with emerging startups from FSU, FAMU & beyond. Apply today! 🔗 research.fsu.edu/ignite-tallaha… #IGNITE #FSU #FAMU #MentorProgram #Tallahassee
Get ready for the BEST week of the year—#FSUDiscoveryDays! 🚀 From “Shark Tank”-style pitches to hands-on science and family fun, it’s all happening here. Don’t miss a moment: discoverydays.fsu.edu
Check out discoverydays.fsu.edu for information!
📚Education update from @FloridaState! FSU & @VentrisLearning are launching game-based reading screenings—via the Reach Every Reader initiative—to help teachers spot reading risks early (phonological awareness, word/non‑word reading). 🔗: news.fsu.edu/news/education… #FSU #EdTech
Exciting to see FLAME named an @NSF Regional Innovation Engines semifinalist!
A Florida State-led team has been named one of 29 semifinalists for a National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines program. The FSU proposal, FLAME, will establish Northwest Florida as a national powerhouse for aerospace and energy development for commercial and…
👶🍼 Innovation meets everyday needs! Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship professor earns a U.S. patent for a game-changing nursing bra clip system—making life easier for moms, one smart solution at a time. #FSU #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #MomsInMind
A Florida State-led team has been named one of 29 semifinalists for a National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines program. The FSU proposal, FLAME, will establish Northwest Florida as a national powerhouse for aerospace and energy development for commercial and…
📢Don't miss the upcoming Health Tech entrepreneurship webinar, featuring industry professionals Lawrence Binder and Maha Sallam! Register now: lu.ma/h5mdv9n9 #HealthTech #Webinar
🩺Join us on August 14th, 2025 for a webinar with health tech entrepreneurs Maha Sallam (VuEssence) & Lawrence Binder (@vsurgic ). Learn how to develop a successful startup and valuable industry insights. Register today! 🔗 lu.ma/h5mdv9n9 #HealthTech #Entrepreneurship
📣Florida innovators! Sign up for the Innovation Pitch Competition at the 2025 Florida Tech & Innovation Summit (@FLChamber). Pitch your ideas live, compete for funding, & connect with investors! Register: floridachamberfoundation.regfox.com/2025‑florida‑technology‑innovation‑solution‑summit
Florida is making its move. Are you in? On August 12, the brightest minds in tech, investment, and economic strategy will gather for the 2025 Florida Technology & Innovation Solution Summit—and what’s happening there could shape the future of business in our state. Register…
Happy 4th of July from the IGNITE team! Wishing everyone a safe and fun-filled day. #IGNITE #IndependenceDay
🍊🧫Research Spotlight: Florida researchers are using CRISPR gene editing to create citrus trees naturally resistant to greening—a disease threatening citrus growers everywhere. Check out the article: pbs.org/video/inside-g… #Florida #Innovation
📰The Summer 2025 Digest is now available! Discover the basics of grant writing, tips for using SciENcv, funding search tools, proposal editing and peer review services from FSU Research Development—and more! Visit: research.fsu.edu/research-offic… #FSU #Research
The summer 2025 issue of the Research Development Digest is online! @FloridaState researchers ➡️ Don't miss the news about the latest resources available to help your work. Read the digest here ➡️ research.fsu.edu/research-offic…
Entrepreneur Shoutout: Nick Cadavid, Pranai Reddy, and Soham Mehra from Morph Labs! Their recent work is a remarkable step for the prosthetic industry. After winning grants, funding, and many competitions, Morph Labs is preparing for FDA submission! #FSU #YoungEntrepreneurs
Student Entrepreneur Spotlight: Nikola Cadavid of Morph Labs🤖 Morph Labs is building the world’s first brain-controlled prosthetic hand that moves with the fluidity of a real one Now based at Rice University, Morph Labs got its start with the support of the Jim Moran College💡
🗓️Save the date: October 21 FSU’s Annual Discovery Challenge, part of Discovery Days, is back! 📷Watch startups pitch Shark Tank–style for a share of $50K in cash prizes! Register now: lu.ma/v3rt6pci #DiscoveryDays #FSU #Innovation
IGNITE remembers and honors Dr. Robert A. Holton: A trailblazer in synthetic chemistry and professor at FSU, he led the first total synthesis of Taxol—leading to a lifesaving cancer treatment. Learn more about Dr. Holton's legacy at: artportal.us/remembering-ro… #FSU
