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NSIN Programs Portfolio

Supports NSIN's full portfolio of hackathons boot camps and innovation program connecting startups and universities with DoD.

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NSIN's broader portfolio covers Hacking for Defense (H4D) university courses at Stanford, UVA, UCSD, Georgetown, and others; Hacks (hackathons); Boot Camp; Starts (early-stage program); Transition Cell (DoD pathway support); and the FedTech Startup Studio pairing entrepreneurs with federal-lab IP. NSIN also operates regional infrastructure including the Proof of Concept Center at University of Southern Mississippi, Defense Innovation Proving Ground at WVU, and the Deep Tech Studio (Innovator-in-Residence) at NYU. This program record consolidates NSIN programs that do not issue direct cash awards but provide mentorship, training, event access, and DoD network connections. Most programs are free to enter; selection is competitive. This record displaces the prior Tier 3 stub 'us-nsin-programs' ingested from the granted MCP harvest.

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Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.

Last verified: 31 May 2026Source: nsin.mil