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Archived Awards Content
Awards issued prior to 2025 represent actions taken during previous administrations and do not necessarily reflect current investment priorities.
2018 Regional Innovation Strategies Program - i 6 Challenge Awardees
- ACTION Innovation Network, Fall River, MA
- CLT Joules, Charlotte, NC
- Elevate Ventures, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
- Exponential Impact, Colorado Springs, CO
- Greater Phoenix Economic Council, Phoenix, AZ
- HealthShare Exchange of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
- Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
- Maryland Department of Commerce, Baltimore, MD
- Medical Center of the Americas Foundation, El Paso, TX
- New Jersey Innovation Institute, Inc., Newark, NJ
- North Idaho College, Coeur d’Alene, ID
- Northeast Indiana Innovation Center, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN
- Pennsylvania State University , University Park, PA
- Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust, San Juan, PR
- Social Enterprise Greenhouse, Providence, RI
- South Carolina Research Authority, Columbia, SC
- State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education, Pueblo, CO
- The Curators of the University of Missouri, St Louis, MO
- The Research Foundation for SUNY at Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
- The Southern Windsor County Incubator, Inc., Springfield, VT
- Tri-County Economic Development Corporation, Lakeside Park, KY
- University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
- VilCap, Inc., Washington, DC
- Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, Little Rock, AR