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2020 Venture Challenge Awardees
- Baton Rouge Health District, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, $599,385
- Baylor University, Waco, Texas, $1.5 million
- BioSTL, St. Louis, Missouri, $1.5 million
- Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, $1.5 million
- Central Maine Growth Council, Waterville, Maine, $599,969
- Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, $599,998
- Delaware Innovation Space, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, $1.5 million
- First Flight Venture Center, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, $1.3 million
- Governors State University, University Park, Illinois, $578,884
- Halcyon House, Washington, D.C., $1.5 million
- Invest Nebraska Corporation, Lincoln, Nebraska, $600,000
- Iowa Innovation Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa, $525,472
- Los Alamos Commerce and Development Corporation, Los Alamos, New Mexico, $600,000
- Maine Center for Enterprise Development, Portland, Maine, $512,556
- Massachusetts Technology Development Corp, Boston, Massachusetts, $1 million
- mHUB, Chicago, Illinois, $1.3 million
- New Orleans BioInnovation Center, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, $1.5 million
- Patrick Henry Community College, Martinsville, Virginia, $300,474
- RI Bio, Providence, Rhode Island, $297,500
- Starburst Accelerator, LLC, Los Angeles, California, $1.4 million
- Strategic Economic Development Corporation, Salem, Oregon, $469,150
- The Roanoke-Blacksburg Innovation Network DBA Valleys Innovation Council, Blacksburg, Virginia, $982,443
- The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas, $1.3 million
- University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, Kentucky, $600,000
- University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, $594,190
- University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, $600,000
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, $600,000
- University of Wisconsin – Platteville, Platteville, Wisconsin, $538,426
- William Marsh Rice University, Houston, Texas, $1.5 million
Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE)
Build To Scale (B2S)
formerly Regional Innovation Strategies Program (RIS)
Accelerate R2 Network Challenge
National Advisory Council on Innovation & Entrepreneurship (NACIE)