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7.30.2024

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I-Corps Next guides 17 entrepreneur teams through advanced startup development

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6.4.2024

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Chesapeake Bay Seed Capital Fund invests in efficient horticultural lighting developer JumpLights Inc.

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4.30.2024

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NSF I-Corps Mid-Atlantic Hub sends six groups to NSF National I-Corps Teams

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4.29.2024

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University of Maryland researchers receive $50,000 grant, participate in NSF I-Corps Teams program

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4.19.2024

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Mtech co-sponsors first annual Maryland MedTech Summit, hosted by Fischell Institute, Department of Commerce

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3.12.2024

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University of Maryland, Morgan State team awarded $29,952 for Emerging Technologies Internship Program

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1.7.2026

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UMD’s Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) program jointly funds 17 collaborative technology research projects teaming Maryland companies, USM faculty

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1.6.2026

BioHealth Innovation

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[MIPS company] Linshom Medical wins 9th Annual Crab Trap Competition at BioHealth Capital Region Week

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11.20.2025

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CBSCF, BRED, and Bethesda Green host October Chesapeake Bay Green Entrepreneur Roundtable

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11.18.2025

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The NSF I-Corps Hub Mid-Atlantic Region releases its first economic impact report

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11.16.2025

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TEDCO invests in [MIPS company] JuneBrain, Inc.

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11.13.2025

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UMD recognized with top-10 ranking for entrepreneurship

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News Archives

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October 3, 2025

NSF I-Corps Hub Mid-Atlantic Region hosts I-Corps Bio/MedTech Startup Symposium

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November 13, 2025

UMD recognized with top-10 ranking for entrepreneurship

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November 18, 2025

The NSF I-Corps Hub Mid-Atlantic Region releases its first economic impact report

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November 20, 2025

CBSCF, BRED, and Bethesda Green host October Chesapeake Bay Green Entrepreneur Roundtable

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Awards

2016

  • Javazen, a current Startup Village company and Startup Shell graduate founded by three Hinman CEOs Program alumni, wins the grand prize, including $75,000, in the 2016 Cupid’s Cup Competition

2015

  • Startup Shell alumni Scott Block and Avi Eisenberger, who co-founded VentureBoard along with then-fellow UMD students Justin Searles and Jordan Goldstein, as well as Jeff Hilnbrand, founder of Minimill, were named to DC Inno’s 25 DC Startup Founders Under 25
  • Redox Power Systems wins Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Award for Best Environment/Energy Company

2014

  • FiscalNote, Co-Founded by Hinman CEOs Alumnus Jonathan Chen, is Named to 2014 CNN 10: Startups
  • Redox Power Systems wins Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Award for Best Environment/Energy Company

2013

  • Martha Connolly Inducted into American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows

2011

  • White House Recognizes Mtech's David Barbe as Champion of Change
  • Mtech's David Barbe Receives 2011 Innovator of the Year Award from The Daily Record
  • Mtech's Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) Program Wins Maryland Economic Development Association 50th Anniversary Economic Impact Program Award
  • Mtech's Dr. James V. Green Wins 3E Learning Innovative Entrepreneurship Education Competition

2010

  • Squarespace, Lurn Named to Inc. 500 List of the Fastest Growing Companies in the U.S. for the Second Straight Year
  • FlexEl Wins Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Award
  • Remedium Technologies Wins ORNL Global Venture Challenge
  • Two Hinman CEOs Students Earn Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
  • Martha Connolly Receives President's Award at the Greater Baltimore Committee's Fifth Annual Bioscience Awards Ceremony
  • Tseai Energy Unlimited Named Semifinalist in Dell Social Innovation Competition, Wake Forest Elevator Competition

2009

  • Remedium Technologies Wins Most Promising Security Idea at Global Security Challenge 2009 with Blood-Clotting Foam
  • Squarespace, Lurn Named to Inc. 500 List of the Fastest Growing Companies in the U.S.
  • University of Maryland Company Trauma Solutions Named Finalist in $250K Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Cisco Systems Global Business Plan Competition
  • Mtech Technology Advancement Program Graduate Lurn Inc. Wins Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Award
  • Zymetis Inc. Named Top 50 “Cleantech/Greentech” Company

2008

  • TAP Graduate Company TRX Systems Wins Global Security Challenge
  • Technology Advancement Program CEO Named One of BusinessWeek.com's Best U.S. Entrepreneurs 25 and Under
  • Mtech Technology Advancement Program Companies AccuStrata, TRX Systems, Zymetis Win Incubator Company of the Year Awards
  • Mtech's David Barbe Wins Olympus 2008 Lifetime of Educational Innovation Award

2007

  • MIPS Wins National Excellence in Technology-Based Economic Development Award from State Science and Technology Institute
  • Mtech, Hinman CEOs Cited in Fortune Small Business Magazine's Top Programs for Undergrad Entrepreneurs
  • MIPS Companies Sweep Greater Baltimore Committee's 2007 Baltimore Region Bioscience Awards
  • Digene Corporation Inducted into Maryland Incubator Company of Year Awards Hall of Fame

2006

  • Joint UMMAP/MDE Program Wins National Pollution Prevention Award
  • Pixelligent Wins Incubator Company of the Year Award, Martek Biosciences Inducted into Hall of Fame

2005

  • Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program Wins National SBA “Best Practice” Award
  • Innovative Biosensors Wins Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Award

2003

  • University of Maryland Entrepreneurship Pioneer Named Educator of the Year
  • DataStream Content Solutions Wins Incubator Company of the Year Award

2002

  • Hinman Program Lands Award, Recognized as National Leader in Entrepreneurship Education
  • Two University Start-Ups Receive Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Awards

2001

  • NeuralStem, Claragen Win Incubator Company of the Year Awards