News Alert, Announcing Biomedical Entrepreneur Scholarships!
FORGE Announces Biomedical Entrepreneur Scholarship
University of Arizona FORGE (Finding Opportunities and Resources to Grow Entrepreneurs) announces the launch of its Biomedical Entrepreneur Scholarship for the Summer of 2023. The program is part of FORGE’s commitment to applying proven entrepreneurial support, innovation, and commercialization services while catalyzing and stewarding the growth of biomedical companies at the University of Arizona Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building (BSPB) in Phoenix and at FORGE at Roy Place in Tucson.
The new scholarship program is open to full-time continuing University of Arizona students, in any academic program, with interest in creating a biomedical startup. Startups in this area focus on technologies or processes to advance services and health in the industry to ultimately improve patient outcomes.
The ‘Biomedical Entrepreneur’ scholarship will be awarded to three current full-time undergraduate University of Arizona students. The scholarship covers University of Arizona tuition for Fall 2023 and Spring 2024. Under the program, scholarship recipients participate in a 12-week FORGE summer program and a 15-week paid employment opportunity in the Fall semester with an opportunity to continue into the Spring.
Students can learn more and apply online here. Questions about the program? Meet up with Student Venture Pathways at Family Weekend from 12-3 or come by next week's Campus Spotlight. Applications are due October 28, 2022. Scholarship recipients will be announced on November 18, 2022.
Meet TIMESTEP!
Join us Thursday, October 13th with Tucson Initiative for Minoritized student Engagement in Science and Technology Program(TIMESTEP). Summer Interns will share about their summer experience interning with local startup organizations. TIMESTEP is a bi-weekly discussion group about topics of professional development for undergraduates in STEM fields at U. Arizona.
Physics and Astronomy Majors, Mathematics Minor, Avichal Kaul will talk about his time with Neurovascular Research & Design, where he worked on extracting blood flow information from NIRS data.
Computer Science Major Thomas Walker Gilmerwill talk about his time with Revolute Robotics, where he contributed to the development of an autonomous hybrid aerial & ground drone.
Physics and Astronomy Majors, Mathematics Minor, Jay Motka will talk about his internship at Delta Thermal, an industrial IoT company that provides remote infrared thermal monitoring & perimeter security for electrical substations
Campus Spotlight events are designed for guests to learn more about unique activities taking place across campus and to foster networking and collaboration between campus and community. Each event will feature a campus special guest sharing more about their unique area and ample time to network with other guests.
Join the discussion!
Thank you to everyone for a great Venture Valley Tournament!
We hosted a great event in downtown Tucson at FORGE at Roy Place in partnership with the Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship. Huge thanks to our extraordinary Student Venture Pathways team and the Venture Valley staff who organized the event and to everyone who took part in the Venture EXPO including Startup Tucson, GRAV Gaming Innovation, TechLaunch Arizona and University of Arizona Center for Innovation.
Check out news coverage of the event HERE
We're hiring! Be part of the team at FORGE.
Want to join the team? We currently looking for an Events & Community Assistant to help support our operations at our flagship location in the heart of downtown Tucson. The successful candidate will oversee all aspects of space rental, from initial inquiry through post-event activities. The ideal candidate is efficient and tech-savvy with a keen sense of customer experience. Join our amazing team and support fun and interesting programs that help grow entrepreneurship in our region.
FORGE CrEATe Cafe: Join us for lunch with innovators
Calling all aspiring content creators, influencers, and artists! Coffee lovers! Small, local business supporters! Come chat with Giulia and Vaisha of Coffee Chronicles about "saying yes to yourself"! These UArizona students have created a following of "coffreaks" via their Instagram page as they explore Tucson's coffee shop scene. Learn what it takes to become a local influencer and enjoy free lunch from Slot Canyon Café. Registration is limited, sign up now!
What's new at TENWEST
At this Startup Coffee, we will be hearing from Casey Carillo, Assistant Director at UACI and Matt Baquet, Ranch House Media. Join us as we learn about all the new surprises at TENWEST Festival!
Upcoming Events
Thursday, October 6 - Startup Coffee
Tuesday, October 11 - CrEATe Cafe with The Coffee Chronicles
Thursday, October 13 - Campus Spotlight - TIMESTEP
Wednesday, October 19 - 2022 Southern Arizona Tech + Business Expo
Wednesday, October 19 - October FORGE Fireside with Rafael Tapia
Thursday, October 20 - Curiosity Club