Rogue Valley Microdevices, a MEMS foundry service provider, and Sustainable Valley Technology Group are hosting the iGrant Competition for MEMS and microsystem technologies. Designed to help researchers with brilliant ideas see those ideas through to a finished product, the 2013 Sustainable Valley iGrant is a technology innovation grant to help researchers, entrepreneurs and engineers bring new technology or technology-based businesses to life.
“The iGrant has been setup for technology start-ups, researchers, entrepreneurs, and university spin outs,” said Rogue Valley’s founder and CEO Jessica Gomez. iGrant applications are open to teams that are in the process of building technology start-up companies or developing new MEMS, nanotechnology or biomedical technologies.
The mission of the iGrant is to foster technology and business growth. Bringing new technology to market is difficult and the iGrant was designed to help individuals with good ideas see those ideas through to completion by providing funding, business support, equipment, facilities and expert consultation.
“We are primarily focusing on MEMS, semiconductor devices, microelectronics, biomedical, nanotechnology, and wafer fabrication technologies,” Gomez added.
Deadline to apply is July 20th, 2013. More information can be found here: http://www.svtg.org/igrant- technology-grant. To register, please go to: http://www.svtg.org/igrant-registration-form.