Penn State's Newest Innovation Hub

Expanding on the success of the Invent Penn State initiative, the newest Penn State Innovation Hub in downtown State College is a multi-use innovation, making, and learning facility. Serving students, innovators, and community entrepreneurs this hub will be the cornerstone of the Penn State entrepreneurial ecosystem. You can help support and accelerate entrepreneurship at Penn State through:

• Naming opportunities
• Event sponsorship
• In-kind gifts
• Program underwriting
• Major and naming gifts with possibility for a 1:1 match

The all-new Makerspace will provide student, faculty, and community entrepreneurs with access to cutting-edge machinery for prototyping and development, mentorship, and education opportunities. Your gift will enable innovative makers to touch, feel, see, and turn their idea into reality. The Makerspace will offer:

• CNC machining, lathes, presses, and more
• Professional painting booth
• 3D printing lab
• Classes and training
• Prototyping advice

The all-new Digital Makerspace will provide student, faculty, and community entrepreneurs with access to the latest in mixed-reality and digital manufacturing. Your gift will enable these digital trailblazers to forge a new way forward. The Digital Makerspace will offer:

• High-end computers with the latest development software
• Mixed reality lab for virtual and augmented reality development
• Classes and training
• Technical advice and support

The new Happy Valley LaunchBox will be located inside the downtown Innovation Hub. Your gift will fuel this modern and welcoming innovation space providing crucial LaunchBox programming such as the FastTrack Accelerator and Idea TestLab, support for the legal and intellectual property clinics and:

• Coworking space
• Business advice and services
• Accelerator programs
• Microgrants
• Expert speaker series

This beautiful, airy meeting and event space inspires collaboration and the exchange of ideas between innovators, makers, creators, and the community. Your gift can spark the next big idea between local changemakers. This space will offer:

• Modern presentation technology
• 30-seat executive meeting room
• 100-plus-seat conference and banquet space

Penn State’s Innovation Hub and LaunchBox Network support students, faculty, and community members through diverse programming open to all Pennsylvanians. Your gift will connect startups to the resources they need to build sustainable and scalable businesses.