1998 Digest Headlines

December 25, 1998 — No Digest Issued.

December 18, 1998
* Recipients of Nation's Highest Science & Tech Honors Announced
* NASA Microgravity Biotechnology Awards Announced
* Aircraft, Turbine and Label Manufacturers Announced as 1998 Baldrige Quality Award Winners
* NASA Microgravity Materials Science Research Opportunity Released
* Siemens Creates High School Math & Science Program
* SSTI Releases 3rd Program Brief: California RTAs Highlighted
* Economic Development Director Sought
* SSTI is Moving!

December 11, 1998
* Education 1998 SBIR Awards/Proposal Figures Available
* Kansas Commercialization Centers to Help Companies with Equipment Needs
* NIH 1998 STTR Awards Announced
* NASA Announces STTR Phase II Awards
* Entrepreneurship and Technology Management Professor Sought

December 4, 1998
* Commerce, EPA & NIH Announce 1998 SBIR Phase I Awards
* Inventions & Innovations Program Awards $1.6 Million for Energy-Efficient Technologies
* Legislative S&T Position Available
* Publisher's Note: Digest Change in January

November 27, 1998
* DOE Seeks Proposals for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Projects
* Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Releases Innovation Index
* Ford Foundation Encourages Innovative Programs
* NMFS Accepting S.E. Fisheries Proposals
* ATP Correction & Notice of Proposers' Conferences

November 20, 1998
* NSF Invests $10 Million in New Engineering Research Centers
* FY 1999 ATP Solicitation Opens
* 1998 Venture Capital Investments Conimute to Increase
* Brandinger Resigns; NJ Seeks Executive Director
* NIH SBIR Opportunity Nears

November 13, 1998
* FTA Announces Joint Partnership Program
* DOT Selects 19 SBIR Awards
* DOD Awards 100 STTR Grants
* Position Available

November 6, 1998
* FY 1999 Budget Includes $657 Million for Commerce's Technology Administration
* Research & Experimentation Tax Credit Extended
* Election`98 Wrap-Up: Tech Issues Pass, 13 New Governors Elected

October 30, 1998
* GAO Reports DOE Lacks Effective Strategy for Implementing Lab Reforms
* EPA Announces Availability of Pollution Prevention Grants
* California May Expand RTA Networks

October 23, 1998
* NASA Selects SBIR Proposals
* Manufacturing Extension Program Cites Accomplishments, Looks to Future
* Oklahoma Voters to Decide Tech Transfer Activities

October 16, 1998
* ATP Selects 79 R&D Projects for Funding
* Pennsylvania Proposes Workforce Training Initiatives
* TIIAP Announces $18.5 Million in Grants to Non-Profit Organizations, State and Local Governments

October 9, 1998
* Report Says U.S. Still Leader in Innovation But No Room for Complacency
* Maine Residents to Vote on R&D Bond Issue
* Fellowship Positions Available

October 2, 1998
* Congressional Science Policy Study Calls for Increased State-Based Partnerships
* Comments Sought on Proposed Changes to ATP Selection Criteria
* SSTI Conference A Success

September 25, 1998
* More than $3 billion spent by States on R&D

September 18, 1998
* Administration Seeks Greater Diversity in Technology Workforce
* Virginia Selects Three New Centers
* People

September 11, 1998
* Connecticut Allocates $30 Million to Build Biotech Lab Space
* High-Tech Industries Driving Global Economic Activities
* EPSCoT Update
* SBA Announces Tibett's Award Winners

September 4, 1998
* DOD Announces Request for Proposals and Offers Dual-Use Industry Investment Strategy Conference
* DOE Announce Funding for Sensor and Control Technologies for Industrial Manufacturing Applications
* NSF Announces New Phase of SBIR Program
* People in the News

August 28, 1998
* NSF Announces Competition for New ERC's
* NASA Awards 25 STTR Grants

August 14, 1998
* Bill Introduced in Senate to Make SBIR Program Permanent
* DOE Announces Phase I and Phase II SBIR Awards
* People in The News

July 31, 1998
* NSF 1998 Science and Engineering Indicators
* Digest Takes A Vacation
* Call Made for State Technology Innovation Challenge Grants
* R&D Tax Credit Expires

July 24, 1998
* SSTI Sponsors Second Annual Conference
* NASA Selects Three New Business Incubators
* Updates on U.S. Partnership Available
* Industrial R&D Up -- Turnaround in Mfg Cited

July 10, 1998
* Senators Frist and Rockefeller Introduce Bill to Double Civilian R&D Spending
* NSF Releases Three Data Briefs on Federal R&D Funding
* Tornatzky Going West; STC Seeks New Director

July 3, 1998
* Governors Release Post-Secondary Education Report
* NICE3 Announces 1998 Award Winners and Seeks Proposals for 1999
* Survey of Environmental Products and Services released
* ATP Receives More Than 500 Proposals

June 26, 1998
* DOD Seeks Proposals for Regional SBIR conferences
* Culpeper Foundation Accepting Applications for Biomedical Projects initiative
* Maine and Navy Create Partnership to Use Remote Sensing Technology
* Goodman to Retire
* NCIIA Seeks Proposal to Support Entrepreneurship in Higher Education

June 19, 1998
* Technology Administration Authorization Passes Senate Committee
* Senate Technology Caucus Holds Roundtable
* Air Force SBIR Pre-Solicitation Announcement
* Technology Administration Seeks Program Analyst

June 12, 1998
* NSF Releases ERC Performance Study
* PATH Initiative Unveiled
* SBIR Study Underway
* USIP Position Available

June 5, 1998
* 1998 Venture Capital Investments Continue 1997's Record Pace
* DOE Selects STTR Phase I Awards
* Small Business Person of the Year Named
* Colwell Confirmed as New NSF Director

May 29, 1998
* NSF Announces Phase I and Phase II SBIR Awards
* DOE to Fund R&D for Fuel Cells, Direct Injection Engines, & Fuels
* SBA, Industry Agree to Promote Loans for Solar Energy, Conservation Businesses

May 22, 1998
* NSF Links Centers and Small Business
* USDA Announces SBIR Phase I Awards for FY98
* Maine Legislators Pass Research and Development Initiatives

May 15, 1998
* USDA Announces Fund for Rural America Grantees
* Tennessee Creates New Organizations to Lead Science and Technology Efforts
* MEP to Help Manufacturers with Year 2000 Issues
* People

May 8, 1998
* Hearing Held on National Science Policy Study
* OCAST Opens Commercialization Center and Seeks Executive Director
* NMFS Accepting N.E. Fisheries Proposals
* Northwestern University Seeks Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives

May 1,1998
* GAO Issues report on SBIR Program
* Texas Unveils Science and Technology Strategic Plan
* Nominations Sought for Tibbetts Award
* EDA Issues Solicitation for Economic Development Studies

April 24, 1998
* DOE revises Programs; Proposals Sought
* Geringer Appoints Wyoming Business Council
* STC Releases Study of Student Migration Patterns
* Universities as Catalysts for Economic Growth Workshop

April 17, 1998
* NSF: Research and Development Activity Concentrated in Small Number of States
* Newest Advanced Technology Education Center Opens
* Illinois 1997 High Tech Yearbook Released

April 10, 1998
* GAO, Commerce Disagree on Findings
* Proposals Sought for Semiconductor Technology Focus Centers
* Technology Transfer Act Moves Forward in House

April 3, 1998
* NASA Seeks Three New Business Incubators
* DOE Inviting Grant Applications for Global Climate Change Research Program
* Commerce Department Receives TIIAP Grant Applications

March 27, 1998
* Adaptive Learning Systems Competition On
* NSF Announces Competition for New ERC
* DOE Offering NICE3 Presolicitation Screening
* EPA Releases Commercialization Assistance Program

March 20, 1998
* Bills Introduced to Address Info Tech Worker Shortage
* Innovation Summit Calls for National Action Agenda
* NMFS Accepting Proposals for FY99 Fisheries Research
* Positions Available

March 13, 1998
* House Science Committee Releases Research and Development Budget Analysis
* South Carolina Releases Science and Technology Plan
* EDA Seeks Comments on Federal Statistical Data

March 6, 1998
* Venture Capital Investments End the Year at Record Levels
* NSF Assesses Benefits, Outcomes of ERC Program
* ASME Seeks OSTP Fellow

February 27, 1998
* Benefits of Research and Development Tax Credit Reported
* Math and Science Performance is Up in Most States
* Use of Patent Fees Raises Concerns
* President of MSTF Named

February 20, 1998
* Gibbons to Leave OSTP, Lane to Head OSTP, Colwell to Lead NSF
* NASA Announces SBIR Phase I Awards
* USDA Implementing New Rural Business Opportunity Grants

February 13, 1998
* USDA Announces Funding for Distance Learning and Telemedicine Loan and Grant Program
* Pennsylvania Governor Promotes Technology Initiative
* Position Available

February 6, 1998
* FY 1999 Federal Budget: S&T Highlights

January 30, 1998
* ONR Announces Funding for Dual Use S&T Projects
* Funds Available for Aluminum Research Projects
* Biological Risk Assessment Research Grants Available
* NMFS Accepting S.E. Fisheries  Proposals

January 23, 1998
* Federal Government Announces New Plans to Support IT Worker Development
* NTIA Announces TIIAP Solicitation
* DOE Energy Biosciences Seeking Pre-Applications

January 16, 1998
* Real Increase in R&D Spending Expected for 1998
* ATP Alliance Network Website Launched
* CDC Announces Funding for Injury Prevention and Control Research Grants
* People

January 9, 1998
* NSF Reclassifies R&D Budget, Cutting SBIR Funds
* 1997 Economic Report Card Available
* COSSI Calls for Concept Papers in Lieu of Solicitations
* Correction
* Public Comments & Working Groups Sought to Set IVI Research Agenda

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