As Congress debates whether to pursue a new federal agency dedicated to cutting-edge R&D “to transform health and medicine,” the Capital Region’s economy is already being boosted by other federal Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) initiatives for defense and energy applications. In fact, in 2021 Capital Region firms were working
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Offshore wind (OSW) and hydrogen fuel cells sent state- and federally funded renewable energy research and development by Capital Region businesses into overdrive in 2020. Last year, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) awarded $18.6 million in renewable energy R&D
Fifteen Capital Region small businesses received $15.5 million in federal seed funding grants for research and development in fiscal 2020. That included a record annual sum from the National Science Foundation (NSF), according to a Center for Economic Growth analysis of SBIR.gov data. SBIR/STTR The SBIR program helps stimulate small
Featured university R&D projects: A simple test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease Uncovering new treatment strategies for dementia Understanding the origins of Alzheimer’s disease This edition’s contributors: SUNY Research Foundation University at Albany SUNY Polytechnic Institute SUNY Empire State College A simple test for diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease Until recently, tests to
Featured university R&D projects: The Rensselaer-IBM Artificial Intelligence Research Collaboration Combating Fake News with Artificial Intelligence Combining Neuroimaging and Artificial Intelligence to Help Veterans Applying AI Research to COVID reopening plans Empowering Health Care Facilities to Monetize Efficiency A New Tool to Detect Deepfakes AI-Guided Robots Potential Solution for Plastic
R&D funded by businesses up 51% at RPI, 39% at SUNY Poly Increased business funding helped fuel a 6.9 percent increase in research and development spending at Capital Region colleges and universities in 2019, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of new data from that National Center
Featured university R&D projects: Detecting abandoned gas wells New tool to visualize climate change Next generation perovskite solar cells Integrating solar energy into the power grid Changing the way buildings use energy A green approach to the plastic pollution crisis app Energizing the future Engineering a better world using mirrors,
Skidmore set to double R&D space with CIS, Ualbany preps ETEC for June opening The Capital Region’s academic research and development footprint spanned 1.5 million square feet in 2019 and promises to stretch farther with several building projects in the pipeline. Most notably among those developments are the University at
Capital Region businesses continue to spend more than $1 billion on research and development, making it one of only 51 metros nationwide to surpass that threshold, according to a Center for Economic Growth (CEG) analysis of new data from the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES). R&D spending
