In March 2016, SynMatter was awarded an I-Corps Site Award at the University of Central Florida (UCF). This involved classroom training on the Lean Startup business model based on work by Steve Blank and Bob Dorf. The $2,550 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) provided financial support for SynMatter to interview nearly 40 persons within the corrosion industry, which included attendance at a major industry trade show.
