Applications Now Being Accepted

Is your company a blue tech startup looking for technical assistance and expertise to help take your innovations to market? The Gulf Blue Navigator can help: In addition to funding support ($25K to $50K), startups selected for the cohort will also get access to USM resources and expertise - see:?https://lnkd.in/gC_A7Aps

To apply go to: https://lnkd.in/g_Bv6fMR

This comprehensive 4 month program provides access to a number of local assets to shorten the development timeline for blue technology startups. Scaling startups will gain market access while engaging with university, industry, state, and federal partners, and potential customers. The Gulf Blue Navigator provides access to state-of-the art research facilities, wet-labs, co-working space, mentors and networking, and year-round access to warm coastal waters.

The focus of this cohort is on blue-tech startups commercializing innovations in uncrewed systems. Innovation must be relevant to the uncrewed vessel space which may include vessel design, sensors, navigation and communication systems, software and data analytics, and other technologies that enhance or improve uncrewed vessel operations. Uncrewed vessels include both stationery (e.g., buoy) and mobile, and both surface and subsurface. The innovation may be airborne or space based if required to be used in association with a surface or subsurface uncrewed vessel.