Please forward the announcement below for Monday’s i6 conference call to your distribution lists. Regards, John John Atwood Lead Public Affairs Specialist U.S. Department of Commerce U.S. Economic Development Administration Public Affairs Division jatwood@eda.doc.gov 202-482-4085 EDA is celebrating 45 years of public service. Click here <http://eda.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=e01f5dccdcdbbf9c1b38379f5&id=68e7c83ba4> to sign up for our newsletter today. [cid:3359951968_96329] i6 Challenge Update Conference Call MONDAY [cid:3359951968_74437]The i6 Challenge is a new $12 million innovation competition administered by the Economic Development Administration (EDA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, in partnership with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF). EDA will award up to $1 million to each of six winning teams with the most innovative ideas to drive technology commercialization and entrepreneurship in their regions. NIH and NSF will award a total of up to $6M in additional funding to their Small Business Innovation Research grantees associated with winning teams. We encourage entrepreneurs, investors, universities, foundations, and non-profits to participate in the i6 Challenge. The deadline for applications is July 15, 2010. We will host a conference call for potential applicants at 4pm EDT/1pm PDT on June 21, 2010. For more information, please go to www.eda.gov/i6 <http://www.eda.gov/i6> or email i6@doc.gov <mailto:i6@doc.gov> .
