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Research and Technology in the Commonwealth2003 Briefing toVirginia’s Congressional Delegation: 

Research and Technology in the Commonwealth 2003 Briefing to Virginia’s Congressional Delegation

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Virginia Research & Technology Advisory Commission Capital for Growth: Venture Capital, Research Funding Sources of Innovation: Universities, Labs, Private Sector Technology Roadmap: Important Emerging Technologies Policy Recommendations Governor Mark R. Warner

Technology is Important to Virginia: 

Technology is Important to Virginia 12,190 high-tech companies 304,880 high-tech employees $21.2 billion in wages in 2002 High-tech workers earn nearly double the wages of workers in other industries A growing percentage of Virginia’s economy is from the technology sector – but it is fragile Sources: Chmura Economics & Analytics

Virginia’s Technology Report Card: 

Virginia’s Technology Report Card Virginia ranks 5th in high-tech jobs and 4th in knowledge jobs Virginia is 5th best state in US for entrepreneurs Virginia ranks 3rd in the nation in SBIR/STTR awards Virginia universities are ranked high for undergraduate education BUT Virginia universities are not doing as well as we could in securing federal research funding Sources: Progressive Policy Institute, Microsoft’s bCentral Internet, Small Business Administration, US News & World Report

Virginia has Emerging Positions in Critical Growth Industries : 

Virginia has Emerging Positions in Critical Growth Industries Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Information Security Nanotechnology Sensors Wireless Telecommunications

Sampling of Virginia’s Assets: 

Sampling of Virginia’s Assets Hampton Roads Jefferson Lab VMASC (ODU) MagLev (ODU) CP3 (multi-university) VIMS (W&M) NCSOSE (ODU) NASA Langley CIT

Sampling of Virginia’s Assets: 

Sampling of Virginia’s Assets Piedmont/Central/Southside/Shenandoah 2002 Nobel Laureate Dr. John Fenn (VCU) CIPP (GMU, JMU) Institute for 21st Century Threats (VCU) VBC (multi-university) CISC/CISAT (JMU) MRSEC (UVA) IALR (VT) CIT

Sampling of Virginia’s Assets: 

Sampling of Virginia’s Assets Northern Virginia 2002 Nobel Laureate Dr. Vernon Smith (GMU) Center for Biodefense (GMU) School of Public Policy (GMU) The MITRE Corp. Institute for Defense Analyses DARPA NSF CIT

Sampling of Virginia’s Assets: 

Sampling of Virginia’s Assets Southwestern Virginia Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VT) Carilion Biomedical Institute (UVA, VT) CPES (VT) CPT (VT) CWT (VT) CIT

Sampling of Virginia’s Assets: 

Demonstrating a diverse and statewide network of technology assets Sampling of Virginia’s Assets

University R&D Funding Objective: 

University R&D Funding Objective $ mm

VRTAC’s 2003/2004 Funding Goals: 

VRTAC’s 2003/2004 Funding Goals Institute for Defense and Homeland Security

IDHS Value to the Federal Government: 

IDHS Value to the Federal Government IDHS will provide research, prototype and technology transfer solutions in significantly less time with more commercialization by: uniting multiple world-class centers for complex research initiatives co-locating prototyping facilities with agency evaluation locations educating the next generation of federal defense and security workers

IDHS Value to the Federal Government: 

IDHS Value to the Federal Government Current university R&D expenditures on IDHS initiatives: $100 million+ Current capacity for new IDHS R&D initiatives: Multi-spectral, ad hoc, reconfigurable, secure wireless network (ONR, USMC, DOJ, CIA, DHS…) High-sensitivity, harsh environment sensor arrays and networks for biodefense, chemical defense, border security and urban warfare (FEMA, Army, NSA, DHS…) Biodefense / immunology – anti-viral, anti-toxin vaccines, genomics databases, GIS, screening tools (NIH, DOD, DHS…) And many more……

Bioinformatics: 

Bioinformatics Locate the existing NIH National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering in Virginia Fund development of a model statewide digital patient database by the Virginia Bioinformatics Consortium

Nanotechnology: 

Nanotechnology Support 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act Fund regional Nanotechnology Instrumentation Networks - four centers across state Fund basic and applied collaborative research Nanomaterials by design Tools, simulation, and metrology Nanoscale biotechnology

Congressional Response to VRTAC’s RECOMMENDATIONS from Last Year: 

Restore funding and refocus NIST’s Advanced Technology Program (ATP) Support the Cyber Security Research and Development Act, HR3394 Direct restoration of Missile Defense Agency SBIR spending to 2.5% of agency budget Fully fund NSF’s nanotechnology request for $221 million Congressional Response to VRTAC’s RECOMMENDATIONS from Last Year Recommendations Congressional Action Done! Done! Done! Done! Thank you, Virginia’s Delegation!

Summary: 

Summary Technology is increasingly important to Virginia’s economy – but the sector is fragile We are positioning ourselves for more rapid growth than we have traditionally experienced The Virginia Congressional Delegation can help us in securing funding for defined new projects: Institute for Defense and Homeland Security Bioinformatics Nanotechnology