Superclusters push CSU inventions
Superclusters can be explosive.
Colorado State University this week announced that its researchers have more than doubled the number of inventions, a phenomenal effort in two years. University officials attribute the success to the supercluster concept, which unites researchers with those in the private sector who can take their ideas and run, such as business experts, patent attorneys, marketers, etc. While the superclusters don't create new research, they foster it by speeding the transfer of technology from research to implementation.
SBIR to Be Victim of Recovery Myopia?
SC Centers Program Sees Job Creation, Leverage in 5-Year Results
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Eric Cromwell announced he is resigning as director of technology development for the State of Tennessee.
Frank Dinucci announced he will step down in April 2007 as president of Connecticut Innovations.
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Eric Cromwell announced he is resigning as director of technology development for the State of Tennessee.
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Frank Dinucci announced he will step down in April 2007 as president of Connecticut Innovations.
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C. Robert Eaton is resigning as president of MdBio, effective March 31, 2007, to pursue other opportunities in the private sector.
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Bill Goetz, chief of staff in the North Dakota Office of the Governor, has been selected to be chancellor of the North Dakota University System, beginning July 1, 2007.
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Oleg Kaganovich will resign as CEO of the Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance (SARTA) in June 2007, but remain a member of SARTA's board of directors.
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Robert Santy is the new president and CEO of CERC, the Connecticut Economic Resource Center Inc., filling the position left vacant due to the retirement of Marty Hunt.
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Peter Scott was named the director of Kettering University's new Fuel Cell and Advanced Technology Incubator.
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The New York Biotechnology Association has named Nathan Tinker its executive director, replacing Karin Duncker, who resigned in 2006.
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The Center for Economic Growth has selected F. Michael Tucker as its new president and CEO. Tucker replaces Kelly Lovell, who left the position in December to become president and CEO of International Business Development Group.
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The Center for Economic Growth has selected F. Michael Tucker as its new president and CEO. Tucker replaces Kelly Lovell, who left the position in December to become president and CEO of International Business Development Group.
SSTI Brought 1,400+ Funding Opportunities to Subscribers in 2008
Since the SSTI Funding Supplement became a members-only publication in 2006 more than 4,250 funding opportunities have been distributed. In 2008 only, there were more than 1,400 different opportunities for your client companies and university research faculties to secure funding -- if you were an SSTI member. Competition for federal research funding is growing, particularly as program budgets have been relatively flat or declining in recent federal budget cycles.
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Technology CEOs Urge U.S. to Double Funding for Basic Energy Research, Create New Energy Innovation Agency
Over the next few years, public policies that support innovation in alternative energy will determine whether or not the United States will successfully make the transition to clean and renewable energy, TechNet reports. The pro-innovation group, whose membership includes top executives from more than 115 tech firms, believes the move away from nonrenewable sources of electricity and fuel will require timely, active support from federal and state government.
1st Quarter VC Figures Released; 4th Quarter 2000 State Stats Available
Venture capital (VC) investments for the first quarter of 2001 totaled $10.1 billion, a staggering 40 percent less than the previous quarter, according to the latest Moneytree™ survey prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers in partnership with VentureOne. Although VC investment now has declined steadily in each of the four quarters since the peak in the first quarter of 2000, the latest results mark the greatest quarter-to-quarter decrease in absolute dollar terms since the survey started.
Proposals Aim to Attract Renewable Energy Companies to Virginia
Hawaii Expected to Limit Tax Credits for Technology Investments
Must Read: Chapter 3 of the 2007 State New Economy Index
A short five years in the waiting, but a whole global economic upheaval later, the 2007 edition of the seminal State New Economy Index shows the extent to which each state is adapting to the maturation of the knowledge-based economy. Digest readers will have seen some of the many articles from around the country covering the report’s recent release. Few of those press accounts explored the recommendations embodied in the third chapter, focusing instead on the rankings of their individual states.
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