Welcome to the Maine Technology Institute The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) offers early-stage, patient capital and commercialization assistance for the research and development of innovative technology-based projects that create new products and services, generating jobs in Maine. Content: Latest MTI News l MTI Announcements and Deadlines l MTI Resources l MTI Clients in the News Latest MTI News 05/14/08 MTI AWARDS 12 SEED GRANTS 04/23/08 MTI RECEIVES 66 APPLICATIONS FROM ACROSS THE STATE FOR THE MAINE TECHNOLOGY ASSET FUND 04/15/08 TECHNOLOGY CLUSTERS OFFER BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR MAINE'S ECONOMY: New Report Highlights Importance of Technology Clusters MTI AWARD SUPPORTS FARMERS AND FOOD PROCESSORS CLUSTER IN WASHINGTON AND HANCOCK COUNTIES Click here to read more press releases. MTI Announcements, Deadlines and Dates New Report MAINE'S TECHNOLOGY SECTORS AND CLUSTERS: STATUS AND STRATEGY Click here to read more about and download the report. MAINE TECHNOLOGY ASSET FUND Click here for information about the program. First round of applications closed on 04/17/08. MTI DEADLINES AND DATES June 2, 2008: Next Development Award deadline. Applications must be received by MTI at its office by 5 p.m. June 12, 2008: Next Seed Grant deadline. Signed, complete proposals must be received by MTI at its office by 5 p.m. MTI Resources MTI'S FY07 ANNUAL REPORT Download Report ONLINE WORKSHOPS Federeal Small Business Innovation and Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. Click for workshop information. Development Award. Learn how to prepare an application in this video workshop. MTI Clients in the News MTI Seed Grant Awardee Wins U.S. Department of Defense Contract for Nearly $13 Million In January 2007, Maine Secure Composites, LLC, of Orono won an MTI Seed Grant for market analysis of composite maritime containers. In April 2008, the company announced the contract with the Department of Defense to continue to develop tamper-resistant containers for international shipping that may create new jobs and open a new lab. Read the story in the Bangor Daily News. U.S. Department of Energy Award Follows MTI Award to RSE Pulp & Chemical, LLC, for Ethanol Pilot Plant In February 2008, MTI made a Development Award to RSE Pulp & Chemical LLC of Old Town to fund research and development efforts to integrate UMaine's proprietary, patent-pending pre-extraction process to establish and validate on a pilot commercial scale the extaction of hemicelluloses from wood chips. RSE and UMaine announced lin mid April 2008 that the U.S. Department of Energy had awarded RSE a $30 million grant to take UMaine's research out of the lab and apply it full scale. Read the story in the Bangor Daily News. MTI Award Supports Blueberry Study That Includes Call for Volunteers The University of Maine Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition is looking for volunteers to test theories about the effects of wild blueberry consumption on hunger and blood chemistry. The study, funded by the Maine Technology Institute, the Wild Blueberry Comission of Maine and the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station, is slated to start in the near future. Read about the study in the Bangor Daily News. Click here to read more stories.