February 21, 2013
The Breakthrough Prize In Life Sciences – Business Insider
Some of Silicon Valley's most prominent billionaires are making a big push to guide the tech world's entrepreneurs into biotech.…
February 20, 2013
UMD Program Awards $4.7 Million to Maryland University Researchers to Help 16 Local Companies Develop Technology Products – MarketWatch
The University of Maryland's Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) program today announces it is awarding $4.7 million to Maryland university researchers…
February 20, 2013
Startup Professionals Musings: 10 Ways for Startups to Survive the Valley of Death
The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative…
February 19, 2013
Don’t worry about Baltimore’s patent drought – baltimoresun.com
Life sciences research is a strong economic driver, even if it leads to few patents As the economy continues to…
February 18, 2013
Montgomery County looks to get hip – The Washington Post
Montgomery officials are under no illusions about the county’s image among the Washington region’s young: boring. “We’re a little sleepy,”…
February 18, 2013
Johns Hopkins Wins Massive $2.3 Billion Pentagon Contract
On Friday, the Department of Defense announced that it has awarded The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory a five-year,…
February 18, 2013
2013 Rice Business Plan Competition – iStart.org
The Rice University Business Plan Competition is the world’s richest and largest graduate-level business plan competition. It is hosted and…
February 18, 2013
SBIR/STTR Omnibus Grant Solicitations Now Available | atdc.org
The Department of Health and Human Services SBIR/STTR grant solicitation aimed at supporting small business innovation research is now available.…
February 15, 2013
Mikulski: Montgomery County “The Incubator Of American Innovation” – BethesdaNow.com
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D) dropped by Rockville on Monday for lunch with the Montgomery County Council, where much of the…
February 14, 2013
Dominick Murray confirmed as Maryland economic development secretary – Baltimore Business Journal
Dominick Murray has been unanimously confirmed by the Senate Executive Nominations Committee to be the next head of the state's…