External Resources

North Carolina Resources

 

Economic & Community Development

• Council for Entrepreneurial Development
•  Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
•  Manpower Development Corporation (MDC, Inc.)
• North Carolina Biotechnology Center
•  North Carolina Economic Developers Association
•  North Carolina Economic Development Board
• North Carolina Technological Development Authority
• Regional Technology Strategies
• Rural Economic Development Center
• e-NC (formerly the Rural Internet Access Authority)
• Small Business and Technology Development Center 
•  Center for Competitive Economies 

 

Education

• North Carolina Community College System
• North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
• North Carolina Mathematics and Science Education Network
• North Carolina Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Center
• North Carolina Science Leadership Association
• North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
• E-Commerce Learning Center (at NCSU)
• Program on Science, Technology & Society (at NCSU)
• The Science House (at NCSU)
• University of North Carolina (all 16 UNC institutions)
• University of North Carolina -- Division of Research & Sponsored Programs

 

Government

• North Carolina Department of Commerce
• North Carolina Government Portal (NC @ your service)
• North Carolina Information Highway 
• North Carolina Office of Information Technology Services

 

Museums

• Discovery Place
• Museum of Life and Science
• North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

 

Policy

• Institute for Emerging Issues
• North Carolina Technology Association
• North Carolina Progress Board 
•  Southern Growth Policies Board

 

Partnerships & Alliances

• Kenan Institute of Engineering, Technology & Science (at NCSU
• MCNC
• North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research
• North Carolina Biotechnology Center
• North Carolina Solar Center
•  Piedmont Triad Research Park
•  Research Triangle Clusters of Innovation Task Force
• Research Triangle Institute International
• Research Triangle Park

 

Millennial Campuses/Research Parks

• Carolina North (Millennial Campus at UNC-Chapel Hill)
•  Charlotte Research Institute (Millennial Campus at UNC Charlotte)
• Greensboro Center for Innovative Development (Joint Millennial Campus of UNCG & NC A&T)
•  Centennial Campus (Millennial Campus at NCSU)
• North Carolina Research Campus

 

Outside North Carolina

 

State Programs & Agencies

 

Alabama

•  Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
• Alabama Research Institute
• Alabama Commission on Aerospace Science and Industry
• Economic Development Partnership of Alabama

 

Alaska

• Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation
• Alaska Department of Community and Economic Development
•  Alaska Science and Technology Foundation

 

Arizona

• Arizona Department of Commerce
• Arizona's Governors Council on Innovation and Technology

 

Arkansas

• Arkansas Economic Development Commission
• Arkansas Science and Technology Authority

 

California

• California Council on Science and Technology
• California Division of Science and Technology Innovation
• California Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency

 

Colorado

• Office of Innovation and Technology
• Colorado Commission on Science and Technology

 

Connecticut

• Connecticut Innovations
• Connecticut Technology Council
•  Department of Economic and Community Development

 

Delaware

• Advanced Technology Centers
• Delaware Biotechnology Institute
• Delaware Department of Technology and Information
• Delaware Innovation Fund

 

District of Columbia

• Washington DC Technology Council

 

Florida

•  ITFlorida
• Florida State Technology Office

 

Georgia

•  Georgia Centers for Advanced Telecommunications Technology
• Georgia Office of Science and Technology
• Georgia Research Alliance

 

Hawaii

•  The High Technology Development Corporation

 

Idaho

• Idaho Information Technology Resource Management Council
• Science and Technology Division of the Idaho Department of Commerce

 

Illinois

•  Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs

 

Indiana

• Indiana 21st Century Research and Development Fund

 

Iowa

•  Iowa Biotechnology Association
• Iowa Information Technology Department

 

Kansas

• Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation

 

Kentucky

• Advanced Science and Technology Commercialization Center
• The Business and Technology Branch of the Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development
•   Kentucky Governor's Office for Technology
• Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation

 

Louisiana

• Louisiana Alliance for Biotechnology
• Technology Innovation, and Modernization Office

 

Maine

•  Maine Science and Technology Foundation
•  Maine Technology Institute

 

Maryland

• Maryland Technology Development Corporation
• Technology Council of Maryland

 

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts Biotechnology Council
• Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
•  Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation

 

Michigan

• Michigan Economic Development Corporation
• Michigan's Smartzones

 

Minnesota

•  Minnesota Technology Incorporated

 

Mississippi

• Mississippi Technology Alliance

 

Missouri

• Missouri Office of Information Technology

 

Montana

•  Montana Information Technology Services Division

 

Nebraska

• Nebraska Information Technology Commission
• Nebraska Research Initiative (NRI) Centers

 

Nevada

• Nevada Department of Information Technology 
• Nevada Office of Science, Engineering, and Technology
• Nevada Technology Council

 

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire Economy Business Services for the State of the New Economy
• New Hampshire High Technology Council

New Jersey

• New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology
• New Jersey Information Technology
• New Jersey Technology Council

 

New Mexico

• Office of Science and Technology

 

New York

• New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research 
• Centers for Advanced Technology

 

North Dakota

• Center for Innovation
• North Dakota Information Technology Department

 

Ohio

• Ohio Department of Development Technology Division
• Thomas Edison Program

 

Oklahoma

• Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology

 

Oregon

• Oregon Economic and Community Development Department

 

Pennsylvania

• Ben Franklin Technology Partners 
•  Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development
•  Pittsburgh Technology Council
• Technology 21
• Invent PA

 

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island Technology Transfer Center
• Rhode Island Technology Council
•  Slater Center for Biomedical Technology

 

South Carolina

• South Carolina Research Authority
• South Carolina Technology Alliance

South Dakota

• South Dakota's EPSCoR

 

Tennessee

• Technology 2020
• Tennessee Science and Technology Advisory Council
• Tennessee Technology Development Corporation

 

Texas

• North Texas Technology Council
• Texas Economic Development

 

Utah

• Centers of Excellence Program
• Utah Department of Economic and Community Development

 

Vermont

• Vermont Department of Economic Development

 

Virginia

•  Virginia Center for Innovative Technology
• Virginia's Information Technologies Agency
• Virginia Manufacturing Innovation Center

 

Washington

•  Washington Technology Alliance
• Washington Technology Center

 

West Virginia

• West Virginia Governor's Office of Technology
• West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation

 

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin Technology Council
• Wisconsin Technology Network

 

Wyoming

• Wyoming Business Council
• Wyoming EPSCoR

 

Economic & Community Development

• Angel Capital Association
•  2002 State New Economy Index
• Battelle Memorial Institute
• Community Technology Centers' Network
• Corporation for Enterprise Development
• Council on Competitiveness
• EconData.net
•  Minnesota IMPLAN Group, Inc. 
•  National Association of Development Organizations
•  National Association of Seed and Venture Funds
• National Business Incubation Association
•  National Rural Development Partnership
• National Rural Telecommunication Co-op 
•  National Technology Transfer Center
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• Public Technology Inc.
• Rural Information Center

 

Education

• American Council on Education
• Association of American Universities
• Association of University Technology Managers
• Council on Government Relations
• For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST)
• National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges

 

Government

• Council of State Governments
• Government Gateway: Technology, Science, and Education
• National Association of Counties
• National Conference of State Legislatures
•  National Communications System 
•  National Governors' Association & NGA Center for Best Practices
•  National Institute of Standards & Technology
•  National League of Cities
• National Telecommunications and Information Administration
• States Inventory Report
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• U.S. Technology Administration
• White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
• National Science Foundation
• National Science Board

 

Policy

•  American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Federation of American Scientists
• Milken Institute
• New Economy Strategies
•  Progressive Policy Institute (Technology & Innovation Section)
•  Rural Policy Research Institute
• State Science & Technology Institute
• The National Academies

 

Partnerships & Alliances

• Alliance for Public Technology
• Association of University Research Parks
• International Association of Science Parks
•  Internet 2
• Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society