News & Updates | Office of Innovation Management

The Gulf Blue Navigator Program Selects Six Startup Companies

The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) - with the support of its partners, the USM Research Foundation, NVision Solution’s Unmanned Coast, and Jackson State University - has selected Cohort 1 of blue technology startup companies for the unique Gulf Blue Navigator program. This group follows a pilot cohort of six companies that jump-started the program from November 2022-April 2023. These...

USM’s Office of Innovation Management Receives NSF Award to Accelerate the University’s Translational Research Activities

The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) in partnership with Jackson State University (JSU) and The University of Arizona (UA), has been awarded a $6 million cooperative agreement from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) through its inaugural Accelerating Research Translation (ART) program. Read the NSF announcement here....