Dates & Deadlines

• 2/6/12 - Brunswick - CIP Workshop: Overview of the Cluster Initiative Program Join Us on Monday, February 6th from 11:00 AM…
• 2/7/12 - Tech Start Grant Deadline Applications Due by 5 p.m. TechStart Grants…
• 2/28/12 - Portland - CIP Workshop: Overview of the Cluster Initiative Program Join Us on Tuesday, February 28th from 10:00…
• 3/6/12 - Cluster Initiative Program Webinar Join us from 1:00 - 3:00 PM on Tuesday, March…
• 3/6/12 - Tech Start Grant Deadline Applications Due by 5 p.m. TechStart Grants…
• 3/7/12 - TechStart Grant and Seed Grant Webinar JOIN US on March 7th from 10:00 AM…
• 3/26/12 - SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) MTI Webinar JOIN US for an SBIR Webinar on Monday, March…
• 4/12/12 - Seed Grant Deadline Applications Due by 5 p.m. MTI Seed Grants of…
• 5/9/12 - SAVE THE DATE: NIH SBIR/STTR Workshop SAVE THE DATE for the National Institute of…

Innovators in the News

• 1/30/12 - Reports highlight potential of Maine ocean power

  (From Bangor Daily News) — The waves and tidal currents off the coast of Maine represent a…

• 1/30/12 - New CLYNK Technology Tracks Recylcling's Environmental Impact

  (From MaineBiz) - South Portland-based CLYNK, a bottle and can redemption company, recently launched…

• 1/30/12 - Tropical Fish....In Maine?

  (From Working Waterfront) -  Near the entrance of the 12,000-square-foot building in Franklin…

• 1/30/12 - A New Use for Hay

  From the Kennebec Journal. Peter Bragdon proudly showed off his prototype "hay log" at the…

• 1/4/12 - Bigelow Lab to get $600K Federal Grant

  from the AP BOOTHBAY HARBOR — Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, a coastal Maine ocean…

• 1/4/12 - Portland Gift Card Company Rides Digital Wave

  by Josie Huang, Maine Public Radio "Last year at Christmas Eve was our busiest day, but Christmas…

• 1/4/12 - Young engineer bucks Maine’s ‘brain drain’ trend

  By Christopher Cousins | BDN The R.M. Beaumont Corp. in Brunswick has grown steadily since Ryan…

• 12/19/11 - Bigelow Laboratory’s new research center to more than double scientists on staff

  BOOTHBAY, Maine — Private donors, federal grants and the generosity of Maine taxpayers were…

• 12/13/11 - GMRI attracts global marine firms

  Reprint from MaineBiz 12/13/11 When the Gulf of Maine Research Institute moved to its new spacious…

• 12/13/11 - Wood shavings aid Tex Tech

  reprint from Kennebec Journal, 12/13/11 Burning wood shavings have rarely made so many so happy…

MTI News

• 2/3/12 - TechStart Awardees - January 10, 2012 Deadline Click here for a list of TechStart Grants awarded from the January 10, 2012 deadline.
• 1/31/12 - Blackstone Accelerates Growth, an Innovative, Maine-focused Entrepreneurship Program names John Voltz as Executive Director to lead the efforts to encourage entrepreneurs and spur innovation across Maine January 31, 2012 --Today, Blackstone Accelerates Growth, a statewide initiative involving the Maine…

MTI Blog

• 1/6/12 - Good Jobs and New Financing- Maine's R&D investments show results As we turn the corner to this New Year, there are some terrific new examples to share that…
• 12/1/11 - How Adding Value Adds Maine Jobs Sometimes, MTI funding results directly in a business’ ability to raise follow-on capital…