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September 2012 Issue
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Filling the Global Innovation Pipeline

Welcome to the TechConnect Newsletter! The TechConnect community provides a powerful solution for catalyzing commercialization, partnership and licensing of emerging technology. Each month, we will feature leading news items from the global business technology community.

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Funding Opportunity Spotlights

Department of Defense (DOD) - Fiscal Year 2013 University NanoSatellite Program
Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Deadline: October 16, 2012

National Science Foundation (NSF) - Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I Solicitation FY-2013
National Science Foundation
Deadline: December 3, 2012

- Innovation Corps Teams Program
National Science Foundation
Deadline: December 17, 2012

- United States-Israel Collaboration in Computer Science
National Science Foundation
Deadline: February 1, 2013

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Event Announcements

Save the Date!
TechConnect World 2013

When:
May 12-16, 2013
Where: Washington, DC

How to Participate
- Innovation Submissions
   Now Open! Click here to Submit!
- Technical Submissions Open
   October 5, 2012
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Innovation Spotlights

Electronics & Microsystems

General Motors Set to Open New Computer Innovation Center in Austin, Texas - Advanced IT Center will create up to 500 new jobs.

X-rays Reveal Spin Waves in Two-Dimensional High-Temperature Superconductors - New technique probes crucial magnetic effects in custom-grown nanoscale material.

Chemicals & Materials

Innovation Spotlight: A Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) Membrane MEMS Sensor for Flow Rate and Flow Direction Sensing in Environmental Applications - National University of Singapore (NUS) Wants to use LCP as a Structural Material for Environmental Applications.

Pixelligent Technologies Receives 2012 Innovator of the Year Award from The Daily Record - Pixelligent Technologies has been an invited venture presenter for several years at the annual TechConnect World conference.

Energy & Cleantech

Innovation Spotlight: MAR Systems Develops Novel Adsorbent Media Able to Remove Heavy Metals From Aqueous Streams - Selected to present at TechConnect World 2012, we talk with MAR Systems President & CEO Anthony Lammers to discuss the latest updates on its revolutionary Sorbster(TM) technology.

Algal Scientific Semifinalist in 2012 Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition - TechConnect Innovation Tracking: Algal Scientific, a TechConnect Accelerator participant-Boston MA, 2011

Motiv Power Systems Runs All-Electric Bus On Two Separate Battery Types - TechConnect Innovation Tracking: Motiv Power Systems, a TechConnect Accelerator participant-Anaheim, CA, 2010.

Health Sciences & Biotech/Pharma

Innovation Spotlight: McGill University Researchers Create Novel Nanoparticles That can Bypass Blood-Brain Barrier - Nanoparticles developed to target neurodegenerative diseases, like Alzheimer's disease.

India and the United Kingdom Announce New Initiative Focused on Biotechnology - The initiative will focus on chemical biology and molecular therapeutics at inStem in Bangalore, India.

Tokyo Electron (TEL) Enters Into Joint Research Agreement Focused on the Life Sciences - TEL will work with a Japanese Foundation on developing novel cell culture and inspection methods.

Innovation & Investment

Johnson & Johnson to Open Four Regional Innovation Centers - Company to build their innovation centers in leading life sciences communities, including Massachusetts, California, the UK and China

SUNY Community Colleges Receive $14.6 Million Grant from US Government to Help the Unemployed - The Training and Education in Advanced Manufacturing (TEAM) Education Pathways Project offers programs in growing technology fields.

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