{"505231":{"#nid":"505231","#data":{"type":"news","title":"National Science Foundation awards StarMobile $500K funding grant","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EStarMobile, a leading codeless, cloud-based solution centered on faster, simpler, and lower-cost delivery of enterprise mobility, has been awarded a $500,000 Phase IIB\u0026nbsp;Small Business Innovation Research\u0026nbsp;(SBIR) grant from the\u0026nbsp;National Science Foundation\u0026nbsp;(NSF).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe startup, which is incubating in Georgia Tech\u2019s Advanced Technology Development Center\u2019s (ATDC) Signature program, said it will continue its work toward enabling rapid mobilization of enterprise applications. ATDC works with entrepreneurs looking to build successful technologies in Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EStarMobile also is a graduate of Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;VentureLab\u0026nbsp;startup incubator, ranked No. 2 in North America. VentureLab, a sister incubation program to ATDC in Tech\u2019s Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2), works with Georgia Tech faculty, students, and staff to help them validate and commercialize their research and ideas into viable companies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERaghupathy Sivakumar, StarMobile\u2019s co-founder and chief technology officer, is a telecommunications, computer systems, and software professor at Georgia Tech and the Wayne J. Holman Chair in Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis Phase IIB SBIR award is a significant milestone for us, as the rigorous NSF selection process for Phase II proposals results in only 15 percent of Phase I grants receiving Phase II awards, and even fewer receiving Phase IIB awards,\u201d said Sivakumar in a statement. \u201cThis award is an important validation that StarMobile has created a Rapid Mobile Application Development (RMAD) platform that transforms how enterprises mobilize their systems. This award provides support for further development of our core technology and will help us accelerate our go-to-market plans.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe award is based on progress in product, market, and business model validation under a $750,000 NSF SBIR Phase II grant awarded to StarMobile in 2013, and research conducted under a $150,000 NSF SBIR Phase I grant awarded to StarMobile in 2012. StarMobile has now received a total of $1.4 million in grant awards from the NSF SBIR program as part of their efforts to foster innovative technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe NSF Small Business Innovation Research\/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR\/STTR) program seeks to transform scientific discovery into societal and economic benefit by catalyzing private sector commercialization of technological innovations. The program increases the incentive and opportunity for startups and small businesses to undertake cutting-edge, high-quality scientific research and development. NSF SBIR\/STTR grants not only address research and development funding, they also give recipients training in key business areas. Grant awardees also receive mentorship from program directors who have extensive industry experience.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe NSF SBIR\/STTR program awards funds in every area of science and engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The NSF Small Business Innovation Research\/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR\/STTR) program seeks to transform scientific discovery into societal and economic benefit by catalyzing private sector commercialization of technological innovations."}],"uid":"28137","created_gmt":"2016-02-23 14:03:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:53","author":"P\u00e9ralte Paul","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-02-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2016-02-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"167191":{"id":"167191","type":"image","title":"Raghupathy Sivakumar","body":null,"created":"1449178954","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:42:34","changed":"1475894806","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:46","alt":"Raghupathy Sivakumar","file":{"fid":"195626","name":"raghupathy-sivakumar.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/raghupathy-sivakumar_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/raghupathy-sivakumar_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":14465,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/raghupathy-sivakumar_1.jpg?itok=-Bc1biHh"}}},"media_ids":["167191"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"139","name":"Business"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4238","name":"atdc"},{"id":"20191","name":"Raghupathy Sivakumar"},{"id":"171367","name":"StarMobile"},{"id":"4193","name":"venturelab"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"106361","name":"Business and Economic Development"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["peralte.paul@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}