Volusia County Innovation Challenge

This pitch competition highlights commercially viable technologies developed by our local students

Since its inception in 2003, the Foundation has:

· Funded numerous scholarships for students at Bethune Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL

· Provided funding for projects within the College of Engineering's Department of Marine and Environmental Systems at Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL

· Provided funding for senior design projects in the College of En

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03/28/2025

2025 Volusia County Innovation Challenge.

A huge congratulations to our remarkable winners:

🏆 Beyond Bounds Studios - $10,000
🏅 Mr. Market - $5,000
🥈 Bee Well Therapy - $2,000

🎤 Special thanks to David Sawyer from TSOLife, who was our 2015 Innovation Challenge winner and also an Incubator graduate client, for delivering an outstanding speech that inspired us all ❤️

Thank you, Volusia County Economic Development, Volusia Incubator, and Volusia Business Resources

11/28/2023

11 years of Innovation with the Cairns Foundation! This video features 11 years of the Cairns Foundation Innovation Challenge in partnership with the Volusia County Business Incubator powered by UCFBIP. We ar...

11/27/2023

2023 Volusia County Innovation Challenge! (Pictures Part 3)

Photographer: Rare Lens Photography

11/27/2023

2023 Volusia County Innovation Challenge! (Pictures Part 2)

Photographer: Rare Lens Photography

11/27/2023

2023 Volusia County Innovation Challenge!

Photographer: Rare Lens Photography

11/18/2023

Innovation Challenge 2023 winner:
Limitless Aeronautics ~ ERAU

11/18/2023

Erik Libby graduated last year from Stetson University and instead of finding a job, he created his own job by starting a company, The To-Do Dudes. Now, he employs 23 people. He is the Innovation Challenge 2022 Second Prize recipient - Congratulations, Erik