Tri-Cities Tech Business Update
This monthly e-mailed update contains news, opportunities, upcoming events, and other information about Mid-Columbia tech businesses and the organizations that support them. Browse the archives for back issues.
April 2012 Issue
- DOE SBIR/STTR commercialization assistance program
The Department of Energy (DOE) recently selected Dawnbreaker to provide commercialization assistance to its SBIR/STTR Phase I and Phase II awardees. more... - Obama Administration announces availability of new research funding
The White House recently announced three new Department of Energy funding programs including: $450M to support first-of-its-kind engineering, design certification, and licensing for up to two small modular nuclear reactor designs over five years, subject to congressional appropriations; $35M over three years to support research and development in advanced biofuels, bioenergy and high-value biobased products; and a $14.2M effort to accelerate the development and deployment of stronger and lighter materials for advanced vehicles that will help reduce U.S. more... - Future Point Systems releases indico 1.0, a visual data analysis application
Over the past year, staff at Future Point Systems has been hard at work putting together an easy-to-use, yet highly flexible analysis product, indico. more... - Hydrovolts installs 'Big Canal Turbine' in Roza Canal
Hydrovolts' Big Canal Turbine, designed to produce 5kW output in a flow of 2m/sec, was successfully deployed in the Roza Canal near Yakima on March 8. more... - Dan Preston receives Alumnus of Distinction award
The Tri-City Regional Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting and awards luncheon recently where keynote speaker Dan Preston received the Alumnus of Distinction award. more...
- FY2013 Technology Innovation opportunity announcement
Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA) Technology Innovation (TI) Office conducts an annual funding opportunity announcement requesting proposals that advance technologies/capabilities based on agency research guidance and strategic needs identified in the agency's technology road maps and FY2013 Topic Areas. more... - Nova Innovation Competition 2012
Saint-Gobain, the world's largest building materials company, announces a partnership with the U.S. more... - Wanted: Business Consultant for Innovate Washington
Innovate Washington is seeking a Business Consultant for the greater Columbia Basin to coach and mentor start-up and high growth clients. more... - How do you win a startup weekend?
In an article on GeekWire.com, Rebecca Lovell, GeekWire's chief business officer and former executive director of Northwest Entrepreneur Network, offers this advice: "When you have 54 hours to build a demo (or when you're a resource-constrained startup), focus on your customers' pain and how much better their lives will be with your solution." Another piece of advice: understand the difference between users and customers. more... - Forbes: Three important loan programs for small businesses
Everyone in the market today knows small businesses are in dire need of capital and loans to finance their historic activity and their growth. more...
- EMSL 2012 annual call for user proposals
April 2. EMSL, PNNL's Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory, is known for its cross-cutting diversity of instruments and expertise available under one roof. more... - Exporting Assistance in the Tri-Cities
April 2. The International Marketing Program within the Washington Department of Agriculture (WSDA) will be offering an exciting opportunity for Washington's small food and agricultural (including aquaculture) companies. more... - EDA Regional Training Conference
April 3 - 5. The Economic Development Administration (EDA) Seattle Regional Office will conduct its 2012 Regional Training Conference, "Bringing Jobs Back through Innovation, Collaboration, and Leadership" in Portland, Oregon, April 3 - 5. more... - Pacific Northwest Cleantech Open
April 10. Pacific Northwest Cleantech Open, TRIDEC, and the PNNL Economic Development Office are bringing Cleantech Open to the Tri-Cities. more... - Bridging Partnerships Small Business Symposium
April 18 - 19. In its ninth year, the Bridging Partnerships Small Business Symposium is a business expo with a focus on government contracting and doing business at Hanford, with exciting networking opportunities and educational breakout sessions. more... - Cleantech Open Accelerator & Competition application deadline
May 8. The Cleantech Open Accelerator & Competition consists of a number of key activities; extensive mentoring, training, business clinics, access to investors and capital, numerous opportunities to showcase to the media and the public, and the competition itself. more...
- SBIR/STTR Alerting Service
Many entrepreneurial ventures nationwide rely on funding from the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) programs as their primary source of capital for technology development and early-stage commercialization. more... - Doing Business Success Stories
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has a long-standing reputation for advancing scientific frontiers through world-class research and development. more... - Diatom biosensor could shine light on future nanomaterials
A glow coming from the glassy shell of microscopic marine algae called diatoms could someday help us detect chemicals and other substances in water samples. more...
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Tri-Cities Tech Business Update is published by the Economic Development Office at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Each month, we send you an e-mail message, giving you the link of news, tips, awards, upcoming events, and other information about local technology-based businesses and organizations that support them. With business and community partners, our goal is to build and diversify the Tri-Cities economy—adding skilled jobs in primary-sector industries that bring in outside dollars. Currently, more than 1,100 tech-related businesses, investors, and economic development stakeholders subscribe to the newsletter, mostly in the Mid-Columbia area and the rest of the Pacific Northwest. This newsletter (RL-P00-009) supports PNSO's vision for the future of the Hanford Site and surrounding area through the creation of research opportunities, new industries, and new business clusters.