The MINERVA group is grateful for support from the following projects:
Innovation Node-Los Angeles* (National Science Foundation I-Corps program, 1444080 and 1740721)
SBIR: Commercializing Invention and Financing Innovation (SCIFI) (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory 1550874)
S&T Analysis and Management of Innovation Activity (STAMINA) (partnership with USC Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events, DHS 70RSAT18FR0000100)
Air Force Development of Ventures in Science and Engineering (ADVISE) (Air Force Research Laboratory, FA8650-16-2-9302
Effectiveness of US Government Emerging Technology Contract Vehicles (The Aerospace Corporation, 118-USC-0039)
MD5 (now National Security Innovation Network) (Department of Defense, GXM Consulting contract 118-USC-0039)
USC Undergraduate Research Assistant Program
I-Corps Hub West, NSF award #2048703
*Andrea Belz served previously as co-Principal Investigator and Research PI on several of these awards. She currently serves as Division Director of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships at the National Science Foundation. To manage the potential conflicts of interest she has resigned from all roles associated with the NSF awards that funded this research and is recused from all matters related to the awards named herein. Her current research activities follow NSF policies.