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For the past year, TechConnect West Virginia has led educational outreach and awareness about the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program in the state, in partnership with the West Virginia Small Business Development Center. The SBIR-STTR program aims to stimulate technological innovation, use small business to meet federal […]
Iconic Air is a Morgantown software startup pioneering a new way of emissions monitoring and data reporting. Iconic Air was founded by two West Virginia University Industrial Engineering graduates, Kyle Gillis and James Carnes. The budding new company has been awarded a Phase I & Phase II United States Air Force Small Business Innovation Research […]
“Striking” and “unprecedented” are just a few terms to describe the amazing speed with which America’s biopharmaceutical industry and the global research community have responded in working to develop vaccines and treatments for COVID-19. For its part, the State of West Virginia has been nationally recognized for its management of, and response to the virus. […]
On September 30, researchers at Touchstone Research Laboratory received their 5th R&D 100 Award in a virtual ceremony broadcast from Cleveland, Ohio. Known as the “Oscars of Innovation,” the awards recognize the top 100 revolutionary technologies of the year, as well as the scientists and engineers who created them. The winning technology is Touchstone’s Bonded […]
The 2020 West Virginia Women & Technology Conference was held virtually on October 19 and featured Dr. Nicole Pride, President of West Virginia State University, as the keynote speaker. In July 2020, Dr. Pride was named the 12th President of West Virginia State University, which is a public, land grant, historically Black university that […]
Dr. Nicole Pride, the President of West Virginia State University, will offer keynote remarks at the 2020 Women & Technology Conference. The event, which aims to address the under-representation of women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math, will be held virtually on October 19, 2020. “We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Pride to […]
TechConnect West Virginia, in partnership with the West Virginia Small Business Development Center, has been awarded a Federal and State Technology Partnership Program (FAST) grant by the U.S. Small Business Administration in the amount of $125,000 to help West Virginia research and development (R&D)-focused small businesses apply for and win federal Small Business Innovation […]
The Morgantown Dominion Post ran an opinion column on July 10, entitled, “Pulled gas pipeline shows pathway for W.V.’s progress”. The column seemed to celebrate the cancellation of Dominion Energy’s multi-billion-dollar Atlantic Coast Pipeline while using its demise as an example of the need to grow West Virginia’s technology economy. Russ Lorince, former chair and […]
In November 2019, the U.S. Economic Development Administration awarded $500,000 to TechConnect WV in support of its TechWrx West Virginia program. That investment, coupled with a $125,000 matching commitment, is making it possible to address gaps in the entrepreneurial ecosystem in 40 of West Virginia’s 55 counties. Specifically, TechWrx West Virginia offers a suite of […]
COVID-19’s long-term effect on small businesses in West Virginia remains to be seen. In the midst of that uncertainty, TechConnectWV’s TechWrx West Virginia program has been helping West Virginia small manufactures shift, or at least diversify, their production lines to create hand sanitizer or face masks. As consumers’ demand for hand sanitizer far exceeded supply, […]