From April to December 2022, the New Mexico Rainforest, a U.S. Economic Development Administration University Center, held 21 mentoring office hour sessions with the various University Center (UC) mentors and hosted eight webinars on a variety of entrepreneurial topics. Recordings of the training webinars and corresponding handouts are available online at: http://loborainforest.com/nmrainforest/videos/ . Each webinar has a related quiz that allows you to earn your way to an Entrepreneurial Capabilities Certificate. The …Read More
Meet UNMRI’s First Tribal Liaison Mytegia Lee for the New Mexico Tribal Entrepreneurship Enhancement Program
UNM Rainforest Innovations is excited to welcome Mytegia Lee as the first Tribal Liaison for the New Mexico Tribal Entrepreneurship Enhancement Program. UNM Rainforest Innovations was awarded an Economic Development Administration (EDA) American Rescue Plan Economic Adjustment Assistance grant in April to help break down barriers and generate opportunity through entrepreneurship in historically underserved communities in New Mexico with a primary focus on coal-impacted tribal communities. Through this grant, the …Read More
UNM I-Corps Site Program Trains Spring 2022 Cohort
Six teams of university students recently completed the 12-week long spring I-Corps program hosted by UNM Rainforest Innovations and UNM’s Innovation Academy. This program trains entrepreneurial-minded faculty and students on how to transition their STEM-related technologies to the marketplace. The University of New Mexico became an I-Corps (Innovation Corps) site in fall 2017 and has now completed its tenth cohort. The program is offered during the fall and spring semesters …Read More
University Students Win Big at the 2022 Pitch Deck Competition
Albuquerque, NM – May 11, 2022 – After an inspiring evening at the Lobo Rainforest Building, five university students went home with cash prizes after pitching their innovative business and startup ideas to an audience of supporters, investors, and business community. The 2022 Pitch Deck Competition was co-hosted by UNM Rainforest Innovations (UNMRI) and the UNM Innovation Academy, the University of New Mexico’s technology-transfer and economic-development organization and entrepreneurial studies …Read More
2022 Pitch Deck Competition Offers Platform for University Student Entrepreneurs to Share Their Business Plans or Startup Visions for Cash Prizes
Albuquerque, NM – Coming up on May 10, university students in New Mexico will have an opportunity to pitch their innovative business ideas for prize money at the 2022 Pitch Deck Competition. Going on its third year, the competition serves as a platform for student entrepreneurs to showcase their innovations and hone their pitching skills. The event is free and starts at 5:00 p.m. at the Lobo Rainforest Building. Friends, family, …Read More
University of New Mexico Inventors Honored for Issued Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights at 2022 Innovation Awards
2022 Innovation Awards UNM Rainforest Innovations hosted its nineteenth annual Innovation Awards on Tuesday, April 26. This annual event recognizes the accomplishments of University of New Mexico (UNM) inventors who have received issued U.S. patents, registered trademarks, and copyrights within the past year. Between March 1, 2021 and February 28, 2022, 44 UNM inventors received issued U.S. patents for 39 technologies and 1 copyright. Of those patents, 32 patents and …Read More
Jeremy S. Edwards, Ph.D. – 2022 Rainforest Innovation Fellow
Harnessing his knowledge of biology, chemistry, and engineering, Dr. Edwards drives science forward through his research activity and innovative technologies. During his graduate work, he was the first person to take genome sequence information and develop predictive mathematical models of bacteria metabolism. Around this time, it cost approximately $1 million to sequence the genome of a bacteria and $1 billion to sequence a human genome. The work accomplished by Jeremy …Read More
Federal Laboratory Consortium Enters into Partnership with UNM Rainforest Innovations (UNMRI)
(WASHINGTON, DC – April 11, 2022) The Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) has entered into a strategic partnership with UNM Rainforest Innovations, based in Albuquerque, NM, as part of an ongoing campaign to help small to large businesses with innovative technologies succeed through collaborations with federal laboratories. UNM Rainforest Innovations supports technology transfer and coordinates economic development activities for the University of New Mexico (UNM)—efforts that include facilitating connections between technology-focused …Read More
UNM Rainforest Innovations announces spring pitch competition winners
Original Article posted April 18, by UNM Newsroom: https://news.unm.edu/news/unm-rainforest-innovations-announces-spring-pitch-competition-winners How long does it take to earn $1,000? For students competing in the biannual Rainforest Pitch Competition, it only takes 90 seconds (plus a good business idea). More than 60 New Mexico college students submitted their video pitches for a chance to win seed funding. This semester the business ideas included an application to find affordable student housing, outsourcing home organization, …Read More
NM Rainforest EDA University Center Activity for January, February and March 2022
During the months of January, February and March, the New Mexico Rainforest, a U.S. Economic Development Administration University Center, held seven mentoring office hour sessions with the various University Center (UC) mentors and hosted five webinars on a variety of entrepreneurial topics. Several of the webinars and office hours were hybrid including a special webinar hosted by Mike Freeman from Innosphere Ventures, a science and technology incubator and venture capital …Read More