Funding Discover → Funding CVC The Columbia Venture Competition is a partnership across campus and schools to grant $250K for ventures CVC Ignition Grants Grants to assist Columbia University students in launching new businesses, social and not-for-profit ventures Ignition Grants Blavatnik Grants The Blavatnik National Awards honor America’s most innovative young faculty-rank scientists and engineers Blatvanick Grants SIRS and STAR Grants Supports new research and the translation of early stage research to real-world implementation SIRS & STAR BioMedX Teams working on promising biomedical projects, the goal of moving innovative technologies through commercialization BioMedX NSF I-Corps This program helps entrepreneurs move products out of the lab and into the market by talking to potential customers NSF I-Corps