Wednesday, January 26, 2011

TechConnectWV announces commercialization awards program

Encourages biometric and identity management job creation in WV (HuntingtonNews.net)
“However, there is little native biometric manufacturing activity and even less identity related intellectual property in the state,” she said. “TechConnectWV’s commercialization awards program will attempt to identify and fund promising ideas that can stimulate industry development and job growth in West Virginia.”
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TechConnectWV leaders expect to publish and disseminate the rules of submission for the commercialization awards by the end of January. The TechConnectWV program is funded by grants from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation.