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Clearing the Roadblocks to Transportation Innovation

Breakthrough technologies are emerging rapidly throughout U.S. transportation systems, from AI-enabled traffic management pilots by state DOTs to the continued expansion of automated vehicle (AV) testing and deployment. Yet the…

04.01.26 | 5 min read
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Government Capacity
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Philanthropy Partnerships Summit Report: Building Collaborations for Impact

…the pathways that bring new technologies to market. Regional innovation and entrepreneurship Participants discussed the role of philanthropy and NSF in fostering regional innovation ecosystems that link invention, entrepreneurship, workforce…

02.03.26 | 20 min read
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State & Local Innovation
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Gil’s Corner: September Sprinting and Webinar September 26

…these significant changes.  NSF: Positive news – The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines (NSF Engines) program announced 15 finalists advancing to the next stage of the program’s…

09.25.25 | 13 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Why Listening Matters for Moonshot Programs: ARPA-I’s National Tour

…Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). In the growing field of regional innovation and place-based economic development, federal investments like EDA Tech Hubs, NSF Regional Innovation Engines, and others are…

08.05.25 | 7 min read
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Government Capacity
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The Untold Story of the CHIPS and Science Act

Regional Innovation Engines from the perspective of the people who built it, in their own words, over at Harvard Kennedy School. Contribute your own story about Regional Innovation Engines here….

05.30.25 | 2 min read
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