It's official - Announcing our 2024 AAAS AAAS HBCU Making and Innovation Showcase Teams! Morgan State University Philander Smith Spelman College fiskuniversity Morehouse College Bowie State University North Carolina A&T TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY Jackson State U. SC State University Alabama A&M University #HBCUExcellence #HBCUInnovation U.S. National Science Foundation

Wishing all of our AAAS HBCU Making & Innovation 2024 cohort and alumni that are still in school "Good Luck" on their final exams. We look forward to further engaging you with all in the coming weeks. Be on the lookout for the registration email for the May 22nd PD session and orientation.

Are you familiar with Black Ambition? This initiative is working to close the opportunity and wealth gap through entrepreneurship by investing capital and resources in high-growth startups founded by Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs. Check out their 2024 HBCU prize competition.

To our AAAS HBCU Making & Innovation community - feel free to join this very important webinar in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month.

Don't miss the second annual Black Commerce conference hosted by HU & PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship. Attendees are able to learn skills, gain resources, and get connected to grow Black-owned businesses, build wealth, and empower our communities! Visit black-commerce.com

Interested in participating in a hackathon to win cash prizes? The Wearable Tech Ventures Hackathon, Tech REMIXed, brings multi-disciplinary teams together to collaborate to learn, research and address wearable solutions in the US through a pitch competition for solutions they developed.

The xTech xTechHBCU Student Informational Webinar for students interested in earning prize money, engage with the DoD, participate in a unique accelerator program and potentially develop a prototype of their concept as final competition winners. xtech.army.mil/competition/xt…

Interested in sharing your STEMM research at the 2025 AAAS annual meeting in Boston? See the flyer below to learn more.

Join us for our exciting July webinar, Empowering Innovations From Lab to Market, on July 29th from 3:00pm - 4:30pm EST, with speaker Nina Archie, Innovation Advisor. To learn more about this webinar opportunity: iie.aaas.org/workshops-webi… Register now! aaas.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Discover the latest insights and strategies for securing funding for your business with AAAS HBCU Making & Innovation Board member, Nina Archie. Check out Black Tech Saturday's Lunch & Learn webinar: Funding Mechanisms and Strategies this Friday, July 26th at 11:00am ET. eventbrite.com/e/bts-lunch-le…

Reminder! Register for our upcoming webinar Empowering HBCU Innovations: From Lab to Market, with speaker Nina Archie. Click here for more webinar information: iie.aaas.org/workshops-webi… When: July 29th, 3:00pm - 4:30pm EST. Register: aaas.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Every year, VentureWell awards over $800,000 in non-dilutive E-Team grants to early-stage innovator teams that develop scalable innovations which aim to solve a large social, health, or environmental challenge. To learn more, register lnkd.in/gPpXw9Y

Sharing an incredible resource with our Community of Practice - BlackTechSaturdays 3-part recap series, "Funding Mechanisms and Strategies, featuring The Innovator-Connector™️. Learn how to fund your innovation by visiting: blacktechsaturdays.com/class-recapssu…

As we countdown the days until the 2024 AAAS HBCU Making and Innovation Showcase, we would like to feature our opening plenary speaker, Dr. Quincy K. Brown Ph.D., Director of Space and Workforce Policy, Office of the Vice President! We are thrilled to hear from Quincy later this week!

We are so excited to feature our amazing panelists for this Friday at the 2024 AAAS HBCU Making and Innovation Showcase! We can't wait to hear from this brilliant panel at #Maker24!

Today marks the kick-off of the 2024 HBCU Making and Innovation Showcase and the last plenary speaker feature! Check out these amazing speakers for Saturday's award plenary! See you soon at #Maker24

A brief recap of day 1 of #Maker24: "This showcase is a indication of the genius at HBCUs".

"If we aren't investing in HBCUs, then we aren't investing in ourselves". On day 2 of #Maker24, we heard from AAAS CEO Sudip Parikh and our star-studded panel discussing HBCUs as Levers for Advancing and Sustaining U.S. Tech and Innovation Competitiveness.

The 2024 AAAS HBCU Maker Showcase Pitch Competition is underway! #Maker24 HBCU Teams are pitching their hardware/ software prototype that addresses United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Be on the lookout, because you may see their prototypes on the market soon!

Congratulations to the 2024 AAAS HBCU Making and Innovation Showcase Pitch Competition winning teams!! 3rd place - Care on Demand Team - Morehouse College 3rd place - FeastForward Team - Philander Smith 2nd place - MFC-CW Team - Morgan State University 1st place - Ipave Team - North Carolina A&T