IMPACTT - Technology Transfer for Impact Ventures (High School Curriculum Program)

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Funding Amount

$200,000 total DOE prize funding (in two phases: $100k in March 2024, $100k in August 2024)

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

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Overview

IMPACTT - Technology Transfer for Impact Ventures

Overview: An online technology transfer curriculum program for Indiana high school students, developed through partnership between Circular Venture Lab, University of Evansville's Center for Innovation and Change, and STARTedUP Foundation. Funded by U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Community Energy Innovation Prize.

Geographic Scope: Indiana (statewide online program)

Eligibility:

Indiana high school students

Early entrepreneurship and technology-focused students

Focus Areas:

Technology transfer and innovation

Technology invention and patent research

Early entrepreneurship education

Clean energy and climate innovation (per DOE Justice40 Initiative)

Economic development and workforce development

Critical analysis of technology available from universities and federal agencies

Program Features:

Participants identify, research, and critically analyze technology inventions and patents available for license

Access to patents from universities and U.S. federal agencies including Department of Energy, NASA, and Department of Defense

Launched in early 2025 as online curriculum

Designed to equip high school students with unique technology transfer skillset before college

Part of only high school technology transfer program in the nation

Funding Details:

$100,000 awarded in March 2024 as initial winner in 2024 Manufacturing Ecosystem Track of U.S. DOE American-Made Community Energy Innovation Prize

$100,000 additional award in August 2024 for statewide program implementation

Total: $200,000 in DOE Community Energy Innovation Prize funding

Supports capacity building, innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic development related to clean energy

Aligns with DOE Justice40 Initiative for disadvantaged communities

Partners:

Circular Venture Lab (Evansville)

University of Evansville's Center for Innovation and Change

STARTedUP Foundation

Integration with Innovate WithIN platform

Contact:

Circular Venture Lab: Logan Jenkins, Executive Director

STARTedUP Foundation: Don Wettrick, Founder and CEO

University of Evansville Center for Innovation & Change: Erin Lewis, Executive Director

STARTedUP Foundation: 1220 Waterway Blvd H122, Indianapolis, IN 46202

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

Deadline

August 1, 2026

Annual

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IMPACTT - Technology Transfer for Impact Ventures (High School Curriculum Program)

Overview

IMPACTT - Technology Transfer for Impact Ventures

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

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