Aug 31, 2022 | Featured, News
Inventors from across the Mountain State will gather Oct. 11 on the Morgantown campus of West Virginia University (WVU) for the next meeting of the minds. The fall gathering of the West Virginia Inventors Society (WVIS) will provide a forum for inventors at all stages...
Aug 31, 2022 | Featured, News
Small businesses across the United States reaped a record $154.2 billion in federal contracts in fiscal 2021. That’s a lot of moolah for Main Street. Of that amount, $237,957,568 flowed directly to West Virginia small businesses. Sounds like a hefty sum – and it is –...
Aug 30, 2022 | Featured, Maker Vault, News
To engage more students in the STEM fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, the Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) is once again offering free drone kits to groups that agree to form aerial robotics teams and compete in West Virginia competitions. Middle and...
Jul 27, 2022 | Featured, News
Charlotte Weber, longtime director & CEO of the Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) and vice president for federal programs at Marshall University, has been promoted to vice president of government relations, Marshall President Brad D. Smith announced. She will...
Jul 27, 2022 | Featured, News
RCBI has launched a new effort to increase the number of state small businesses securing federal contracts, particularly in the Defense sector. The initiative is an extension of AIM Higher, a regional consortium working to strengthen Defense manufacturing capabilities...
Jul 27, 2022 | Featured, News
Marshall University’s Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI) is among a select group of institutions launching innovation education hubs as part of a national initiative to revitalize American manufacturing and ensure a strong national defense. Through a partnership with the...
