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New York Congressional District #1

District Success Story:
Mindwick, Inc

Mindwick, IncElena Yakubovskaya, a research scientist in the Pharmacology Dept.at SUNY Stony Brook, received her Ph.D. in the field of molecular and structural biology from the Institute of Molecular Biology in Moscow. About ten years ago, she was one of the founders of School Nova, a Stony Brook University program that provides supplemental STEM instruction on weekends for elementary school students. Elena is currently the director of a summer STEM educational camp for gifted students. During 2014, Elena decided to sharpen her focus on STEM education by starting Mindwick, Inc. to promote early science education among public elementary school students (grades 1-3). When she needed assistance with her venture, Elena was pleasantly surprised to discover that the SBDC was conveniently located on the Stony Brook campus. Elena has worked with Senior Advisor Bernie Ryba for the past two years and attended two SBIR/STTR workshops that were held on campus to learn more about submitting applications for grant funding. In June 2015, Mindwick was awarded a $150,000 Phase I SBIR grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop “Ready for STEM,” a new educational program for improving reasoning skills in elementary school students. Elena intends to apply for a Phase II $750,000 NSF grant and two new Phase I grants at other agencies in 2016. Elena joined the Stony Brook incubator system in September, 2015 and is confident that with the support of the Stony Brook SBDC her dream of developing a commercialized version of “Ready for STEM” can be realized.

image: Stony Brook SBDC advisor Bernie Ryba with Elena Yakubovskaya

New York Congressional District 1 includes most of Central and Eastern Suffolk County.

U.S. Congressman Lee Zeldin currently represents this federal district.

SBDC Centers Serving Congressional District #1:

Farmingdale
 
Small Business Development Center
SUNY @ Farmingdale
Campus Commons
2350 Broadhollow Road
Farmingdale, NY  11735-1006
Tel: (631) 420-2765

Stony Brook
 
Small Business Development Center
Stony Brook University
Research & Development Park
Stony Brook Road, Building 17
Stony Brook, NY  11794-6016
Tel:  (631) 632-9070
 

SBDC Impact in Congressional District #1:

Program Inception (1984) - 2015
Small Business Consulting Clients: 17,839
Total Funding: $283,465,666
Jobs Created: 4,640
Jobs Saved: 2.218
Counseling Hours: 175,107

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Statewide Economic Impact