TechRise Returns for Founders Week at UIUC
South Side Small Business Resource Fair
Women in Bio Chicago | 12th Annual Start-Up Challenge
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Pathways to AI + Society
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TechRise Returns for Founders Week at UIUC
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is throwing open the doors of its entrepreneurship ecosystem for the third year running, ...
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Opportunity, Sep 02, 2026
South Side Small Business Resource Fair
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TechRise Returns for Founders Week at UIUC
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is throwing open the doors of its entrepreneurship ecosystem for the third year running, and the TechRise Startup Pitch Competition is comi...
Opportunity, Sep 04, 2026
Learn more about the Activate Fellowship!
Join Activate and the Great Lakes I-Corps Hub to learn more about the Activate Fellowship!
Opportunity, Sep 02, 2026South Side Small Business Resource Fair
Join Claretian Associates, Center for Changing Lives, P33, Southeast Side Community Business District (SSA #5) administered by the Calumet Area Industrial Commission (CAIC), and Unite...
Opportunity, Aug 31, 2026
Women in Bio Chicago | 12th Annual Start-Up Challenge
This high-energy pitch competition celebrates the bold ideas and innovative spirit of women entrepreneurs in the life sciences. Finalists will take the stage to showcase their venture...
Opportunity, Aug 26, 2026
Startup Challenge - Application is now live!
Applications for the Grainger Engineering Tech Startup Challenge are OPEN! Apply now for the Grainger Engineering Tech Startup Challenge, a national pitch competition for deep tech st...
Opportunity, Aug 26, 2026
Research Opportunities at 71North
NIU is now an institutional partner of the Computing Research Association (CRA) UR2PhD program, a national program that helps prepare students for university research experiences and ...
71North, Aug 24, 2026
Pathways to AI + Society
🤔 Curious about the artificial intelligence (AI) you interact with every day? Learn more about it in our NEW track for Pathways: AI + Society!
Opportunity, Aug 21, 2026Women in Bio Startup Challenge
Join us for The Power of 12 at the 12th annual WIB-Chicago Start-Up Challenge!
NIU, Opportunity, Aug 19, 2026Econ Prof. Anna Klis, Ph.D. student honored for their research
The European Association for Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) has cited a research paper written by Economics ProfessorAnna Klis and her former doctoral student Godwin Ek...
NIU, Aug 12, 2026
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