CCIC

The Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) is led by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) in partnership with the National Science Foundation (NSF). It is a fun and exciting national competition where community college student teams, working with a faculty or administrator mentor, use science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to innovate solutions to real-world problems; participate in an Innovation Boot Camp; and compete for cash awards.

Planning is underway for an IN-PERSON Innovation Boot Camp in the Washington D.C. area on June 13-16, 2022 and full travel support will be provided for the finalist... Read more

Congratulations to the Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC) team from Ivy Tech Community College in South Bend. This is the second time Ivy Tech students have made it to the finals in the CCIC. The first time was in 2015 with Betadataquantadata, a hand-held biosensor for coliphage.

Teams from InnovATEBIO programs have done well in this competition before with teams from Del Mar College and Los Angeles Mission College making it to the finals.

This year's Team Members: Pamela Arenas, Rena Doss, Josef... Read more