Wayne State University issued the following announcement on Oct. 29.
STEEP Detroit program boosts Black and African American women business owners and entrepreneurs
Free business incubator will support ventures in STEM sectors; applications open Oct. 29
Detroit business and innovation thrives on the success of diverse ideas and leadership. A first-of-its-kind business incubator called STEM Entrepreneurial Excellence Program (STEEP) Detroit will support the need for greater inclusion of underrepresented women in STEM and STEM-enabled businesses. Fifty Black and African American women will be selected for the free pilot program that is funded by a National Science Foundation grant and serves as a collaborative effort between the Julian C. Madison Building LLC, Wayne State University’s STEM Innovation Learning Center, TechTown and the Midwest I-Corps.
“This is a tremendous and critical time for supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs —especially those from new and diverse communities that will bring another level of innovation to the STEM sector,” says Tonya Matthews, Ph.D., Wayne State University associate provost for inclusive workforce development and director of the STEM Innovation Learning Center. “I’m excited that the National Science Foundation has an interest in deeper exploration of how to engage and include historically excluded communities in this kind of training.”
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Source: Wayne State University
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