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State Awards $1.37 Million for FinTech Incubator at Western New England University
The Healey-Driscoll administration and MassTech have awarded Western New England University (WNE) a $1.37 million Tech and Innovation Ecosystem grant to establish an incubator that will drive innovation in financial technology, or fintech. WNE’s new Springfield-based fintech incubator will bolster talent development in the growing tech sector; fund new, on-campus computing infrastructure for hands-on learning…
UMass Announces $250,000 in Technology Development Fund Awards
New technologies aimed at improving prostate-cancer diagnosis, enhancing employment services for job seekers with disabilities, and optimizing clinical-use treatments for melanoma patients could get closer to market thanks to $250,000 in seed funding announced by the University of Massachusetts. Ten faculty research projects will each receive up to $25,000 from the Technology Development Fund, an…
Amherst and Deerfield libraries to receive $2.1M in additional funding
Amherst and Deerfield libraries have been awarded additional funding to provide enhancements to the facilities. In a collaborative effort with the Healey-Driscoll Administration, Senator Jo Comerford (D-Northampton), Representative Mindy Domb (D-Amherst), and Representative Natalie M. Blais (D-Deerfield) have successfully secured additional funding amounting to $2,165,861 for pending library construction projects in Amherst and Deerfield. Read…