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Governor Rendell: Efforts to Attract Top Researchers, Develop New Technologies Continue with $2.5 Million Investment
Source: PA Department of Community & Economic Development - July 29, 2010
Investments Helping to Boost Important Health Care, Higher-Ed Sectors
Harrisburg –Colleges, universities, academic medical institutions and research institutions across Pennsylvania will be better able to recruit top faculty researchers and get products to the marketplace faster with a new $2.5 million investment announced today by Governor Edward G. Rendell.
The Governor said the investment is in the form of 10 Keystone Innovation Starter Kit awards and 17 Innovation Grants.
The Green Economy in Central Pennsylvania
We took the time to focus this week on one state: Pennsylvania. Why? Because transformation takes time and money, and the work being done in the state provides a blueprint for rebuilding an economy.
PA Model Gives Small Colleges a Shot at Commercialization
Source: Technology Transfer Tactics, June 2010 Issue
Most small colleges lack the resources to maintain a dedicated technology transfer office, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to pursue commercialization. Consider what’s going on in central Pennsylvania with the Innovation Transfer Network (ITN), an organization that basically serves as the TTO for 13 smaller colleges, each of which has a representative on the ITN board.
ITN Aids Innovation of Fitness & Nutrition
Source: Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Keynotes May 2010
Companies like Better Bowls and HydroWorx are using the Innovation Transfer Network (ITN) to help launch new products that enhance active lifestyles by introducing advanced fitness and training technology and developing easy-to-prepare nutritional foods.
State Investments Helping to Replace Inefficient Systems, Foreign Oil with Cleaner Geothermal, Biofuel Alternatives
Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development 3/31/10
Harrisburg – Pennsylvania is strengthening its position as a leader in alternative energy innovation with new investments of more than $5 million in six projects, Governor Edward G. Rendell said today.
The projects are in six counties across the state and include three geothermal system installations, two biofuel projects, and one study that will examine the feasibility of mixed-income housing in Pittsburgh that would reduce utility consumption by up to 90 percent for its occupants.
"We are proving alternative energy technology can help families, businesses and municipalities save millions collectively on their utility costs," said Governor Rendell. "That’s a worthwhile incentive from our perspective, but we’re also putting people to work and fueling the demand for green collar jobs, while developing and deploying the technologies that will reduce our dependence on foreign oil and strengthen our national security."
Central PA's Innovation Matchmaker
Keystone Edge - April 1, 2010
Joel Kline worked at Lebanon Valley College for 2 years before he ever heard of InnerLink. Located just a short drive from the Annville campus, the unassuming information technology firm keeps a low profile, quietly making valuable medical information more accessible to children, communities and young adults. As a professor of Business and Digital Communications, collaboration between InnerLink and Kline’s students seemed like a no-brainer. But somehow this star-crossed cohesion eluded them both.
What they needed was a matchmaker.
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