Local Organizations Funded By Innovate Alabama Network

Innovate Alabama has announced the third round of designees of the Innovate Alabama Network, a resource dedicated to catalyzing innovation by fostering three components of a healthy innovation ecosystem: people, places and resources. The newest designees include 58 organizations representing all three Innovate Alabama pillars: Talent Development, Lifestyle & Recreation and Access to Resources. In this application round, 18 Access to Resources-, 22 Talent Development- and 18 Lifestyle & Recreation-focused organizations received an Innovate Alabama Network Designation. This round’s total funding request exceeded $33 million. Award totals included approximately $12.8 million in project-specific funding and $2.1 million in general awards for new designees. Local designees include the City of Daphne, the Eastern Shore Chamber Foundation, the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Faulkner University and Innovation Portal.