Warfighter Developmental Protective Clothing and Devices

Responses to Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) N00421-09-R-0058, Warfighter Developmental Protective Clothing and Devices, submitted in accordance with the guidelines set forth herein, will be accepted at the Contracting Office for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of this announcement. This Broad Agency Announcement is for Applied Research / Technology Development in accordance with FAR 35.016. No formal solicitation will be issued. Read more

Highlights of the Final Stimulus Bill Provides $21.5 Billion for Federal R&D

(AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program February 16, 2009) AAAS estimates that the final version of the 2009 economic stimulus appropriations bill contains $21.5 billion in federal research and development (R&D) funding, $18.0 billion for the conduct of R&D and $3.5 billion for R&D facilities and capital equipment (see Table).  The final bill contains far more in R&D funding than the $13.2 billion in the House or the $17.8 billion in the Senate versions of the bill. President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law on February 17. Read more

Stimulus to deliver research funds to M.D. Anderson

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy 

(Houston Chronicle February 19, 2009) The federal government is preparing to deliver a $1.26 billion injection into cancer research nationwide including funds for major studies led by the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. The money is coming from the $787 billion economic stimulus package signed by President Barack Obama on Tuesday, which includes $10 billion for the National Institutes of Health. That’s a shot in the arm for an agency that in 2008 had an annual budget of just $29 billion. Read more

Scientists Await Action on Stem Cells

By Rob Stein

(Washington Post, February 19, 2009) At the National Institutes of Health, officials have started drafting guidelines they will need to start funding human embryonic stem cell research that has been off-limits for nearly eight years. At the University of California at San Francisco, scientists are poised to dismantle the cumbersome bureaucracy they created to segregate experiments that were acceptable under the federal restrictions from studies that were not. Read more

Economic Conditions Snapshot, February 2009: McKinsey Global Survey Results

(The McKinsey Quarterly, February, 2009) Executives view their economies as bad but, in a change from recent months, do not see them getting much worse. Government actions have helped, many say. Companies are hanging on, and many are taking long-term actions to cope with economic turmoil.   Executives’ economic expectations, though gloomy, don’t appear to have worsened notably over the past six weeks, according to a McKinsey Quarterly survey in the field from January 27, 2009, to February 2, 2009, during another round of significant layoffs and falling stock prices. Read more

GLOBAL: Time to Rethink Intellectual Property Laws?

By David Dickson

(University World News, February 8, 2009) The speed of the global economic collapse is provoking a widespread – many would say belated – realisation that many of the beliefs underlying economic expansion over the past 20 years need close questioning, particularly those involving the relationship between the state and the market. But so far the need to reassess the value of protecting intellectual property, and in particular, the claim that scientific and technological patents are essential for economic growth, has drawn little attention. Read more

Market Rebels and Radical Innovation

By Hayagreeva Rao

(The McKinsey Quarterly, January, 2009) Activists who challenge the status quo play a critical but often overlooked role in both promoting and impeding radical business innovation. Their importance stems from the very nature of innovation, which frequently challenges existing interests, norms, values, social practices, and relationships. Read more

Technology & Biotech 2009

High Hopes: Some of Florida’s tech sectors are in position to benefit from a more frugal environment

By Mike Vogel

(Florida Trend, January 1, 2009) For three years, Clearwater-based software company iDatix has grown revenue by 40% to 50% per year. With recession fears and the credit crisis everywhere, founder Steve Allen might be expected to ratchet down his hopes this year. Read more

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