US Ignite's Program Manager recently published two blog posts on Zpryme, a research, media, and events agency with a focus on energy.

By Jigyasa Sharma, Program Manager, US Ignite The Project OVERCOME initiative led by US Ignite was conceived of and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF Award # CNS-2044448) with additional support from Schmidt Futures.

See where you can catch US Ignite communities in action at the upcoming Smart Cities Connect Conference and Expo, in Denver, CO.

Nearly two years after the Virginia Cybersecurity Challenge first kicked off in May 2021, two teams - representing Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia Military Institute- were announced victorious at the annual CCI Symposium on April 17, 2023.

In this conversation, Palak Agarwal, explains US Ignite’s ability to bring together communities and universities to execute data projects.

In this blog, we share pictures and three insights our team acquired to help all project managers deploy IoT devices in close collaboration with partners.

The FCC requested that initial challenges to the broadband coverage maps be submitted by January 13, 2023. In this post we explain the different types of challenges that government entities and individual consumers can submit and provide links to helpful resources.

US Ignite launched a blog series titled “Discovering Data Science.” We invite all community leaders to follow this series for additional insights, advice, and examples of data science in real projects in communities. 

We recently welcomed South Bend, the 4th largest city in Indiana, as a US Ignite Community. We have worked with them to identify ways to accelerate the adoption of innovative solutions that improve the lives of South Bend residents. The first outcome was SolveSB, the first ever South Bend-focused Ideathon!

These five practices on handling partnerships can help any smart city service, project, or application - at any phase - find success.

The US Department of Transportation issued a Request for Information to inform their Thriving Communities Initiative. The Thriving Communities Initiative will provide technical assistance and capacity-building resources to improve and foster thriving communities through transportation improvements. Review our responses to questions 1,2,4, and 7 on the RFI (Docket Number DOT-OST-2022-0082).

US Ignite is pleased to announce published findings on Automated Vehicle shuttles in the new AV Playbook.

Five businesses leveraged the information and skills they learned over six weeks in our Smart City Accelerator to deliver a live pitch for investors, including regional, angel, venture capital, and family office investors.