Programs

  • Global Innovation Districts Initiative

    GREW GIID'S GLOBAL NETWORK OF INNOVATION DISTRICTS ACROSS NEARLY A DOZEN COUNTRIES FOR PEER-SHARING SESSIONS AND DIRECT STRATEGY SUPPORT. UNDERTOOK DEEP EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF NINE INNOVATION DISTRICTS SPANNING FIVE CONTINENTS TO SURFACE THE UNIQUE ASSETS AND ATTRIBUTES THAT HELP CITIES AND REGIONS AROUND THE WORLD STRENGTHEN THEIR PLACE-BASED INNOVATION STRATEGIES. ALSO ADVANCED A DEEP R&D RESEARCH INITIATIVE TO STRENGTHEN HOW PLACE-BASED R&D STRENGTHS ARE ANALYZED. THIS RESEARCH IDENTIFIED NEW APPROACHES FOR EVALUATING THE R&D TO COMMERCIALIZATION PIPELINE IN AND ACROSS DISTRICTS AROUND THE WORLD. FINALLY, GIID LED A MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECT, FUNDED BY A PROMINENT U.S. FOUNDATION, TO EVALUATE INCLUSIVE GROWTH PROGRAMS AND POLICIES IN NUMEROUS COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD. THIS WORK AIMED TO DISTILL NEW FINDINGS ABOUT HOW TO VALUE INCLUSIVE GROWTH THROUGH THE ALIGNMENT OF PEOPLE, PARTNERS AND PLACE.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $434K

  • Program 1 [2024]

    IN ADDITION TO RELEASEING NEW RESEARCH AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS TO ADVANCE THIS UNIQUE PLACE-BASED MODEL OF INNOVATION, GIID HAS CONTINUED TO GROW ITS GLOBAL NETWORK OF INNOVATION DISTRICTS ACROSS FIVE WORLD REGIONS WITH TAILORED SUPPORT, TACTICAL LEARNINGS AND PEER-SHARING. GIID HAS ALSO INITIATED PLANNING AND SECURED A HOST PARTNER FOR ITS INAUGURAL GLOBAL SUMMIT TAKING PLACE IN MONTERREY, MEXICO IN APRIL 2025. TO CAPITALIZE ON A MOMENT OF INCREASING INTEREST IN DISTRICTS WORLDWIDE, GIID IS INTRODUCING A NEW PARTNERSHIP STRUCTURE TO ALIGN WITH INVESTORS, INDUSTRY LEADERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE ACTIVELY SUPPORTING DISTRICTS AND THE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS THAT DRIVE THEIR LOCAL, REGIONAL AND EVEN NATIONAL ECONOMIES.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jul 1, 2023 – Jun 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $696.6K