New Innovation Park Team Members We are excited to welcome Michael Kramer our new Interim Director. As part of his role, Kramer is tasked with driving the structure and strategy of the Leon County Research and Development Authority to help position the Park for an upward trajectory, and set it up for long term success.…
Executive Director Ron Miller Retires After more than 12 years with the Leon County Research and Development Authority, which manages Innovation Park of Tallahassee, Ron Miller announced his retirement effective October 14, 2022. Under his leadership, the Park has undergone pivotal restructuring and renovations. Ron also worked with community partners and the Economic Development Administration…
FSU Pledges $5.6M To Help Build North Florida Innovation Labs Florida State University pledged several millions of dollars in capital commitments to help build Innovation Park’s Research and Technology Incubator. The funding will help The Park move forward with construction of the 40,000 square-foot standalone facility that will attract startups and companies who are growing.…
The 2021 TechGrant Winners are… We are excited to announce the winners of the 2021 TechGrant Pitch Night! Manser Edbrooke Technology took home the first prize $15,000 award for its advance rapid-prototyping printer. Moye Consultants took home the second prize $10,000 for its software program that can design and simulate what a particular battery must…
FSU Breaks Ground in Innovation Park FSU officials broke ground on Aug. 2 on its new $88-million Interdisciplinary Research and Commercialization Building, where researchers from a variety of fields can focus on creating and advancing new materials. The IRCB is funded by the Florida Legislature and the FSU Research Foundation. The 116,000-square-foot building is designed…
June TechTopics Please join us for TechTopics Tuesdays! Our next event is on Tuesday, June 15th from 11am-12pm via Zoom. Joining us are two local companies, WeatherSTEM and WeatherTiger. With hurricane season upon us, they can help us to better understand the science and technology behind weather. We hope to see you there, rain or…
June TechTopics Please join us for TechTopics Tuesdays! Our next event is on Tuesday, June 15th from 11am-12pm via Zoom. Joining us are two local companies, WeatherSTEM and WeatherTiger. With hurricane season upon us, they can help us to better understand the science and technology behind weather. We hope to see you there, rain or…
Applications for TechGrant Due May 5th! It’s time again for our annual TechGrant program! TechGrant is a competition in which early-stage companies can compete to win grants of up to $15,000. Applications will be reviewed by our panel of judges who are business leaders in the Tallahassee community and the top five high scoring companies…
Applications for TechGrant Now Available! It’s time again for our annual TechGrant program! TechGrant is a competition in which early-stage companies can compete to win grants of up to $15,000. Applications will be reviewed by our panel of judges who are business leaders in the Tallahassee community and the top five high scoring companies will…
TechForce: Boosting the Success of High-Tech Entrepreneurs TechForce, our newest program, provides valuable advice to early stage companies, focusing on helping technology companies in our community navigate vulnerable stages like funding and prototype development. This highly interactive program is taught by local business experts, researchers, and specialists to help improve the chance of success in…
Save the Date: (T)EEP Course Innovation Park is hosting (T)EEP, the Technology Entrepreneurial Excellence program, which provides valuable advice to early stage companies, focusing on helping technology companies in our community navigate through vulnerable stages like funding and prototype development. This program is highly interactive and is taught by local business experts, researchers and specialists…
TechGrant Pitch Night Winners We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 TechGrant Pitch Night! WeatherTiger came in first winning the $15,000 grant and Nhu Energy came in second receiving the $10,000 grant. Learn more about our winners on their websites: for WeatherTiger click here and for Nhu Energy click here. Thanks…
Innovation Park Awarded $10.2M EDA Grant United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that Innovation Park has been awarded a $10.2 million Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to build the first mixed-use business incubator/accelerator of its kind in the region. The North Florida Innovation Labs will be a new $17 million 40,000 square-foot facility…
Save the Date Our next virtual TechTopics is coming up on Tuesday, September 22 at 11am via Zoom. Pencil it into your calendar to make sure you join us! Stay tuned for details about our speakers and how to register for the event. Do you have a suggestion for a speaker or a topic…
TechTopics Our first virtual TechTopics event is coming up! The event is on Wednesday, July 29 at 11 a.m. via Zoom. Our speakers are Rebekah Sweat, PhD and Tarik Dickens, PhD from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. They will be discussing their research in composite materials interfaces. The research focuses on 3D printing of…
Save the Date Our next TechTopics will be our first virtual event and we hope you can join us. Rebekah Sweat and Tarik Dickens from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering will be discussing their research in composite materials interfaces. Stay tuned for details! North Florida Innovation Labs Virtual Memberships Did you know that North Florida…
Virtual is the New Normal In these rapidly changing times, the ability to work virtually is even more vital to your businesses success. North Florida Innovation Labs can help grow your business from the comfort of your home. We offer virtual memberships that allow technology companies to be part of Innovation Park while providing a…
SBIR Deadlines Are you applying for an SBIR/STTR grant? Make sure you stay up to date with the changing information regarding deadlines due to COVID-19. Visit the SBIR.gov Solicitations page for a collection of SBIR/STTR participating agency websites with specific information about the impact of COVID-19 on the application and awards process. Upcoming SBIR/STTR Deadlines: …
SBIR Accelerator Program The first SBIR/STTR Accelerator Program is at capacity! The Program is focused on all aspects of winning SBIR/STTR grants. This training program educates participants on utilizing these funding sources to support proof of concept and prototype development with the goal of moving successful technologies into the commercial marketplace. Entrepreneurs seeking funding for…
Applications Due Monday, March 2 Each year, Innovation Park gives away $25,000 split between two companies to help them commercialize their technology in Leon County. Additionally, the winners this year each get a 6-month virtual membership to our technology incubator, North Florida Innovation Labs, where they can receive additional programming and support at no cost. Click…
Applications Are Online for TechGrant 2020 Each year, Innovation Park gives away $25,000 split between two companies to help them commercialize their technology in Leon County. Additionally, the winners this year each get a 6-month virtual membership to our technology incubator, North Florida Innovation Labs, where they can receive additional programming and support at no cost.…
Trail Grand Opening Recap On December 11th, we hosted a grand opening event to celebrate the opening of our central pond trail in the Park. County Commissioner, Bryan Desloge and LCRDA Immediate Past Chair, David Ramsay both provided remarks. Lucy and Leo’s cupcakes were on site. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported the event! Learn…
Join Us for Our November TechTopics Please join us next Tuesday, November 19th for our last TechTopics of the year! This event will dive into SBIR/STTR funding, and how these grants can help break frontiers, and be an important driver in local economic growth. The speakers include: Innovation Park’s Director of Entrepreneurship, Michael Tentnowski CEO of…
Join Us for Our Open House and Check Out the New North Florida Innovation Labs Technology Incubator Innovation Park of Tallahassee cordially invites you to join us to celebrate the launch of our technology incubator, North Florida Innovation Labs at our Open House! The event will take place on Thursday, October 24th from 3pm-6pm in…
North Florida Innovation Labs Opens October 1st Innovation Park of Tallahassee is pleased to announce that its new technology incubator, North Florida Innovation Labs will be open and ready to accept members on October 1, 2019. This will be the first incubator facility in Tallahassee to have wet lab space, in addition to an array…
Join Us for our Next TechTopics on August 28th Join us on Wednesday, August 28th from 11:30am-1:00pm for our next TechTopics event in the CAPS Seminar Room 120 at FSU Foundation Building A. This event will focus on the Florida Department of Transportation’s Structures Research Center, and a few of its current projects. Speakers include: Christina Freeman,…
Check out all the great news and events taking place in Innovation Park in the July 2019 Newsletter! Save the Date! Our Next TechTopics is August 28th We are happy to announce that our next TechTopics event will be taking place on Wednesday, August 28th in the CAPS Seminar Room located in FSU Foundation Building A. We…
Check out all the great news and events taking place in Innovation Park in the June 2019 Newsletter! MagLab Creates World-Record Magnetic Field with Small Compact Coil The MagLab recently announced they beat a record for “world’s strongest mangetic field” when their mini-magnet generated a 45.5 tesla magnetic field. The new magnet is half the…
Check out all the great news and events taking place in Innovation Park in the May 2019 Newsletter! The Winners of the 2019 TechGrant Competition are NeuroJungle and Footy Training! We are pleased to announce the winners for the Innovation Park TechGrant Competition are NeuroJungle and Footy Training! NeuroJungle took home the first-place prize of…
Announcing the 2019 TechGrant Finalists We are pleased to announce the finalists for the Innovation Park TechGrant Competition. On Thursday, May 16th at 5:30pm, these companies will pitch their business idea for a chance to win an up to $15,000 grant to help commercialize their technology. The TechGrant Pitch Night is presented by Danfoss Turbocor…
Learn Tips and Tricks to Improve Your Chances of Being Approved for an SBIR/STTR Grant on Wednesday, March 27th Join Innovation Park of Tallahassee for an intensive workshop focused on all aspects of writing SBIR/STTR grant applications. The workshop will cover proposal writing elements, evaluation criteria, preparing a schedule, building a team, adding consultants and contracts,…
The TechGrant Application deadline is March 4th The Innovation Park TechGrant Competition is currently underway! Complete applications are due by Monday, March 4th at 11:59pm. The TechGrant competition, held annually provides companies in Leon County with the opportunity to win up to $15,000 to help commercialize a technology. Since its inception in 2005, $437,000 has been…
Applications for the 2019 TechGrant Program are now available! Feb. 4th Orientation date Applications are now available for the 2019 Tech Grant Competition. Each year, Innovation Park gives away $25,000 split between two companies to help them commercialize their technology in Leon County. Interested in applying? On Monday, February 4th there will be an orientation…
Applications for the 2019 TechGrant Program will be available on January 9th! The Innovation Park TechGrant program will open early next month! Check out the important dates and deadlines. Five startups and early stage companies will have the chance to win an up to $15,000 grant to help them commercialize their technology, and grow their…
TechGrant Finalists win Top Two Accelerating Innovation Awards at the Space Florida and Florida Venture Forum’s Florida Aerospace Capital Forum On November 14th, TechGrant Finalist, Axion Technologies, LLC. won the top prize of $50,000 at the first ever Florida Aerospace Capital Forum! Axion Technologies beat out 16 other companies from Florida, as well as some from…
Register for our November TechTopics Join us on Wednesday, November 7th to explore the theme of “From Research to Commercialization”. During this event, we will explore companies which formed, as a result of wanting to commercialize technology discovered at a university. We will learn how they got started, their technology and future outlook. We will…
Register for the Innovation Hunt and come play for a chance to win 2 OculusGo VR headsets! Join us on Saturday, September 29th for the Innovation Hunt! This event is a picture scavenger hunt that will take you across Innovation Park’s grounds to solve riddles for a chance to win 1 of 2 OculusGo Virtual…
The Next TechTopics is Wednesday, August 29th at the MagLab Please join us for our next TechTopics event taking place on Wednesday, August 29th from 11:30am-1:00pm in the MagLab Conference Room. During this event, we will explore how some researchers are helping to answer questions about Earth’s history and its inhabitants. During this event, we…
Lucky Goat Brew Bus Coming to Innovation Park on July 25! On next Wednesday, July 25, the Lucky Goat Cold Brew Bus is coming to Innovation Park! They will be giving out cold brew from 10:00am-10:30am in front of the Don Fuqua Research Center. Come out and get your morning coffee! MagLab Researcher Helps Discover…
Lots of Action at Innovation Park Tom Flanigan of WFSU caught up with Innovation Park’s Executive Director, Ron Miller, and Director of Entrepreneurship, Michael Tentnowski to discuss some of the exciting projects underway in the Park. Read more MagLab Chosen for Exclusive Summit of G-7 Science Leaders In May, the MagLab was the host site…
DiaTech Diabetic Technologies and NeuroJungle Crowned Winners of the 2018 TechGrant Competition On May 16th, Innovation Park hosted its annual TechGrant competition, where five local early stage companies presented their technology in hopes of winning a commercialization grant worth up to $15,000. At the event, DiaTech Diabetics Technologies took home the first-place prize $15,000 grant…
The 2018 TechGrant Finalists are…… We are pleased to announce the finalists for the Innovation Park TechGrant Competition. On Wednesday, May 16th at 5:30pm, these companies will pitch their business idea for a chance to win an up to $15,000 grant to help commercialize their technology. The TechGrant Pitch Night is presented by Danfoss Turbocor…
Join us for our next TechTopics Event on Wednesday, March 28th Join us for our next TechTopics event on Wednesday, March 28th from 11:30am-1:00pm at the Materials Research Building in Innovation Park. This event will focus on the current projects underway at the High Performance Materials Institute, particularly the new motion sensor technology that is…
Read the latest news about North Florida’s premier R&D park specializing in magnetics, aero-propulsion, advanced power systems and high-performance materials February 2018 Update Innovation Park Hires Director of Entrepreneurship to Lead Development of High Tech Incubator Innovation Park is pleased to announce that Michael Tentnowski has become the organization’s Director of Entrepreneurship. As the…
Read the latest news about North Florida’s premier R&D park specializing in magnetics, aero-propulsion, advanced power systems and high-performance materials January 2018 Update The application is now available for the 2018 TechGrant! The Leon County Research and Development Authority is now accepting applications for the prestigious Innovation Park TechGrant competition. Apply today to win…
Read the latest news about North Florida’s premier R&D park specializing in magnetics, aero-propulsion, advanced power systems and high-performance materials December 2017 Update National MagLab shatters another world record One of the two YBCO coils used in the world-record 32-tesla all-superconducting magnet. Photo Courtesy:National MagLab On December 8th, the National MagLab shattered…
September 2017 Newsletter Last Chance to Sign Up for EEP Class 14 EEP Class 14 will be starting on October 3rd, which means there are only a couple weeks left to apply! Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and the class is capped at twelve companies. Click here to sign up and to…
Read the latest news about North Florida’s premier R&D park specializing in magnetics, aero-propulsion, advanced power systems and high-performance materials August 2017 Update Spotlight: Join us on August 30th for our next TechTopics- Turning the Tide: Florida Oysters We are happy to announce our next TechTopics event is taking place on Wednesday, August 30th in…
Read the latest news about North Florida’s premier R&D park specializing in magnetics, aero-propulsion, advanced power systems and high-performance materials July 2017 Update Spotlight: The FSU Department of Anthropology is moving to Innovation Park Innovation Park of Tallahassee is happy to announce that the Florida State University Department of Anthropology will soon occupy 11,000…
Exciting News Happening in Innovation Park! Read the latest news about North Florida’s premier R&D park specializing in magnetics, aero-propulsion, advanced power systems and high-performance materials June 2017 Update Spotlight: The Entrepreneurs’ Forum hosted by TCCSpark! is June 20th On Tuesday, June 20th from 6:00pm to 7:30pm, the community is invited to attend the first…
May 2017 Update from Innovation Park Read the latest news about North Florida’s premier R&D park specializing in magnetics, aero-propulsion, advanced power systems and high-performance materials May 2017 Update Spotlight: Winners Named for the 2017 TechGrant Program Melanie Simmons, President of KynderMed took home the 1st place prize during Elevator Pitch Night On May 17th,…
Read the latest news about North Florida’s premier R&D park specializing in magnetics, aeropropulsion, high performance materials and advanced power and energy April 2017 Update Spotlight: TechGrant Program Finalists to Present on May 17th at Annual Elevator Pitch Night Innovation Park is pleased to announce five finalists have been chosen to compete in this year’s…
Exciting News Happening in Innovation Park! Read the latest news about North Florida’s premier R&D park specializing in magnetics, aeropropulsion, high performance materials and advanced power and energy March 2017 Update Spotlight: NSF Director Visits the MagLab Photo by: FSU News The Director of the National Science Foundation, France Cordova visited Florida State University…
Read the latest news about North Florida’s premier R&D park specializing in magnetics, aeropropulsion, high-performance materials and advance power and energy February 2017 Update Spotlight: MagLab’s Annual Open House is Saturday, February 25th! This upcoming Saturday, February 25th from 10:00am-3:00pm, the MagLab will be having its annual open house! This year, the MagLab is rolling…
January 2017 Update from Innovation Park Read the latest news about North Florida’s premier R&D park specializing in magnetics, aeropropulsion, high-performance materials, and advanced power and energy January 2017 Update Spotlight: 2017 TechGrant Program- Applications Are Now Available! Last Year NP Group took home the grand prize for their optical fiber sensor. The 2017 TechGrant…
Read the latest news about North Florida’s premier R&D park specializing in magnetics, aeropropulsion, and high-performance materials December 2016 Update Spotlight: Danfoss Turbocor Opens Application Development Center Danfoss Turbocor has opened its new Application Development Center at its facility in Innovation Park. The ADC is an advanced manufacturing test facility, and it is Danfoss’s…