To sustain our work to support state and regional innovation initiatives across the country, SSTI relies on the generosity of those members of the community who share our vision of serving as a center for advancing best practices across the field. We greatly appreciate their support. We also invite others equally committed to using smart programs to combine the four pillars of science, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship to advance their own regional economies to join the list of leading organizations below.
Membership helps fund SSTI activities that enhance awareness and build stakeholder support for technology-based economic development and intelligent regional innovation initiatives.
Interested in joining SSTI and the nation's leading science, technology, and innovation organizations?
As the field’s advocate for improving local, state, and regional economies, SSTI provides members with funding opportunities, timely information on best practices in investing in science and technology, customized technical assistance, and the latest news affecting the tech-based economic development community.
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State Members
- Arizona Commerce Authority
- Arkansas Research Alliance
- BioConnect Iowa
- Business Oregon
- Delaware Prosperity Partnership
- Georgia Research Alliance
- Hawaii Technology Development Corp.
- Innovate Mississippi
- KY Innovation
- Launch Tennessee
- Louisiana Economic Development
- Maine Technology Institute
- Maryland Technology Development Corp.
- MassVentures
- Michigan Economic Development Corporation
- Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development
- Missouri Technology Corporation
- NCInnovation
- Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development
- New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology
- New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA)
- North Carolina Biotechnology Center
- Ohio Department of Development
- Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology (OCAST)
- PA Department of Community & Economic Development
- Rhode Island Science & Technology Advisory Council
- SC Department of Commerce
- South Carolina Research Authority
- Vermont Department of Economic Development
- Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation
- Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation
Sustaining Members
- AgLaunch
- Ben Franklin Technology Partners
- BioCrossroads
- BioHealth Innovation, Inc.
- BioSTL
- Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce
- Case Western Reserve University
- Delaware Innovation Space
- Emory University
- Entrepreneurs' Center
- Florida A&M University
- Florida High Tech Corridor
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Hampton Roads Biomedical Research
- Innovation Works
- Invest Nebraska
- John Hardin
- Jumpstart, Inc.
- Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation
- Launch NY
- Lorain County Community College
- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Mason Enterprise @ George Mason University
- New Orleans BioInnovation Center
- Prosper Portland
- Regional Industrial Development Corporation
- Research Universities of Michigan
- Rev1 Ventures
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Shawnee State University
- Startup Junkie
- Texas State University
- UNC - Innovate Carolina
- University City Science Center
- The University of Hawai'i System
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- University of Michigan Economic Growth Institute
- University of Nebraska
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of South Alabama, Vice President's Office of Research and Economic Development
- University of South Dakota
- University of Texas at Arlington
- UTA Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology Development
Affiliate Members
- Arizona Technology Council
- Association of University Research Parks
- BioNexus KC
- Boise State University NEW!
- Business Leaders for Michigan
- Cape Fear Ocean Labs
- Central Indiana Corporate Partnership
- The City College of New York
- CNY Biotech Accelerator, Upstate Medical University
- The Dimension Mill
- Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
- FuzeHub
- i2E
- IEEE - USA
- Illinois Science and Technology Coalition
- Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Innosphere
- Invest Detroit Ventures
- Larta Institute
- Life Science Washington Institute
- Louisiana Tech University
- Medical Center of the Americas Foundation
- Missouri State University
- Muskegon Innovation Hub at Grand Valley State University
- NC Clean Energy Technology Center
- NC IDEA
- Northwestern University
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Oklahoma Manufacturing Alliance
- Parallax Advanced Research
- Regional Economic Development for Eastern Idaho
- StartingBlock Madison
- Tech Parks Arizona
- TechTown Detroit
- Texas Christian University
- The Launch Place
- The Lemelson Foundation
- The Ohio State University
- The University of Texas at Austin
- The Water Council
- UF Innovate | Accelerate
- UIDP
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Florida Research Foundation
- University of Idaho
- University of Illinois
- University of Kansas NEW!
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Oregon
- University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services
- University of Utah
- University of Washington
- US Ignite
- VertueLab
- Virginia Tech
- Walton Family Foundation
- West Virginia Jobs Investment Trust
- West Virginia University