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Capitolwire: Corbett says more start-up help, regional input will spur job creation. As reported by Capitolwire Staff Reporter:  Laura Olson ALTOONA (March 9) – Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Corbett says a key piece of his administration’s job-creation plan would be to work with the state’s private investors to expand the funding and resources available to new businesses. Making it easier to access ... (more)

Funding Available for Applied Research in Clean/Alternative Energy-Related Fields State College, PA - Research institutions and other non-profits engaged in research related to energy, alternative energy, or clean technologies are eligible to apply to Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA for a matching grant. The purpose of this initiative, which is called the Translational ... (more)

Annual TECHQuest Gala Names SchoolWires® “Technology Company of the Year” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  February 16, 2010 STATE COLLEGE, PA – A Centre County-based company, SchoolWires®, was named Technology Company of the Year at the 18th Annual TECHQuest PA Technology Innovation Awards Gala.  More than 100 nominations were recognized in various categories at the event which ... (more)

Ben Franklin Welcomes PEPRO to Virtual Energy Incubator FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 4, 2010 STATE COLLEGE, PA - Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern Pennsylvania has created a dynamic virtual incubator to develop an entrepreneurial community surrounding the concepts of clean, alternative energy. The heart of the Virtual Energy Incubator (VEI) is a set of programs designed ... (more)

Ben Franklin Program Makes an Investment in the New Year! STATE COLLEGE, PA – Ben Franklin Technology PArtners of Central and Northern PA, Inc., part of a statewide network that promotes innovation, job opportunities, and economic growth, recently made an investment of more than $522,000 in five Pennsylvania-based companies.  The BFTP/CNP Board of Directors approved the ... (more)

Ambry Genetics and SoftGenetics Form Exclusive Alliance for Extended Bioinformatics Support for Next Generation Sequencing Projects FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  December 3, 2009 Aliso Viejo, CA and State College, PA - Ambry Genetics and SoftGenetics today announced the signing of an agreement to provide extended bioinformatics genomics services using SoftGenetics’ NextGENe software for next-generation sequencing projects performed at Ambry. Anja Kammesheidt PhD, Ambry’s CSO said, “Our team at Ambry ... (more)

Ben Franklin Technology Partners Joins Boeing Technology Alliance Harrisburg, PA – The Ben Franklin Technology Partners (BFTP) – Pennsylvania’s leading statewide network for catalyzing and investing in the transformation of the Commonwealth’s economy through technology, innovation and strategic partnerships – has joined the Boeing Technology Alliance (BTA), a network of trusted, technology referral agents throughout the world ... (more)

Hershey Company Wins Ben Franklin Venture Idol Competition A Hershey company, Apeliotus Vision Science, captured the top award on November 5, 2009, in an entrepreneurial competition in Scranton, Pennsylvania. "It's important that the community came out and that there's this level of interest for startup entrepreneurship in Pennsylvania," John Edwards, chief executive of Apeliotus Vision Science, said after his company won ... (more)

Pepro: Protecting Expensive, Sophisticated Communications Equipment Major strides have been made in computer and communication technology—but comparatively little has been done to protect all that sophisticated equipment from the random and often disastrous effects of Mother Nature. (more)

A Cleaner, Greener Economy for Pennsylvania Despite the global recession, worldwide investments in renewable energy projects and companies jumped to $155 billion in 2008 and—according to Pennsylvania's top technology investment official (more)