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SBA Names FY 2001 FAST Winners

October 05, 2001

This week, 30 states were named recipients of the first Federal and State Technology Partnership (FAST) awards administered by the Small Business Association (SBA). The awards range from $100,000 to $150,000, totaling almost $3.5 million. FAST, included in December 2000 legislation reauthorizing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, provides matching funds to enable states to augment or expand their tech business assistance and SBIR outreach efforts. FAST winners and their respective award amounts are below: 

 

  • Alabama — Alabama Dept. of Economic & Community Affairs (ACEDA) — $100,000 
  • Alaska — Alaska Small Business Development Center — $100,000 
  • Colorado — University of Colorado's Business Advancement Center — $100,000 
  • Delaware — Delaware Small Business Dev. Center Network — $100,000 
  • Georgia — Univ. of Georgia Small Business Dev. Center — $125,000 
  • Hawaii — High Technology Dev. Corp. — $125,000 
  • Iowa — Iowa State University's Center for Advanced Technology Dev. — $100,000 
  • Louisiana — Louisiana Business & Technology Center, Louisiana State Univ. — $150,000 
  • Maine — Maine Technology Institute — $150,000 
  • Maryland — Maryland Technology Dev. Corp. (TEDCO) — $125,000 
  • Massachusetts — Mass. Technology Collaborative, Mass. Technology Park Corp. — $100,000 
  • Michigan — Mich. Small Business Dev. Center, Grand Valley State Univ. and Mich. Economic Dev. Corp. — $100,000 
  • Minnesota — Minnesota Project Innovation, Inc. — $125,000 
  • Mississippi — Univ. of Southern Mississippi — $125,000 
  • Missouri — Univ. of Missouri Outreach Extension, Missouri Small Business Dev. Centers — $100,000 
  • Montana — Montana Small Business Development Center, Montana Dept. of Commerce — $100,000 
  • Nevada — The Nevada Commission on Economic Dev.— $100,000 
  • New Hampshire — New Hampshire Small Business Dev. Center — $100,000 
  • New Jersey — State of New Jersey Small Business Dev. Center — $100,000 
  • New York — New York State Office of Science and Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) — $125,000 
  • North Carolina — Univ. of North Carolina Small Business & Technology Dev. Center (SBTDC) — $125,000 
  • Ohio — Ohio Dept. of Development's Technology Division — $150,000 
  • Oklahoma — The Okla. Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) — $150,000 
  • South Carolina — Univ. of South Carolina, The Frank L. Roddey Small Business Dev. Center — $100,000 
  • Texas — Northwest Texas Small Business Dev. Center, Texas Tech Univ. — $100,000 
  • Vermont — Vermont Technology Council, Univ. of Vermont — $100,000 
  • Virginia — Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) — $150,000 
  • Washington — Washington Technology Center — $100,000 
  • Wisconsin — Wis. Dept. of Commerce, Wis. Small Innovation Consortium, and Univ. Indus. Relations at Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison — $100,000 
  • Wyoming — Univ. of Wyoming — $125,000 
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