AWIS

Start-Up Entrepreneurs Awarded Competitive Grant from NSF (2019)

Dr. Carol Hirschmugl and Dr. Marija Gajdardziska Josifovski, founders of university-incubated start-up SafeLi, LLC, and graduates of the Association for Women in Science’s (AWIS) STEM to Market (S2M) program, were awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $225,000. AWIS’ S2M program provides inclusive, equitable and productive opportunities and resources to help entrepreneurs take their product to market. Throughout their careers, AWIS member Dr. Hirschmugl and Dr. Gajdardziska-Josifovska have published hundreds of research articles in peer reviewed journals and have secured over $10M in funding for their work…