{"id":1277,"date":"2026-05-03T23:44:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T23:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/?page_id=1277"},"modified":"2026-08-21T19:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:35:36","slug":"i-corps-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/innovations\/i-corps-program\/","title":{"rendered":"NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps\u2122) program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON 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class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 id=\"partner\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">NAU is now a partner institution of the newly formed I-Corps Desert and Pacific Region Hub including:<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"243\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/08\/nsf-icorps.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5281\" style=\"width:288px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/349\/2026\/08\/nsf-icorps.png 768w, 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