John Adams Innovation Institute

Region by region, sector by sector, the Innovation Institute strives to improve Massachusetts’ competitive edge in the Innovation Economy, supporting industry clusters and institutions in efforts to stimulate new job creation and job retention in knowledge- and technology-based companies.

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Life Sciences

Governor Patrick greets MLSC Scientific Advisory Board Chair, Harvey Lodish. Lodish will lead the team of world-class scientists tasked with ensuring the scientific credibility of the MLSC’s grant-making activity.

MLSC Scientific Advisory Board
convenes for first time

With enactment of $1 billion Life Sciences initiative
imminent, the Governor, House Speaker and Senate
President all greet the new panel

BOSTON – The first meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center convened May 7 in the Governor’s Council Room on the third floor of the Statehouse—almost one year to the day that Gov. Deval Patrick announced his $1 billion Life Sciences initiative at BIO 2007. Read more >>

MLSC Matching Grant Program begins
NIH modeled peer review process

At inaugural meeting, review panel considers
cutting-edge research initiatives

Boston –On June 3rd, a group of nine distinguished scientists from across the state convened in Boston to serve as the first reviewers for what was organized as an NIH-styled peer review process that reviewed and scored the first matching grant proposals submitted to the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC).

Broadband

Dialing up broadband

Bill to create Massachusetts Broadband Incentive Fund now resides in House Ways and Means Committee

BOSTON – Legislation to authorize $40 million for a Massachusetts Broadband Incentive Fund and create the Massachusetts Broadband Institute has received a very positive stamp of approval from the Joint Committee on Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets.

Research Centers

The Innovation Institute’s matching investments in interdisciplinary, collaborative research centers support the Commonwealth’s knowledge economy. In 2005, the Innovation Institute’s investments have leveraged $35 million in new federal research dollars for Massachusetts.

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Regional Projects

Choosing the right path for regional economic development

Patrick Administration shares its views at Innovation Institute's Governing Board meeting on how best to organize state resources in concert with shared regional priorities

BOSTON – Fitchburg Mayor Lisa Wong, one of four presenters scheduled to discuss regional economic development strategies in Massachusetts, apologized for being late. The overseas board of directors of one of the larger employers in her city, she explained, had just announced plans that morning it would be closing down its facility in two weeks. Read more >>

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Emerging Clusters

The Innovation Institute is working with the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and other local and regional stakeholders in industry, government, and academia to fashion a collaborative approach to future research and investment in the nascent Marine Science and Technology Industry. Read more >>

The new Massachusetts initiative to develop the framework for strategic cross-sector collaboration within the Commonwealth’s Life Sciences mega-cluster is moving ahead rapidly, picking up key support from industry and academic leaders and policy makers. Read more >>