Useful Stats: Top 100 Cities for NIH FY 2002 Funding
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently released a table presenting the top 100 cities for NIH awards in FY 2002. Boston and New York City are the only two cities to receive more than $1 billion in NIH funding. Boston’s lead shrank from $140 million in FY 2001 to $14 million in 2002.
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The American Association of University Professors has appointed Roger Bowen to succeed Mary Burgan as the association's next general secretary.
Virginia's Institute for Defense and Homeland Security recently named Henry Connors Jr. as its business development director.
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The American Association of University Professors has appointed Roger Bowen to succeed Mary Burgan as the association's next general secretary.
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Virginia's Institute for Defense and Homeland Security recently named Henry Connors Jr. as its business development director.
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The National League of Cities has hired Marilyn Mohrman-Gillis as director of policy and federal relations.
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George Herrera, president and chief executive officer of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, recently announced his resignation, effective Jan. 20, 2004.
Useful Stats: Two looks at state-level higher-ed R&D intensity
Readers may have noticed the most populous states end up topping many of the statistical tables related to economic development. Normalizing the data by some relevant, related measure can provide a higher quality look that is a little closer to the “apples to apples” appeal that might help influence some policy issues. For this week’s edition of Useful Stats, SSTI is exploring research intensity as a component of state gross domestic product (GDP) and the research load “carried” by each member of the R&D personnel within the state’s higher education community.
TBED service portfolio approach builds private innovation financing market
The launch of a new private equity firm in central Ohio is a reminder of the continuing ripple effects of a decades-long strategy of cultivating an innovation system. If the State of Ohio hadn’t created and provided sustained funding over decades for its integrated array of technology-based economic development programs, the founders of a newly launched private equity firm wouldn’t be in the position now to commit to helping more mid-market companies succeed in central Ohio.
Tech Talkin’ Govs 2025: Innovation emphasized in governors’ State of the State addresses—Part 3
In this week’s continuing coverage of gubernatorial addresses as they impact the innovation economy, the following highlights have been selected from three of the eight State of the States or budget addresses given between Jan. 28 and Feb. 5, 2025, by the governors from Indiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina. This is the first address for Indiana's new governor, and it provides evidence of economic development being one of his top priorities.
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LaMoyne Hyde, director of the Idaho Department of Commerce, also announced he will resign his position by the end of the year.
Commerce nominee clears Senate committee
President Trump’s nominee to become Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, cleared the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Feb. 4 by a vote of 16 to 12. A floor vote is expected soon, possibly still this week. Among the agencies within the Commerce Department are two agencies that support core elements of regional innovation and technology-based economic development more broadly.
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Karl Koehler is returning to the Indiana 21st Century Research and Technology Fund to serve as its director.
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Jerry Lonergan is Kansas Inc.'s new president.
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Dr. Doros Platika is the new chief executive officer of the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse.
SSTI starts fact-gathering effort—virtual meeting on Wednesday, Feb 12, 3:00 p.m. (EST)
Answering the question of what impact a flat 15% F&A reimbursement rate would have on the nation’s SBIR startups requires real data. The data doesn’t currently exist that we are aware of.
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Minnesota Technology Inc. has hired Wayne Pletcher as its new president.
TBED People & Organizational Announcements
Bruce Mehlman, assistant secretary of commerce for technology policy in the Department of Commerce, will become the new executive director of the Computer Systems Policy Project on Dec. 1. Mehlman has run the Technology Administration's Office of Technology Policy since 2001.
TBED People & Organizational Announcements
Bruce Mehlman, assistant secretary of commerce for technology policy in the Department of Commerce, will become the new executive director of the Computer Systems Policy Project on Dec. 1. Mehlman has run the Technology Administration's Office of Technology Policy since 2001.
TBED People & Organizational Announcements
The Association of University Research Parks has recognized Sandia National Laboratories for the 2003 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award. Over the past five years, Sandia has participated in 183 new cooperative research and development agreements with industry partners to jointly develop technology that is incorporated into commercial products.
TBED People & Organizational Announcements
Congratulations to Del Schuh and his staff at the Indiana Business Modernization and Technology Corp. (BMT), honored as the Project of the Year in the Economic Development category from the National Association of Management and Technical Assistance Centers. The award, BMT's second in as many years from the group, was for a program entitled, "Moving from Distress to Commerce through Collaboration."
TBED People & Organizational Announcements
James Souby, executive director of the Western Governors' Association for the past 13 years, is resigning to become president and CEO of a new private think tank.
Brookings Looks at TBED Outside the Techpoles
Ask most state and local technology-based economic development (TBED) professionals what they are trying to accomplish in their community or region and the majority will probably draw on a few of the well-known high tech centers of the country for examples. Many books, studies and reports have scrutinized the success of Silicon Valley, Boston, Seattle, Austin, etc.
Illinois Governor Regionalizes ED Efforts
In mid-September, Governor Rod R. Blagojevich unveiled a new approach to economic development in Illinois– regionalism. While several other states currently use or have explored a regionalized approach to delivering state economic development services, the concept is new for Illinois.
SSTI updates State SBIR/STTR Resource Guide
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is one of the federal government's most substantial investments for moving innovation from America’s small businesses into the private market or federal procurement in areas like defense, space, energy or transportation.