The MD Student Venture Showcase & Pava LaPere Innovation Awards is an event/program funded by the Pava LaPere Legacy of Innovation Act of 2024 to provide grants to technology-based start-up companies founded by students from institutions located in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson MSA. The 2025-2026 MD Student Venture Showcase is scheduled for February 19, 2026 at 4MLK. Registration opens soon.