|
Grantee |
Purpose & Outcome |
Amount |
|
CWRU and
Omeris |
Phase I Study The
Northeast Ohio Biomedical Economy: Building World-Class
Distinction, documented resources and established a
database for use by local entrepreneurs
|
$50,000 |
|
Omeris |
Phase II Study The
Northeast Ohio Life Sciences Cluster: Opportunities for
a New Economy, laid the groundwork for BioEnterprise and
an infrastructure of high-tech companies
|
112,500 |
|
National
Academy of Engineering |
A biomedical technology
seminar held in Cleveland |
5,000 |
|
Case
Western Reserve University |
Weatherhead
Entrepreneurial Study documenting reasons for the
decline in Cleveland business innovations after 1950 and
suggesting new strategies for regaining momentum
|
10,000 |
|
Omeris/Early
Stage Partners |
A partial
match to the $322,000 awarded by Technology Action Fund
to fund organizational and start-up capital to organize
what has become the leading early-stage private equity
fund in the region |
35,000 |
|
Case
Western Reserve University School of Law |
Conference on the
economic, legal and social issues in growing our
biotechnology cluster |
30,000 |
|
Weatherhead
School of Management, Case Western Reserve University |
Weatherhead Business
Launch Competitions in 2001 and 2002, which attracted
129 entries vying for $100,000 in prizes
|
75,000 |
|
CAMP, Inc. |
Ohio Intellectual
Property Collaborative to enable corporations to donate
patents for local commercialization |
150,000 |
|
MidTown
Cleveland |
Ohio Knitting Mills
Renovation Study began the development of the MidTown
Technology Center Building #1 to house young biotech
ventures |
40,000 |
|
University
Circle, Inc. |
Studies to establish the
potential benefits of a roadway access from the current
end of I-490 to University Circle, BioEnterprise and
spin-off companies |
10,000 |
|
Ohio
Aerospace Council |
A regional strategy by
Battelle to commercialize and license NASA Glenn technology
for local commercial applications |
75,000 |
|
Cleveland
Clinic Innovations |
A joint effort with
Codrington Foundation to establish investment grade
spin-off companies using CCF technology
|
100,000 |
|
WIRE-Net |
Two-year grant for
manufacturing innovation targeting $17.5 million in new
revenue and 40 new jobs at 25 local companies |
75,000 |
|
Mt. Sinai
Clinical Skills & Simulation Center |
Funded planning phase of
this joint venture between CCF, the VA Hospital,
MetroHealth Medical Center, University Hospitals, and
the CWRU School of Medicine to build a
simulation/training center |
25,000 |
|
Ohio
Grantmakers Forum |
To convene meetings of
foundations throughout the region to stimulate their
interest in economic development |
25,000 |
|
NorTech |
Analytical support for
the implementation of the Battelle/NASA Glenn "Roadmap"
recommendations |
15,000 |
|
Ohio
Grantmakers Forum |
Support for Funders Forum
Great Again! Conference to develop a regional economic
development strategy |
10,000 |
|
Fund for
our Economic Future |
A collaborative pooled
fund from corporate, private and community foundations
to support regional economic development
|
110,000 |
|
NorTech/One
Cleveland |
To help establish a new
cluster of fuel cell companies in Northeast Ohio
|
50,000 |
|
Case
Western Reserve University |
Production of a directory
of 660 NEO nonprofit organizations active in regional
economic development |
10,000 |
|
NorTech |
Expansion of its
ultra-broadband community computing program in Northeast
Ohio |
50,000 |
|
NorTech/Nano
Network Ohio |
Strategic plan for
development of regional nanotechnology applications |
50,000 |
|
Cleveland
Clinic Medical Innovation Summits |
Annual medical summits
for commercialization of life science technologies |
70,000 |
|
BioEnterprise |
Co-sponsorship, together
with The Generation Foundation, of The Booming
Healthcare Economy conference |
32,000 |
|
Entrepreneurs for Sustainability |
Business plan for
industrial ecology program for Cuyahoga River Valley
manufacturers |
21,700 |
|
WIRE-Net |
Conference on developing
regional capacity in wind turbine manufacturing |
2,500 |
|
NorTech |
Research on and
feasibility study of a Sustainability Roadmap for
Northeast Ohio |
50,000 |
|
Cuyahoga
Regional Energy Development Task Force |
To support the Offshore
Wind Research Study to develop the world’s first
freshwater wind turbine project and research center |
25,000 |
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