2000 Digest Headlines

December 29, 2000 — No Digest Issued.

December 22, 2000
* Congress Passes FAST, SBIR Reauthorization
* New Markets Initiatives Pass
* States Prepare for Tighter Budgets
* Colorado Exploring Incentives for Math and Science Teachers
* USDA Offers $18 Million for Rural ED
* DOEd Previews SBIR Topics

December 15, 2000
* New Jersey Launches $40 Million VC Partnership
* Technology, Economic Summits Yielding Results: A look at MN, MS, and WI
* Group Recommends Measure to Improve Minnesota Economy
* Western Virginia Explores Its Future
* Northeast-Midwest Institute Reports on Federal Spending by State
* Funding Opportunities
* USDA, NIH Inventions Offered

December 8, 2000
* States Graded on Higher Education
* Nanotechnology Takes Center Stage
* Washington D.C. Passes Tech Incentives
* CyberCities Report Released
* Funding Opportunities

December 1, 2000
* Study Finds Room for Improvement in State ED Program Auditing
* ASTF Releases First S&T Innovation Index
* Greater Philadelphia: A Challenge to Compete in the New Economy
* Funding Opportunities from the Department of Energy
* People
* NIH Inventions Offered for License

November 22, 2000
* 2nd Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Released
* Maine's Public R&D Investments to be Evaluated
* SF: Addressing the Digital Divide on the Metro Level
* Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Announced
* Funding Opportunities

November 17, 2000
* $40 Billion Payoff from Academic Research Reported 
* Moneytree Finds VC Slip in 3rd Quarter 
* SSTI Receives EDA Grant for Digest 
* Growing Pains for Cities Appear as New Economy Matures 
* National Medals of S&T Announced 
* Funding Opportunities 
* Tech Transfer Opportunities

November 10, 2000
* Results in the Governors’ & Statehouse Races
* Outcomes: Ballot Initiatives
* Useful Stats: Change in R&D/GSP 87-97; National R&D Patterns
* $20 Million Gift Targets Women in S&E
* Funding Opportunities
* People

November 6, 2000
* The States, Science and Technology, and Election 2000 
* Funding Opportunities 
* Job Opportunity in Tech-based Economic Development 

October 27, 2000
* South Takes on Digital Divide
* NASA Courts More University Involvement in R&D
* Southern California Technology Innovation Index Released
* Economic Indices on a Global Scale
* NASA Awards $120 million for Promising R&D Projects

October 20, 2000
* DoC’s NTIA Releases 2 Digital Connectivity Reports
* Joint Venture Completes Internet Cluster Analysis
* Useful Stats: The CFED Report Card
* OTP Announces Get Tech
* Springboard 2000 Yielding Results

October 13, 2000
* NIH Awards $165.5 Million To Institutions in 19 States
* Milken reports on Women and Minority Challenges in Capital
* 13 Cities Receive $89 Million from NSF for Math and Science Ed
* Funding Opportunities
* California S&T Gets Promotion
* Energy, Health and Biotech Inventions Available

October 6, 2000
* First Partnership for Innovation Awards Announced 
* ATP Announces New Awards 
* National Math & Science Ed Commission Makes Recommendations 
* State Department Names First S&T Adviser 
* S&T Position Openings 
* SSTI Closed October 9 

September 29, 2000
* New Centers Created by NSF 
* TOP Announces $13.9 Million in New Awards 
* Assessing E-Government Report now Available 
* Research and Technology Funding Opportunities 
* Conference Sponsor Profile: The Illinois Department of Commerce & Community Affairs 
* SSTI Office Closed October 2-4 

September 22, 2000
* North Carolina Releases Index and S&T Plan 
* Information Technology Research Awards Made by NSF 
* Burns Pushes To Save SBIR Rural Outreach Program 
* Federal Funding Opportunities 
* Useful Stats: Educational Attainment in the U.S. 
* Tech Transfer Opportunities: Navy & NASA Inventions 
* SSTI Conference Sold Out; Expanded Bookstore Opens 
* Conference Sponsor Profile: Air Force Dual Use S&T and COSSI

September 15, 2000
* California Moves to Increase Access to Higher Ed
* Changes Proposed for Small Business and Non-profit Rights to  Federally Funded Inventions
* Federal Funding Opportunities
* SBIR Reauthorization Stalled
* People
* Tech Transfer Opportunities: More NASA & NIH Inventions
* Conference Sponsor Profile: State Industries of the Future

September 8, 2000
* Useful Stats: Gross State Products 
* SSTI Conference News: Going, Going, Gone? 
* NSF's Advanced Technological Education Announces 1999 Awards and Activities 
* Federal Funding Opportunities 
* NASA SBIR Phase II Award Distribution Available 
* Tech Transfer Opportunities: NASA & DHHS Inventions 
* Conference Sponsor Profile: NASA Tech Transfer Organizations

September 1, 2000
* Mississippi S&T Policies Taking Shape 
* HP Selecting Three “Digital Villages” to Receive $15 Million 
* Recent Reports & Studies

* Gans, Hsu and Stern: When Does Start-Up Innovation Spur the Gale of Creative Destruction? 
* COGR: Tutorial on Technology Transfer 

* Nominations Sought for NSF’s Highest Honor 
* Conference Sponsor Profile: Advanced Technology Program

August 25, 2000
* Strategic Plans Focus on Science and Technology

* New Mexico
* Washington State 

* Guide to Federal Tech Programs Available 
* Benefits of Industry-University Centers Examined 
* DOEd SBIR Awards Announced 
* Foundation Funding Opportunities 

* Toshiba America Foundation to Award Grants for K-6 Science and Math Education 
* Pharmacological Research Grants Available from Burroughs Wellcome Fund
* Texaco Foundation Touches Science 
*Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Foundation Offers Research Grants

* S&T Job Opportunities Offered

August 18, 2000
* MoneytreeTM Finds VC Still Rising
* OSTP Shares Views on R&D Budget Battle
* Recent Reports & Studies

* Milken Institute: Blueprint for a High-tech Cluster
* Kortum & Lerner: Assessing the Contribution of VC to Innovation
*GAO: NIH Royalty Income Problems
* Bayer Survey of Public Support for S&T
*NSF Environmental Science & Engineering for the 21st Century

* Federal Funding Opportunities

* National Science Foundation: Nanoscale Science & Engineering
* Air Force Electronic Systems Center: Time Critical Targeting Cell Design and Fielding
* Department of Labor: Minority College and University Workforce Partnerships
*United States-Egypt Science and Technology Program

* New Technology Demonstration Center Opens
* Companies Sought for VC Conference
* Federal Tech Transfer Opportunities

August 11, 2000
* NYSTAR Completes First Strategic Plan 
* Recent Awards 

* NSF Awards $45 Million to Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 
* Eisenhower Regional Math & Science Consortia Awards 
* DOE SBIR and STTR Awards Posted

* Recent Reports 

* NSF Data Brief on State R&D Growth 
* NACFAM Issues Strategic Agenda for Advanced Manufacturing 
* Capitalizing on Rural Communities released by ARC 
* NCOE's Building Companies, Building Communities 
* AAAS Reports on Federal R&D in New England 

* Federal Funding Opportunities 

* Analysis of S&T in the ARC Region 
* NSF Seeks Proposals for S&T Indicators 
* NHTSA Looks for Passenger Vehicle Occupant Protection Technologies 

* SSTI News 

August 4, 2000 -- no issue was published

July 28, 2000
* Washington DC Considers Tech Legislation 
* Recent Studies: Academic Indirect Costs & E-commerce vs. Sales Taxes 
* Defense Research Funding Opportunities 
* Science Education Support Available 
* People 
* Digest Publication Schedule Changes 

July 21, 2000
* Senate Passes SBIR Reauthorization; FAST Intact 
* Tools for Growth Released by PPI 
* Michigan Develops Strategy for Becoming Leader in Life Sciences 
* Office of Technology Policy Releases States’ S&T Indicators 
* Profile of Today's College Graduates 
* Database of IT Workforce Programs Available

July 14, 2000
* NGA Announces Ten States for Entrepreneurship Academy 
* SBIR News

* DoD 2000 SBIR Phase I Awards Announced 
* DOE SBIR Commercialization Assistance RFP Released
* Chris Busch Retires 

* San Diego’s High Tech Success Highlighted by SBA’s Office of Advocacy
* Health Research Funding Opportunities 
* Useful Stats I: University R&D Payoffs 
* Useful Stats II: 64 Most-Wired Metro Markets Identified 

July 7, 2000
* S&T Initiatives Snag $305 Million in California’s Next Budget 
* Recommendations, Best Practices Identified for IT Workforce 
* North Dakota Starts Phase I of Statewide Broadband Network 
* Economic Impacts of Health Research Estimated 
* Funding Offered for High Speed Rail Service Development 
* SSTI Web Site Update 

June 30, 2000
* Science and Engineering "In Transition", NSB Finds 
* New Roles for Technology Commercialization Identified for NW States 
* Federal and Foundation Funding Opportunities 
* Comments Sought on E-Commerce, Copyrights 
* ACE-Net to Privatize by Sept. 1 

June 23, 2000
* OSTP Releases Report on Federal R&D Spending by State 
* OCAST Committee Issues Recommendations to Energize Economy 
* Funding Opportunities 
* NRC Reviews PNGV 
* Rural Entreprenuership Conference Scheduled 
* Take Our Survey -- Please 
* USDA and NASA Inventions Available 

June 16, 2000
* 2000 Connecticut Legislature Focuses on Technology
* GAO Releases Progress Report on PNGV
* Directory of State-Assisted Venture Capital Programs Available
* Funding Opportunities
* CDVCA, NASVF, STC Offer Free E-newsletters
* Two Navy Inventions For License

June 9, 2000
* Maine Legislature Approves More than $69 Million for Science and Technology
* SSTI Publishes Directory of Technology Councils
* Three More S&T Papers Released in NGA Series
* Two Reports Released on Digital Economy
* Federal Funding Opportunities 
* Air Force and NIH Inventions Available 
* SSTI News: A Note from the Executive Director

June 2, 2000
* Kansas Releases New Technology Cluster Assessment and Strategic Plan 
* Bills Introduced to Strengthen Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology Education 
* Ohio Completes Assessment of E-Com Readiness 
* Federal R&D Funding Opportunities 
* Useful Stats: Gross Metropolitan Product Statistics 

May 26, 2000
* MEDC Counters Cyberstates with Own Tech Employment Study 
* Federal Agency Updates and Funding Opportunities 
* State S&T Update 
* NGA Releases Third New Economy Paper 
* Navy Offers 104 Inventions for Licensing 
* S&T Career Opportunities

May 19, 2000
* Surveys Find VC Investments Continue Climb 
* Montana Legislature Approves $46 M Economic Development  Package 
* Useful Stats I: New NSF Science & Engineering Reports Available 
* Federal Funding Opportunities 
* McKnight Foundation Offers Funding for Neuroscience Research 
* $5 Million in Community Technology Projects Announced 
* Useful Stats II: Top High Tech Metros Identified 
* S&T Career Opportunities 

May 12, 2000
* Tech Bills Pass on Last Days of Hawaii Legislative Session
* New Community Technology Centers, Study Funded; RFP Open
* DOEd Technology Plan Being Revised
* Plethora of Papers Published on Public Program
* Research, Tech Tax Incentives Proposed in Alabama
* Second NGA New Economy Paper Released
* People in S&T

May 5, 2000
 * Millions in Renewable Energy Funding Freed in Massachusetts
* NSF Places Prominent Scientists & Engineers in Middle Schools
* Wisconsin Creates State Technology Council 
* Network of Incubators Proposed in Indiana
* SSTI's Latest Issue Brief: Science, Technology and the Governors
* Tech Programs Among Most Innovative
* Useful Stats: 1999 Patents by State
* Federal Funding Opportunities

April 28, 2000
 * Maryland’s E-Commerce/Technology Initiatives Enacted
* NASA Looks to Improve Cooperation with Universities
* STC Launches S&T Planning Initiative for South
* State and Local S&T Update
* RFP Opens for EPSCoT Evaluation
* People in S&T
* NIST and NIH Inventions Available for Licensing

April 21, 2000
 * Guide Available of Best Practices in Technology Innovation Centers
* Comments Sought on New DOD Challenge Program
* MTDC Profiled in Latest SSTI Program Brief
* 60 Researchers Receive Presidential Honors
* DOE R&D Funding Opportunities
* NIH and Navy Inventions Available for Licensing

April 14, 2000
 * IT Florida Issues Annual Report
* Recommendations Issued to Promote Digital Government
* National Science Teachers Association Expands Science Initiative with ExxonMobil Grant 
* Improvements to National Medal of Technology Sought
* R&D Funding Opportunities 
* NIH Offers Two Patents for Licensing

April 7, 2000
* President Issues National Call to Action on the Digital Divide
* New Mexico Legislature Approves Technology Tax Credit Legislation
* NSF Releases Partnerships for Innovation RFP
* Missouri Targets Life Sciences Industry to Boost Economic Development
* NOAA Opportunities for Ocean Science & Fisheries Research
* NSF Job Opportunity
* Navy Inventions Available for Licensing

March 31, 2000
* $15 Million Research Fund Proposed in Minnesota
* Universities Must Help Communities Adapt to New
Economy, Report Says 
* NSF Releases Data on Scientists & Engineers 
* NSF Offers Research, Technology Funding 
* Other Federal R&D Opportunities 

March 24, 2000
* Washington Tech. Center Releases 1st Innovation and Technology Index 
* GAO Looks at Challenges of Measuring Program Performance 
* North Carolina SBTDC Offering Technology Training for SBDCs 
* Federal Opportunities 
* State S&T Round Up 
* People 

March 17, 2000
 * Senate SBIR Language Offers $10 Million to States
* Ireland Launches $681 Million Technology Initiative
* SSTI Releases New Publication
* Federal R&D Opportunities
* NASA and Navy Inventions Available

March 10, 2000
 * Louisiana Moving Toward Cluster-based ED
* Gary Bachula to Leave Commerce
* Wisconsin Legislature Considers High Tech Corporation
* 1998 R&D Data Available
* Federal R&D Opportunities

March 3, 2000
* NGA Identifies State Strategies for New Economy
* Federal R&D Opportunities
* New Developments in State S&T Legislation
* S&T Positions Available
* SSTI Web site Changes

February 25, 2000
* Hawaii's Growth Strategy Focuses on Technology, New Economy
* SSTI's 4th Annual Conference Date Set
* Berkshire to Offer High-Speed Telecommunications Network
* Defense Funds Offered for Medical Research
* People in S&T
* Several Federal Inventions Available for Licensing

February 18, 2000
* $1.9 Billion Illinois VentureTech Proposed
* Venture Capital Explodes in 1999
* Kentucky Innovation Act Calls for $53 Million S&T Investment
* Funding Opportunity: Commercial Operations and Support Savings Initiative (COSSI)
* DOE Announces $7.4 million in NICE3 and I&I Awards
* Measure to Double IT Research Passes House

February 15, 2000
* Special FY 2001 Federal Budget Request Issue

February 11, 2000
* Iowa Governor Proposes Several S&T Initiatives
* Pennsylvania Tobacco Settlement may include VC, Research
* Federal R&D Opportunities
* Recipients for National S&T Medals Announced
* Mary Good Honored by Heinz Foundation

February 4, 2000
* South Carolina S&T Plan Unveiled
* EDA Offers Funds for Distressed Areas
* Identifying E-Commerce Barriers
* Defense and NIH Pick SBIR Phase I Awards
* Best Practices for Biotech Assistance to be Explored

January 28, 2000
* Tackling the Digital Divide ...
* . . and S&T Worker Preparedness
* Maryland E_Commerce Technology Plan Unveiled
* Federal R&D Funding Opportunities
* Utah Sees Impact from Centers of Excellence
* NASA Selects STTR Phase II Winners
* Air Force and NIH Inventions Offered for License
* People in S&T

January 21, 2000
* Tech Initiatives Proposed for New Jersey
* $3.5M Offered for Rural Business Grants
* State Legislative Round Up
* Federal R&D Solicitations Released

January 14, 2000
* Funding Offered for Energy R&D and Assistance
* New Approaches to State S&T: Georgia's Yamacraw Mission
* R&D Spending to Grow in 2000
* California Governor Names S&T Chief
* Additional NASA SBIR Phase II Awards Granted
* Technology and Education Studies Available

January 7, 2000
* Virginia Offers Unique Web Access Service
* Environmental Research Proposals Requested
* Western Governors Create High Tech Council
* Federal R&D Funding Opportunities
* Expanded 2000 S&T Calendar On-line

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