Welcome to Flagstaff Gravity Lab

Driving discovery and connection at the intersection of technology, science, and community.

Enter The Nexus

This is where Northern Arizona’s builders, founders, and partners enter shared orbit. The Nexus is a living network designed to create pull—drawing the right people, ideas, and opportunities together so momentum happens naturally.

By joining, you become part of a curated field of curiosity, innovation, and capability. Members gain visibility in the directory, direct access to collaborators and clients, and an easier path to the people and resources that help ideas take shape and accelerate. The Nexus increases connection, reduces friction, and keeps meaningful work moving forward in our region.

What is the Gravity Lab?

Flagstaff Gravity Lab is Northern Arizona’s hub for innovation—bringing together entrepreneurs, researchers, creatives, and community leaders to spark collaboration, accelerate startups, and shape a stronger regional economy.

Our Economic Focus Areas

We point Gravity Lab’s energy where Flagstaff is already strong — and where the world needs solutions.

Environmental + Climate Technology

We convene scientists, founders, land managers, and policy leaders to prototype solutions in wildfire resilience, watershed health, climate data, circular materials, grid/energy innovation, and more.

Who Should Plug In?

  • Scientists
  • Climatologists
  • Data modelers
  • Civic innovators
  • Impact investors

Aerospace + Astronomy

Flagstaff’s legacy in planetary science and instrumentation meets a new wave of startups, engineers, and researchers working on sensors, autonomy, space data pipelines, and defense-adjacent technologies.

Who Should Plug In?

  • Engineers
  • OEMs
  • Astronomers
  • Software/data teams

  • Partners

Life Sciences + Healthcare

We connect researchers, clinicians, and entrepreneurs advancing human health — from translational research and SBIR-backed startups to AI-driven analytics and point-of-care innovation.

Who Should Plug In?

  • Biotech/medtech founders
  • Researchers
  • Clinicians
  • Grant writers
  • Investors

Flagstaff is more than a mountain town.

To realize Northern Arizona’s potential, we need to connect talent, institutions, and industries. That’s where the Flagstaff Gravity Lab wants to make a difference.

16+

Events hosted

From monthly Collider gatherings to special workshops and panels, we’ve created space for ideas, conversations, and collaboration to thrive in Flagstaff.

200+

Local innovators connected

Entrepreneurs, researchers, engineers, and creatives from across Northern Arizona have joined forces through Gravity Lab—forming new teams, companies, and ideas.

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Possibilities sparked

Every connection leads somewhere—whether it’s a new venture, a funded idea, or simply the confidence to take the next step.

Tackling Big Challenges with Bold Ideas

We bring together Flagstaff’s scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and creatives to collaborate on real-world problems—in climate, space, and health. Whether you’re solving for the planet, orbit, or human body — this is your launchpad.