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Pennsylvania Programs SupportingTechnology CommercializationAnd Economic Development
FLC Mid-Atlantic MeetingSeptember 15, 2005Jack Gido, Director
Economic and Workforce DevelopmentPenn State University
Keystone Innovation Zone Background
Keystone Innovation Zones
Innovation Partnership
NASA SBIR Mentoring Program
NASA Industry-Led Technology Infusion Project
Keystone Innovation Zone Background
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Pennsylvania lost more young people than any other state in the 1990s
Keystone Innovation Zones
• Create Community/University Partnerships
• Generate Job Growth through Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship
Keystone Innovation Zones
• Turn University Communities into Entrepreneurial Incubators
• Create “Knowledge Neighborhoods”
• Network of Support and Resources
Keystone Innovation Zones
• Identify Specific Geographic Zones
• Identify Target Industries
• Identify Partnerships
• Identify KIZ Coordinator
Keystone Innovation Zones
• KIZ Grants– Support Zone Coordinator and Operations– Up to $250,000 declining over 4 years– One-to-One Cash Match, increasing over 4
years• Keystone Innovation Grants
– Improve University Technology Transfer– $750,000 over 3 years– Match required
• Tax Credits• Priority for State Programs
Keystone Innovation Zones
• Encourage Creation of New Businesses• Expand Current Businesses• Facilitate Technology Transfer from
Universities• Improve Economy and Attractiveness
of Communities• Job Growth, Brain Gain• Performance Measures
Current Map of Zones
Erie
Warren McKean Potter Tioga Bradford Susquehanna
Wayne
Pike
Monroe
Carbon
Bucks
Montgomery
Phila
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Delaware
Chester
Berks
Lancaster
YorkAdams
FranklinFultonBedfordSomersetFayetteGreene
Washington
Beaver
Allegheny
Butler
Lawrence
Mercer
Crawford
Venango
Forest
Clarion
Armstrong
Westmoreland
Indiana
Jefferson
Clearfield
Huntingdon
Centre
MifflinJuniata
Perry
Cumberland
Dauphin Lebanon
SchuylkillSnyder
Union
Lycoming
Sullivan Wyoming
LuzerneColumbia
Lackawanna
Lehigh
Northumberland
Clinton
Cameron
Northampton
Montour
Cambria Blair
Elk
Who is the Innovation
Partnership?
Founding Partner Organizations
Associate Partner Organizations
•Consortium of Economic Development and Business Assistance Organizations
•Help PA Companies Secure Federal Funding
•Focus on SBIR/STTR
•SBIR Workshops
•Partnership Members Identify and Screen Companies
•Independent Reviews of Proposals at No-Cost
•Micro-grants to Support Proposal Development
• 176 Companies Assisted
• 56 Micro-grants Awarded
• 13 SBIR Awards
• 23% Win Rate Compared to 12.5% nationally
NASA Mentoring Program• Encourage/Accelerate Commercialization
• NASA Prime Contractors as Potential Market
• Identify and Select SBIR Phase 2 Companies
• Identify Mentors
• Mentoring Workshops
• NASA Follow Up
NASA Industry-Led Technology Infusion Project
• Assist SBIR Phase 2 Firms in Commercializing Technology
• Foster Partnerships between System Integrators and SBIR/STTR Firms
• Opportunities for Joint Development
For More Information on
Keystone Innovation Zones
www.NewPA.com
Innovation Partnership
www.innovationpartnership.net
PA Department of Community and Economic Development