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This month's newsletter is full of momentum worth celebrating: from key insights shared by this year's Nucleus honorees, to exciting alumni updates and ecosystem action.
Read it:
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🕷️ We're weaving together another round of resources for Philly's startup community. This week's top picks:
🖥️ Tech Development & Commercialization Advising
🏆 Cancer Data Innovation Challenge
🤝 Mid-Atlantic Capital Conference
👉details mailchi.mp/sciencecenter.org…
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Four new Venture Fellows, four very different roads into health and life sciences investing, and one shared conclusion about where to spend the next year.
Here's what they'll be doing over the next 12 months 👉
sciencecenter.org/blog/the-e…
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📣 We’re hiring! The Science Center is looking for a full-time Administrative Assistant to keep our programs and operations running smoothly.
In this role, you’ll:
📅 Coordinate schedules
🤝 Support programs
📋 Manage administrative processes
Learn more sciencecenter.org/careers/ad…
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Can a new regional initiative strengthen the Mid-Atlantic’s reputation as a destination for biomanufacturing? @HeathNaquin weighed in with @fedscoop on the potential of the Mid-Atlantic Biomanufacturing Scale-Up Cluster.
👉 fedscoop.com/sba-regional-in…
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📌 A few new opportunities to put on your startup’s radar. Check out:
🤝 Activate Fellowship
💡 Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Data Innovation Challenge
🔥 What's Hot in the Emerging Companies, VC & AI Deal Market
Details + links 👉 mailchi.mp/sciencecenter.org…
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What's a realistic timeline for #NIH award funding? 👉 This virtual webinar gives executives and their advisors a candid read on the NIH agency as it operates today.
More info and register now: sciencecenter.org/events/ins…
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Building a #startup comes with no shortage of things to figure out. Finding the right funding, support, and connections needn't be another challenge. This month's roundup includes:
💡 Accelerators, programs
💰 Funding
🤝 Networking and events
👉details: mailchi.mp/sciencecenter.org…
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We assembled a room of payers, providers, pharma, and investors to answer the question: what would it take to translate innovation into real-world adoption?
👉 Read the latest article: sciencecenter.org/blog/the-g…
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Big news for biomanufacturing: the U.S. Small Business Administration has selected the Science Center to administer the Mid-Atlantic Biomanufacturing Scale-Up Cluster (MABSC).
sciencecenter.org/news/scien…
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Cider and #startup opportunities – just a few things brewing this fall.🍎Check out:
💡 Emergent Ventures Grant
(rolling)
🩺 Physician Innovator Series featuring Dr. Lara Zibners
(Oct 13)
⚛️ @NucleateHQ Activator
(Apply by Oct 21)
Get the details: mailchi.mp/sciencecenter.org…
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Science Center alumni companies have been clearing their operational bottlenecks and surging forward, despite sizable market challenges.
Here’s a roundup of their key milestones in Q3:
linkedin.com/pulse/q3-2026-a…
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On Wednesday, Oct. 7, join us in celebrating Black Bottom and the people who have worked to preserve its history and legacy.
All are welcome!
More info: sciencecenter.org/events/bla…
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The weekly Startup Resource Roundup is here⬇️
🟦 The Blue Foundry
(Apply by 10/4)
innovationpartnerships.umich…
📝SBIR/STTR Training and Entrepreneurship Program
(Apply by 10/12)
lnkd.in/p/gDKh3CWR
🤝IS:Life Sciences Ecosystem Summit 2026
innovationspace.org/islifesc…
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Standing still is never an option: for innovation to actually succeed, it requires moving forward.
At Tuesday’s Nucleus Awards, we celebrated four leaders who are shaping the future of Philadelphia. Here are the key insights shared by our honorees.
👉sciencecenter.org/news/scien…
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Pumpkin spice and startup advice?☕We’ve got the latter covered.
🏫Termeer Institute
termeerinstitute.org/fellows…
🥗Philly AI Learning Exchange
eventbrite.com/e/philly-ai-l…
🌿EmpathyTech and Cities of Inclusion - Philadelphia Summit
empathytech.org/
More: mailchi.mp/sciencecenter.org…
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One week until the 2026 Nucleus Awards! We’re looking forward to celebrating this year’s honorees & raising a glass to the people helping build what’s next for Philadelphia.
🕠 5:30pm
📍 3675 Market St
🎤 Hosted by @MaikenScott of @whyy's The Pulse
Info: sciencecenter.org/nucleus-aw…
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Four ways to move an innovation ecosystem forward: commercializing promising technology, allocating capital, convening community, and cultivating the STEM workforce.
That’s what we’re celebrating at the 2026 Nucleus Awards on Sept. 29.
Info & tickets: sciencecenter.org/nucleus-aw…
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Whether you’re looking for funding, preparing for your next raise, building your network or taking an idea from concept to commercialization, there’s plenty for founders to explore this month.
funding, events, opportunities: mailchi.mp/sciencecenter.org…
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A reminder for physicians exploring what’s next beyond the clinic:
Join the Science Center on Friday, Oct. 16 for the next Physician Innovator Series.
🗓️ Oct. 16
🕑 8:30–9:30 AM
☑️ Free to attend, but registration is required.
sciencecenter.org/events/phy…
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