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Innovate RI Fund

The Innovate RI Fund provides grants to assist local entrepreneurs and high-growth start-ups defray the costs of applying for federal SBIR/STTR grants, match Phase I and Phase II awards and hire interns.
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RI Research Alliance

The RI Research Alliance awards Collaborative Research Grants through a competitive granting process with the goal of stimulating cutting-edge collaborative research projects across the State’s research institutions.
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Increase Research and Development

Increasing Rhode Island's research and development capacity is critical to future economic growth.

Encourage
Entrepreneurship

Encourage entrepreneurship through the transfer of new technologies and discoveries into the marketplace.

Enable
Innovation

Innovation depends on an environment rich in talent, capital and ideas that can create new products for world markets.

Partners

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RI Commerce
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Council Members

Koty Sharp, PhD
Roger Williams University – Associate Professor, Biology, Marine Biology, & Environmental Science
Jaap de Vries, PhD
Staff Vice President – Principal Innovation Specialist, FM Global
Bharat Ramratnam, MD
Chief Scientific Officer, Brown Innovation and Research Collaborative for Health (BIRCH) & Vice President of Research at Lifespan
Jason Evans, PhD
Johnson & Wales University – Dean of the College of Food Innovation and Technology
Lydia Shin Schroter
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, New England Medical Innovation Center
Molly Donohue Magee
Executive Director, SENEDIA
Sarah Cunningham
Vice Provost for Strategic Partnerships, Rhode Island School of Design
Jill Pipher, Ph.D. – STAC Co-Chair
Vice President for Research, Brown University

Staff

Kristina Brown
Innovation Initiatives Director
Kaleena Harrington
Senior Grants Administrator
Lisa Carnevale
Vice President Innovation Initiatives / STAC Executive Director
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