awards
2016
- Javazen, a current Startup Village company and Startup Shell graduate founded by three Hinman CEOs Program alumni, wins the grand prize, including $75,000, in the 2016 Cupid’s Cup Competition
2015
- Startup Shell alumni Scott Block and Avi Eisenberger, who co-founded VentureBoard along with then-fellow UMD students Justin Searles and Jordan Goldstein, as well as Jeff Hilnbrand, founder of Minimill, were named toDC Inno’s 25 DC Startup Founders Under 25
- Redox Power Systems wins Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Award for Best Environment/Energy Company
2014
- FiscalNote, Co-Founded by Hinman CEOs Alumnus Jonathan Chen, is Named to 2014 CNN 10: Startups
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program Wins National Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship Education
2013
- Martha Connolly Inducted into American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows
2011
- White House Recognizes Mtech's David Barbe as Champion of Change
- Mtech's David Barbe Receives 2011 Innovator of the Year Award from The Daily Record
- Mtech's Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) Program Wins Maryland Economic Development Association 50th Anniversary Economic Impact Program Award
- Mtech's Dr. James V. Green Wins 3E Learning Innovative Entrepreneurship Education Competition
2010
- Squarespace, Lurn Named to Inc. 500 List of the Fastest Growing Companies in the U.S. for the Second Straight Year
- FlexEl Wins Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Award
- Remedium Technologies Wins ORNL Global Venture Challenge
- Two Hinman CEOs Students Earn Prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
- Martha Connolly Receives President's Award at the Greater Baltimore Committee's Fifth Annual Bioscience Awards Ceremony
- Tseai Energy Unlimited Named Semifinalist in Dell Social Innovation Competition, Wake Forest Elevator Competition
2009
- Remedium Technologies Wins Most Promising Security Idea at Global Security Challenge 2009 with Blood-Clotting Foam
- Squarespace, Lurn Named to Inc. 500 List of the Fastest Growing Companies in the U.S.
- University of Maryland Company Trauma Solutions Named Finalist in $250K Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Cisco Systems Global Business Plan Competition
- Mtech Technology Advancement Program Graduate Lurn Inc. Wins Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Award
- Zymetis Inc. Named Top 50 “Cleantech/Greentech” Company
2008
- TAP Graduate Company TRX Systems Wins Global Security Challenge
- Technology Advancement Program CEO Named One of BusinessWeek.com's Best U.S. Entrepreneurs 25 and Under
- Mtech Technology Advancement Program Companies AccuStrata, TRX Systems, Zymetis Win Incubator Company of the Year Awards
- Mtech's David Barbe Wins Olympus 2008 Lifetime of Educational Innovation Award
2007
- MIPS Wins National Excellence in Technology-Based Economic Development Award from State Science and Technology Institute
- Mtech, Hinman CEOs Cited in Fortune Small Business Magazine's Top Programs for Undergrad Entrepreneurs
- MIPS Companies Sweep Greater Baltimore Committee's 2007 Baltimore Region Bioscience Awards
- Digene Corporation Inducted into Maryland Incubator Company of Year Awards Hall of Fame
2006
- Joint UMMAP/MDE Program Wins National Pollution Prevention Award
- Pixelligent Wins Incubator Company of the Year Award, Martek Biosciences Inducted into Hall of Fame
2005
- Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program Wins National SBA “Best Practice” Award
- Innovative Biosensors Wins Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Award
2003
- University of Maryland Entrepreneurship Pioneer Named Educator of the Year
- DataStream Content Solutions Wins Incubator Company of the Year Award
2002
- Hinman Program Lands Award, Recognized as National Leader in Entrepreneurship Education
- Two University Start-Ups Receive Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Awards
2001
- NeuralStem, Claragen Win Incubator Company of the Year Awards