Welcome to Expanding Frontiers!
We are a non-profit dedicated to fostering an innovation ecosystem in Brownsville, Texas, by providing unique educational experiences and hands-on-training in space and energy technologies for students, veterans, and aspiring entrepreneurs.
What is
Coming Up
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The Space Settlement Design Tournament challenges students to design futuristic habitats for space living. Compete, collaborate, and showcase your vision for humanity's future beyond Earth.
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The Space Entrepreneur Summer Academy is back to inspire the next generation of space leaders. High school students will dive into entrepreneurship and space innovation during our immersive one- to three-week camp experience.
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Expanding Frontiers invites entrepreneurs, investors, and supporters to the sponsored SBA Capital Readiness Events—a focused series that teaches what “capital-ready” looks like and how to build it. Expect an Investor Workshop, Entrepreneur Workshops, and a Mixer where participants connect in a welcoming, credible environment. Open to all, with ExF serving as the connector for the South Texas tech and innovation network.
In Memory of David Cheuvront 1958–2025
Expanding Frontiers honors the life and legacy of our friend and mentor, David Cheuvront—an engineer whose work helped shape the International Space Station, advanced lunar exploration concepts, and inspired the next generation of space innovators. This luctuosum note by Dr. Fredrick A. Jenet reflects our deep gratitude for David’s extraordinary impact.
Newsroom
Expanding Frontiers Named 2025 GAFC Awardee
Expanding Frontiers has been selected as a 2025 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition awardee under the Capital Formation category of America’s Seed Fund, supporting efforts to expand investment access, strengthen entrepreneurial pathways, and build financial literacy for innovators in South Texas.
[Read the Full Press Release →]
From Idea to Impact
The Expanding Frontiers Accelerator helps bold founders turn ideas in space, energy, and adjacent fields into real companies. You will work with mentors and advisors, join weekly tag-ups to stay accountable, and use targeted workshops to validate customers, refine your model, and build momentum toward first revenue. We meet you where you are and provide a clear, practical path from concept to market. Our builder community in South Texas adds partners, feedback, and opportunities when you need them most.
A Glimpse of Our Work
Dr Fredrick Jenet at Expanding Frontiers’ Space Tech Pitch Competition
Entrepreneurs at NASA Tech Trek Powered by Expanding Frontiers Hackathon
Professor Jesse Jones Mentoring at
Venture Cafe with Expanding Frontiers