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  • Three Purdue University Professors Get Funds to Commercialize Research Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Three Purdue University Professors Get Funds to Commercialize Research Projects

    Three professors at Purdue University’s colleges of engineering and science will work to develop and commercialize their research projects with around $130,000 in combined funding. The financial assistance will come from the Trask Innovation Fund, which aims to help faculty and staff further and market their works through the Office of Technology Commercialization, the Purdue […] More

  • Accenture Presents Goodwill With $1.5M Grant for Skills-Building Program; Michael Scimo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Presents Goodwill With $1.5M Grant for Skills-Building Program; Michael Scimo Comments

    Accenture has donated $1.5 million to Goodwill Industries International to help fund a new initiative meant to train people to start businesses or to get jobs. The GoodProspects for Credentials to Careers program aims to provide services for career-readiness including help with job searches, technology access, assistance with resume refinement and other online or on-the-ground […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Launches Green Communities Grant Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Launches Green Communities Grant Program

    Rockwell Collins has launched a grant program to identify proposals for the company’s traditional conservation and restoration communities program, with awards ranging from $500 to $2,500. The 10-year-old Green Communities program is intended to help nonprofit groups find ways to improve the environmental conditions of a community where the company operates, Rockwell Collins announced Tuesday. […] More

  • Agilent Grants Research Tools to Duke Molecular Physiology Institute - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Agilent Grants Research Tools to Duke Molecular Physiology Institute

    Agilent Technologies is working with the newly-established Duke Molecular Physiology Institute to help carry out translational research in chronic disease by using Agilent’s biology tools. The DMPI research team received a grant from Agilent to use the company’s tools as the institute aims to learn more about cardiovascular and other cartometabolic diseases, the company announced […] More

  • Dell Donates $2.4M for U.S. STEM Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Donates $2.4M for U.S. STEM Projects

    Dell has granted nearly $2.4 million for science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs in 26 organizations in 11 states across the country. The donation is part of the company’s Powering the Possible for Communities Youth Learning Initiative and will benefit 27,000 children and 1,500 teachers, Dell said Wednesday. “We believe that providing the right tools, […] More

  • CH2M HILL Foundation Issues Sustainable Community Grant to Nonprofit; David Johnson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CH2M HILL Foundation Issues Sustainable Community Grant to Nonprofit; David Johnson Comments

    The CH2M HILL Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to the Social Mobility Foundation to develop sustainable communities that are intended to encourage social and environmental responsibility. SMF was selected for its work in helping youths from low-income backgrounds find careers in engineering, business, law and politics, CH2M HILL said Wednesday. “Importantly the partnership will not […] More

  • Siemens Donates $40M in Software to McCann Technical School - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Donates $40M in Software to McCann Technical School

    A business unit of Siemens has donated an in-kind software grant worth $40 million to a technical school in Massachusetts to provide students with software training for advanced technology jobs. Siemens PLM Software donated the software to McCann Technical School to help students develop products in the automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding, machinery and high-tech electronics industry, […] More

  • Jim Schmit: CenturyLink, Idaho Education Dept Award $50K in Tech Project Grants - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Schmit: CenturyLink, Idaho Education Dept Award $50K in Tech Project Grants

    CenturyLink has partnered with Idaho’s Education Department to award $50,000 in grants to teachers for technology projects, Today“™s 6 News reported Tuesday. James Cramer quoted Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna as saying CenturyLink has helped the department purchase laptops and video equipment with more than $650,000 in grants over the last 10 years. That money was […] More

  • CA Technologies Donates $50K to Online STEM Charity; Erica Christensen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CA Technologies Donates $50K to Online STEM Charity; Erica Christensen Comments

    CA Technologies will donate $50,000 to an online charity supports students and initiatives of underprivileged schools in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math. The company will continue its partnership with DonorsChoose.org and the funds are intended for learning materials and classroom projects at schools in nine U.S. states, CA Technologies said Thursday. DonorsChoose.org […] More

  • Siemens Gives UMD $750M in PLM Software; Eric Spiegel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens Gives UMD $750M in PLM Software; Eric Spiegel Comments

    Siemens Corp. has donated $750 million in product life management software to the University of Maryland for research and development initiatives in engineering, the Baltimore Sun reported Tuesday. Tricia Bishop writes both organizations cooperate on healthcare projects under a master research agreement, in addition to collaborations on R&D efforts in areas such as fire safety and transportation. “We […] More

  • CRGT, Signal Electronics Team Aims to Secure Texas Seaport - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CRGT, Signal Electronics Team Aims to Secure Texas Seaport

    CRGT and Signal Electronics will collaborate to design and implement a surveillance system for the seaport community of Freeport, Texas. The team received a $600,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency through a maritime domain awareness infrastructure program, CRGT said Tuesday. Freeport’s police department uses CRGT security technology to monitor criminal activity. The system […] More

  • AT&T Donates $5K for Altru Health Foundation“™s Literacy Program; Cheryl Riley Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T Donates $5K for Altru Health Foundation“™s Literacy Program; Cheryl Riley Comments

    AT&T has donated $5,000 in grants for the Altru Health Foundation“™s literacy program, which aims to promote home reading and learning among children. The foundation intends to buy books for children who visit the pediatric department, Family Medicine Residency and East Grand Forks Migrant School in Grand Forks, N.D., AT&T said Monday. Cheryl Riley, director […] More

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