2002 Digest Headlines
Below is a list of all SSTI Weekly Digest issues published in 2002.
December 27, 2002 — No issue published
December 20, 2002
* Bioscience Initiative Pushes for Jobs in Baltimore
* connectkentucky Plan Prepares State for Tech-driven Economy
* NSF Finds Top R&D-performing States Have Diverse R&D Patterns
* Innovation Index Gives Ontario Edge as Innovation Leader in Canada
* New Markets Tax Credit Program Gets U.S. GAO Review
* Academic Freedom and Homeland Security
* Does the “Cluster” Concept Address Equity?December 13, 2002
* S&T to Play Critical Role for Homeland Security Department
* Governor's Economic Development Plan to 'Energize Indiana'
* Maryland Governor-elect Forms Commission to Promote Tech Business
* OCKED Charts Course for Making Oregon Economy More Competitive
* Massachusetts' High Tech Sector Hit Hard by Recession, Report Shows
* Strategic Plan Puts Harford County on 'Road Map' to Tech-based ED
* Reports Address Distressed Communities and the Digital Divide
* S&T Positions Available at U.S. DoC and Columbus Tech Council
* PeopleDecember 6, 2002
* Ugly Fiscal Crisis for States Getting Uglier
* North Dakota Governor's Budget to Focus on 'Smart Growth'
* Useful Stats: Defining High Tech Employment
* New Strategy Outlines Future for Arizona Bioscience
* Hawaii's HTDC Launches New Tech Portal
* OTDC Seeks President and Chief Executive Officer
* People
* 2003 S&T Calendar Filling UpNovember 29, 2002 — No issue published
November 22, 2002
* Appalachia Rife with Tech Clusters But Exploiting Them Presents Challenges
* R&D Intensity and Regional Growth: Does a Link Really Exist?
* Telecommunications Needs of Greater Minnesota Companies Examined
* National Academies Report Offers Ways to Improve Undergraduate Education
* Useful Stats: 3rd Quarter VC Data by State
* Tech-based ED RoundUp: Casualties of the EconomyNovember 15, 2002
* Aerospace, Aviation Industry Important at All Levels, Study Shows
* California's Matching Grants Yielding Big Results
* Measuring Up 2002 Grades States on Higher Education Performance
* 2001 Tech Transfer Activities of Federal Agencies Examined
* MIT Launches $15 Million Research Grant Program
* Useful Stats: DOT SBIR Phase I Awards Statistics by State
* NSF Announces $200K in Mentoring Awards
* PeopleNovember 8, 2002
* Governors-elect Outline Support for Tech-Based Economic Development
* State Tech-based ED Measures Pass, Fail in 2002 General Election
* North Carolina Outlines Broad Biotech, TBED Strategy
* Manufacturing Output and College Graduates: Is There A Relationship?
* Useful Stats I: S&E Doctorate Awards by State
* Useful Stats II: Innovation Indices Revisited
* Washington Tech Center Seeks Federal Program Development ManagerNovember 1, 2002
* Why A Special Issue on Innovation Indices?
* A Cautionary Note
* The Nation-wide Indices
* Similarities and Differences in the National Indices
* Indices & Report Cards Created by Individual States
* Local and Regional Indices Guide Policy, Too
* Characteristics of Good Indices
* Web Resources for Developing an IndexOctober 25, 2002
* NY State Assembly Announces $11.5M for Incubators in Brooklyn, Queens
* Wayne State University to House Michigan's NextEnergy Center
* Innovation Index Assesses Philadelphia's Position in Innovation Economy
* Communities Team with Federal Labs to Promote Tech-based ED
* NCEC Presents NASDAQ Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards
* Useful Stats: Academic Pork 1990-2002
* Guide to Useful Stats: EconData.Net
* MTI Seeks Tech Transfer Specialist
* PeopleOctober 18, 2002
* Michigan Life Science Initiative Threatened at Ballot Box
* New ATP Awards Announced
* SBA Awards FY 2002 FAST Winners
* Central Tennessee Gets New Life Science Campus
* NCOE Report Provides Policymakers with a New Vision of the Economy
* Information Technology and the Labor Market
* Classified Research at MIT Should Be Off Campus, Panel Recommends
* Tech-based ED RoundUp: New Beginnings
* NASA Helps Launch Education Center in Phoenix
* OTCC to Have New Home in Oklahoma City
* Regional INEEL Research Office in Northern Idaho
* Case Western Reserve Creates MBA for Bioscience Entrepreneurship
* Hartford CT Expands Manufacturing Tech Park
* Purdue Set to Break Ground for $7M Entrepreneurship, Tech Transfer Center* NASA Funds Workforce Development Projects
* PeopleOctober 11, 2002
* NSF Issues 24 Math and Science Partnership Awards
* EDA Gives $442.5K to Innovation Philadelphia for Economic Development
* Understanding the Impact of University R&D on Local ED
* Survey Finds Entrepreneurial Energy Among Minnesota’s Dislocated Workers
* State Fiscal Crises: Lessons For The Future
* NASA Selects Corporation to Lead Innovative Research InstituteOctober 4, 2002 — No issue published
September 27, 2002
* Bush Administration Opposes Doubling NSF, Broadening EPSCoR
* Virginia Governor's Tech Plan Defines CIT Role
* TA Outlines Critical Issues for Broadband
* California Promotes Stem Cell Research With New Law
* Illinois Quadruples Number of Technology Enterprise Corporations
* South Dakota Governor Awards $500K for Center to Help Technology Businesses
* To Cluster or Not to Cluster? Three Views on Cluster-based ED
* Northwest Technology Investor Network Established
* Stronger TBED Efforts Would Benefit Orange County, Larta Asserts
* 116 Resources for Building Tech-based Economies
* No Digest Next Week; SSTI Offices Closed to Attend Annual ConferenceSeptember 20, 2002
* Milken Releases California Tech & Science Index
* High-Tech Growth In Low Wage Countries: Size and Effect
* Biology Majors Need More Than Biology to Succeed
* Useful Stats: Employed Doctoral Scientists & Engineers by State: 1997-1999
* SSTI Conference Sponsor ProfilesThe Advanced Technology Program
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy* Washington Tech Center Seeks Manager, Statewide Programs
September 13, 2002
* European Commission Wants R&D at 3% of GDP by 2010
* TBED Projects Among USDA Opportunity Grants
* Arizona Technology Council Formed
* Measuring TBED Impact and Evaluation
* POWER to Stem Brain Drain in Northeastern PA
* SSTI Conference Sponsor ProfilesFederal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer
Manufacturing Extension Partnership* People
September 6, 2002
* PCAST Calls for More Balance in Federal R&D Investments
* Maryland Biotech Origins Outlined in TEDCO, DBED Study
* University of Wisconsin Takes Patents to San Diego
* EDA Gives ACET $6.44M Grant
* Milken Assesses Manufacturing's Impact for California
* Summer Opportunities Lure Students Toward Tech Careers
* Useful Stats: Top 100 Cities for NIH Funding: 2000-2001August 30, 2002
* Winston-Salem Plans 10-fold Expansion of Biotech Research Park
* Southern Innovation Index Tracks Innovation, Entrepreneurship in South
* Biggest TBED Event Still Growing — Early Deadline Looms
* Computer Science, Engineering Subject of CRA Survey
* Useful Stats: Chronicle Releases Annual Almanac of Higher Education
* PeopleAugust 23, 2002
* North Carolina Launches $85 Million Biotech Initiative
* Majority of Cities Foresee Bleak Fiscal Future
* Washington State Launches Northwest Energy Tech Collaborative
* GPF, Science Center Team Up to Help Entrepreneurs
* NCOE Issues Guide for Creating Jobs, Stronger Local Economies
* More Private R&D Crucial for Canada's Atlantic Region, Report Warns
* Report Shows Indiana Financial Aid Program Helps Low-Income Students Attend College
* Working Paper Correlates Reductions in Personal Tax Rates And Lower Entrepreneurial Activity
* PeopleAugust 16, 2002
* H-1B Visas Halved So Far for 2002
* Growing a Bio-based Economy
* Useful Stats I: 2nd Quarter VC Data by State
* Do Non-compete Clauses Discourage Innovation?
* Tech Clusters in Southern Arizona Examined
* Useful Stats II: FY 2002 EPA SBIR Phase I Stats by State
* Council on Competitiveness Seeks Executive Director
* PeopleAugust 9, 2002
* DARPA-like Office Proposed for Homeland Security
* Regional Organization Focusing St. Louis on Future
* Study Finds University’s Viewpoint Critical for Successful Partnerships
* EDA Increasingly TBED Friendly; Sampson to Keynote @ SSTI Conference
* Colorado Names State's First Aerospace Advocate
* Economic Strategy Penned for Roanoke Region
* For NJ: Nano in, VC Out
* SSTI Affiliate Program Takes Off
* Useful Stats: Gross State Products: 1991-2000
* TBED People News
* PTC Seeks VP for Workforce DevelopmentAugust 2, 2002
* Premier Conference on Building Tech-Based Economies Opens Registration
* NY Offers Grants To Recruit Retain Biotech Faculty
* Northwest Research Institute for Bioproducts, Bioenergy Formed
* MBDA Launches Minority Entrepreneurship VC Initiative
* Competition Best For Broadband?
* NCSC Offers TBED Resources
* TBED RoundUp
* Recent GAO reports on TBED Issues
* Final Chance for Warm FuzzyJuly 26, 2002
* States' Combined FY 2003 Budget Shortfall Forecast: $58 Billion
* Vermont Passes Tax Credits, Examines High Tech's Impact
* NSF Finds R&D Concentration Continues in Top States
* A 30-year Look At Support for Academic R&D
* Upstate NY Coalition Promotes TBED
* Useful Stats: USDA and DOD 02.1 SBIR Phase I Awards/Proposals
* CATI Groundbreaking Held in Racine, WI
* Howard Hughes Medical Institute Distributes $80M for Bio Ed
* TBED PeopleJuly 19, 2002
* Sematech, SUNY-Albany Announce $320-403M Research Center
* House Approves Measure to Help Improve Manufacturing Process
* USDA to Launch Agricultural Innovation Centers
* Indiana's 21st Century Research & Technology Fund, Tax Credits Survive
* NGA Releases State TBED Guides
* MTI Says Tech an Anchor for Minnesota's Economy
* Federal Programs Critical to Bridging Digital Divide, Report Says
* Wyoming Ponders Seed Capital, Tech Centers
* New NSF Institutes to Strengthen Mathematics as Base for National S&T
* TBED People on the Move
* The little matter of a survey...July 12, 2002
* Governor Establishes Alabama Research Alliance by Executive Order
* GRA Expands VentureLab To Georgia’s Research Universities
* Idaho Partnership Creates Regional S&T Office
* Recent Reports* California Analyzes R&D Activity on County Level
* Cyberstates 2002 Finds IT Employment Grew 1 Percent Nationally
* MCG Report Reveals Increase in Number of Small Businesses in Arizona
* Virginia's CIT Examines State's Telecom Industry* State & Local Tech-based ED RoundUp
* Digest Survey Eyes More Responses
* SBA Seeks Tibbetts NominationsJuly 5, 2002 — No issue published
June 28, 2002
* Metro Areas Are Key to U.S. Jobs, Economy
* Tallahassee Compared with Nation's Largest MSAs in New Economy Index
* Microsoft Gives $750 Million to Chinese Universities and Companies
* USDA Distributes $6.1 Million for Rural Economic Development
* MSTF Study Assesses Maine's Technology-intensive Industries
* Two U.S. Locales Named "Intelligent" Communities
* State & Local Tech-based ED RoundUp
* ASTF Seeks Executive Director As Kenworthy Announces Retirement
* People
* Digest Breaks for HolidayJune 21, 2002
* New State Legislation Gives Green Light to TBED in Kentucky, Oregon
* Biotech Initiatives: A Global Competition
* BHI Report Gives View of States' Competitiveness
* U.S. Broadband Infrastructure Gets Review in Brookings Paper
* Useful Stats: Federal Funds for R&D for Fiscal Years 2000-2002
* State & Local Tech-based ED RoundUpJune 14, 2002
* PPI Releases 2002 State New Economy Index
* Maine Voters Approve $35 Million Tech-based ED Bonds
* Illinois Creates $60 Million Tech VC Fund
* Ontario Launches $51 Million Biotech Strategy
* Report Defines, Identified Leading U.S. Biotech Centers
* Lilly Foundation Commits Another $138M for Indiana Higher Ed
* 2002 FAST Solicitation ReleasedJune 7, 2002
* More Undergraduates Fit "Nontraditional" Profile, NCES Report Shows
* New Hampshire Lays Out Local Potential for Biotech
* SBIR/STTR Rural Outreach Awards Made
* State Fiscal Crisis Gets Uglier
* Study Finds Increasing Women Engineers Depends on School, Peer Support
* Useful Stats: S&E Grad Students
* TBED Programs Changing with the TimesMay 31, 2002
* Seattle Demonstrates Models for Digital Divide Success
* Less R, More D in Defense R&D Bills
* Competitiveness Institute Reviews Ontario's Industry Clusters
* NASA, BIO Partner for BioSpace Research
* Lincoln Charts TBED Strategy; Calls for Business Leadership
* Useful Stats: NSF Releases 1999-2000 State S&E Profiles
* Useful Stats: Correction for the 5/10 SBIR TableMay 24, 2002
* NY Makes Record $520M Commitment to TBED
* New Centers of Excellence Program Funded in Florida
* U.S. Entrepreneurship Activity Taxes Hit in 2001, Report Shows
* Six Industry Groups to Facilitate New Markets Tax Credit Program
* Do the Times Warrant A Rethink of State VC Policies?
* The Economic Impact of Research Parks: An Arizona Example
* People
* U. of Florida seeks Coordinator of Research Programs* Department of Health and Human Services
* National Science Foundation
* Charlotte Geyer Foundation
* Juvenile Diabetes Research FoundationMay 17, 2002
* Useful Stats: 1st Quarter VC Data by State
* Fuel Cells Increasingly on States' Radar
* Canadians Look at Policy Implications of the New Economy
* Louisiana Legislature Passes Tax Credits to Promote R&D
* State & Local Tech-based ED News
* PeopleMay 10, 2002
* Bill Introduced Toward Doubling NSF Budget
* Useful Stats: 2001 SBIR Phase I Figures by State
* Michigan Evaluates Its Competitiveness
* State and Local Tech-based ED RoundUp
* Program Manager Sought for Northwest Energy Technology Collaborative
* PeopleMay 3, 2002
* Strong R&D Spending Supports U.S. Economic Growth, NSF Report Shows
* Defense Restores SBIR Funds...
...and other SBIR News
* Comprehensive Internet Studies Issued in Maryland, Maine
* Doctorates in Physics and Engineering Plummet during Late 1990s
* California's Best TBED Programs Identified
* State and Local Tech-based ED RoundUp
* Technology Assessment Service for Congress Explored
* Useful Stats: Industrial R&D Per Capita: 1997-1999
* PeopleApril 26, 2002 — No issue published
April 19, 2002
* NBIA Teams with LocalFund to Help Match Start-ups with Angels
* Michigan Governor Unveils NextEnergy Blueprint
* New National and Local Indices Help Focus Policy Priorities
* Mississippi Technology Alliance Partners with Tribal Government
* 'Working Better Together' Report Shows Collaboration Among Sectors
* Symposium to Reveal 'Patterns' Shape the Network Society
* SSTI Weekly Digest Takes Spring BreakApril 12, 2002
* NY Governor Announces $304M Redevelopment Plan for Campus
* Rural Communities Making Technology Work for Them, Report Shows
* Collaborative Planning Focuses Regional Development Efforts
* Can the Innovation Process Survive A Competitive Market?
* Useful Stats: State Rankings of Industrial R&D Intensity, 1997-1999
* State & Local TBED RoundUp
* Great Titles Added to SSTI BookstoreApril 5, 2002
* Pennsylvania Governor Announces $100 Million to Seed Biotech Initiatives
* Tech Councils Adapt with Economic Times
* SSTI Editorial: Embracing Change: Analysis of Maine's Laptop Victory
* TBED Tidbits
* People
* Harvard Awards Program Seeks Innovators for 2002 CompetitionMarch 29, 2002
* Bipartisan Majority of Senators Sign On to Save MEP
* STC Identifies Leading Universities in Economic Development Efforts
* Connecticut's BioScience Cluster Gains Momentum, Report Shows
* Small Firms in New York Face Big Challenges, Survey Reveals
* Useful Stats: 2000 Value-Added Manufacturing by StateMarch 22, 2002
* Michigan Governor Signs Bills to Speed Broadband Deployment
* Tech Sector Partnership Effort to Help Close Industry's Skills Gap
* NASA Develops Blueprint to Address Aviation Issues
* Harvard Institute Publishes Profiles on State Economies
* Useful Stats: 2000 Manufacturing Employment & Pay by State
* SBA Offers Free, Online Entrepreneurship Course
* State and Local Tech-based ED RoundUp
* Ohio Department of Development Seeks Grants Administration ManagerMarch 15, 2002
* Economic Stimulus Package Cost to States: $14.6 billion
* Louisiana Governor Outlines $187 million Biosciences Initiative
* Manufacturing Pivotal to Economic Growth, NIST Report Says
* Biotech Plan for Southwestern Pennsylvania Released
* People
* October 2-3. Dearborn, Michigan. Be There.March 8, 2002 - Special Higher Education Issue
* Publisher's Note to this Issue
* ACE Finds Public Sees Higher Ed Role in New Economy
* AUTM Uncovers $1 Billion in Higher Education Royalties
* State Support Critical for Keeping Public Tuition Affordable, Study Finds
* College Board Reports Sharp Tuition Increases for 2001-2002
* NACUBO: Endowment Losses Fuel Further Pressure on Tuition
* Higher Ed Facing Further Budget Cuts in Many States
* Study Uncovers Trend Toward More Part-time Faculty
* Administration Requests Less for Most EPSCoR Programs
* Useful Stats: 2001 Digest of Educational Statistics
* University Tech Parks in the News
* Three Useful Stats Revisited
* Additional Reports and ResourcesMarch 1, 2002
* New Awards System in Ireland to Draw Top Researchers
* Landmark ARC Reauthorization Bill Sent to President for Approval
* EDA Offers $335 Million for State & Local Economic Development
* Tech-based ED RoundUp
* Third Innovation Policy and the Economy Program Set
* Incubators in the News
* PeopleFebruary 22, 2002
* Canada Launches National Innovation Strategy, $125M in Scholarships
* Index, White Paper Offer Foray into Silicon Valley
* California Doubles Number of RTAs
* Advanced Study Math, Science Programs Deserve Boost, Report Says
* Stimulus Package Designed to Boost Orange County (Fla.) Economy
* Tech-talkin' Govs: State of the State Addresses and Budget Requests
* People
* Highest Recommendation: OREDI NewsletterFebruary 15, 2002
* State Fiscal Conditions Continue Downward Spiral, Survey Says
* Changes Proposed to Improve ATP
* Tennessee Unveils New Economy Strategy
* Strategic Plans Target Workforce in San Diego Region
* TEDCO, DBED Study Shows Origins of Maryland Entrepreneurs
* Initiative to Strengthen Presence of Life Sciences in Central Indiana
* Tech-talkin' Govs: State of the State Addresses and Budget Requests
* Useful Stats: 4th Quarter VC Data by StateFebruary 8, 2002 — Special Federal Budget Issue
February 1, 2002
* Kerry-Bond Letter Reminds Defense of its SBIR Obligation
* NSF Releases $160M Math & Science Partnership RFP
* Mississippi Technology Alliance Releases First Annual Index
* Kansas, Inc. Charts Ambitious Future for Kansas
* Tech-talkin' Govs: State of the State Addresses and Budget Requests
* State and Local Tech-based ED RoundUp
* Departures
* NET Entertains National Business Plan Competition
* SSTI Publication Catalog Hits the WebJanuary 25, 2002
* 2002 R&D Funding Buffeted by External Forces
* $100 Million Centers of Excellence Initiative Proposed for Florida
* Foreign Students Boost Graduate S&E Enrollments
* Rhode Island EPC Consolidates Slater Centers
* Community College Scholarship Program Aids Tennessee Students
* Tech-talkin' Govs: State of the State Addresses and Budget Requests
* Texas Governor Creates Biotech Council
* State and Local Tech-based ED RoundUp
* Kansas, Virginia Look to Fill Key PositionsJanuary 18, 2002
* MEP to be Eliminated in President's FY 2003 Budget?
* President Names Council on Bioethics
* Knowledge-based Economy Requires Diversity, Group Asserts
* Tech-talkin' Governors: State of the State and Budget Addresses
* Index Has Maine Achieving 'Modest Progress'
* Shoes' Slow Arizona's Progress, Report Says
* Useful Stats: IT Worker Metro Affordability Index
* AEA Releases CyberEducation 2002January 11, 2002
* BMDO End-run Costs SBIR $73.8M
* Tech-Talkin' Governors: The 2002 State of the State and Budget Addresses
* Heavy Job Loss Forecasted for 2002, Study Finds
* Freedom CAR Sheds Light on Fuel Cell Technology
* Analysis Reveals Disparity in Access to Postsecondary Education
* Reports Surface SBA, HHS Challenges
* State and Local Tech-based ED RoundUpJanuary 4, 2002
* Science & Math Ed Funding Slashed for 2002
* Maryland's TEDCO Launches Tech Transfer Fund
* Northwest's Tri-Cities Has Strong Tech Presence in U.S.
* NSB Calls for International S&T Partnerships
* Resources Focus on Innovative Practices at Rural Community Colleges
* Useful Stats: 2000 Academic R&D Expenditures by State
* State and Local Tech-based ED RoundUp
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