May 13-16, 2013, Washington, DC

Funding Opportunities

Department of Defense (DOD)

Platelet Storage Technologies
Deadline: January 28, 2013

DoD Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine Assistive Technologies Research Award
Deadline: March 13, 2013

Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare Applied Research and Advanced Technology Development
Deadline: April 15, 2013

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Cyber-Physical Systems
Deadline: January 29, 2013

Small Business Technology Transfer Program Phase I
Deadline: February 6, 2013

Plant Genome Research Program
Deadline: March 13, 2013

Next-Generation National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
Deadline: May 13, 2013

Department of Energy (DOE)

Academia-Industry Collaboration (AIC)-Synchrophasor Engineering Education Program
Deadline: January 15, 2013

Electrochemical Storage Technologies Suitable for Automobile Industry Applications
Deadline: January 31, 2013

Solid-State Lighting Manufacturing Research & Development - Round 4
Deadline: February 21, 2013

Consolidated Innovative Nuclear Research
Deadline: June 12, 2013

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST):
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) NIST Boulder Programs
Deadline: February 15, 2013

Special Anouncement

TechConnect-National Innovation Summit to Host the National Small Business Innovation Research Conference May 14-16, 2013, Washington, D.C. - National SBIR Conference is the largest gathering of federal government granting agencies and innovators seeking or receiving SBIR funding

Corporate Spotlights

Corporate Spotlight Interview: Jordi Lopez Launes, Investment Manager, Solvay Corporate Venturing - Speaking at TechConnect World 2013, Mr. Lopez Launes tells TechConnect about Solvay's technology and investment areas of interest.

Electronics & Microsystems

Tiny compound semiconductor transistor could challenge silicon’s dominance - MIT researchers develop the smallest indium gallium arsenide transistor ever built.

Innovation Spotlight: 15 kV SiliconCarbide IGBTs - TechConnect Innovation Tracking: Cree, Inc., a TechConnect Accelerator participant-ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit, Washington, D.C., 2012.

Innovation Spotlight: Batteryless Nanoenergy Harvesting - TechConnect Innovation Tracking: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a TechConnect Accelerator participant-Santa Clara, CA, 2012

Chemicals & Materials

Innovation Spotlight: High Performance nanomaterial macrostructures for structural, thermal and electrical applications - TechConnect Innovation Tracking: Nanocomp Technologies, a TechConnect Accelerator participant-Santa Clara, CA, 2012.

New atomic-layer electrodeposition method yields surprising results - Research by Dr. Yun Liu and colleagues at the NIST Center for Neutron Research describes a new method for depositing ultra-thin layers of platinum on a surface.

Energy & Cleantech

Innovation Spotlight: High Performance, Low Cost, Solid State, Flexible Batteries - TechConnect Innovation Tracking: Enerize Corporation, a TechConnect Accelerator participant-Santa Clara, CA, 2012.

Scientists Capture Lithium-Ion Batteries in Nanoscale Action - New imaging techniques track lithium-ion reactions in real-time, offering clues to engineering more powerful, longer-lasting batteries.

Innovation Spotlight: Firefly Power LLC - Distributed Micro Wind for the Masses - Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit Innovation Tracker: Firefly Power, a TechConnect Accelerator participant-Honolulu, HI, 2012.

Health Sciences & Biotech/Pharma

Innovation Spotlight: Reagent-free nanobiomimetic electrochemical sensing and energy storage platform - TechConnect Innovation Tracking: Advanced Biomimetic Sensors, a TechConnect Accelerator participant-Santa Clara, CA, 2012.

Carbon Nanotubes Lower Nerve-Damaging Chloride in Cells - A nanomaterial engineered by researchers at Duke can help regulate chloride levels in nerve cells that contribute to chronic pain, epilepsy, and traumatic brain injury.

Innovation & Investment

Pixelligent Technologies Awarded SBIR Award from the Department of Energy - TechConnect Innovation Tracking: Pixelligent Technologies, a TechConnect World Accelerator Participant, Santa Clara, CA, 2012.

Thomson Reuters: World’s Top 100 Most Innovative Organizations for 2012 - Report produced by the IP & Science business unit of Thomson Reuters; study cites Top 100 organizations have added close to 125,000 jobs.

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