Incubators and R&D

Nine faculty members at Montana State University-Bozeman have been awarded sabbaticals for the 2003-04 academic year, according to MSU Provost David Dooley. Their projects to be completed during the sabbaticals range from completing a three…

MSE, one of the county’s largest private employers with 200 people, has won nearly $20 million in government funding for the coming year. By Leslie McCartney of The Montana Standard “ This was the most…

TechRanch, One of Montana’s high tech business incubators, announced today that client company, Bacterin, http://www.bacterin.com is graduating from TechRanch’s entrepreneurial program. A TechRanch client for just 10 months, Bacterin has grown from 1.5 employees to…

Billings-based WebParking.com http://www.webparking.com is the latest business to join the Montana Business Incubator, housed at Montana State University-Billings. by Leanne H. Frost Western Business News "MBI is pleased to count such a technically proficient company…

The snakevine plant with its heart-shaped leaves is used in Aboriginal communities to dress wounds. (Kathleen Donald photo) An Australian plant used in Aboriginal communities to dress wounds contains antibiotics that could be useful in…

Sensing impulses Discovering how sensory neurons, a type of cell that is part of the nervous system, detect different impulses, such as heat and pain, may make life easier for suffers of diabetes. Neuropathic diseases…

Department of Agriculture (USDA) USDA has issued a request for quotation for 1) a normalized wood chemistry data set for the loblolly pine association mapping populations (by 6/1/03); 2) research proposal/study plan and infrastructure for…

"The report states that economic growth will continue only with the constant pioneering of technological innovations that upset markets and generate new industries."

Several recent project announcements highlight communities using incubators and research parks, some of the tools for technology-based economic development, in specialized formats to capitalize on existing strengths and nurture additional growth of clusters of related…

In his six years at the University of Montana, Lloyd Chesnut has propelled UM’s grant-funded research beyond the $50millioin mark and doubled the institutions’s past funding efforts. By Betsy Cohen of the Missoulian He’s helped…