2009 Award of Excellence Finalists and Winners
(press release)

Awards of Excellence in Business Assistance

• Winner - Iowa State University – Business Continuity Planning for Manufacturers
• PennTAP – Energy Economic Development in Central Pennsylvania
• University of South Florida – USF CONNECT: Incubating Innovation

Awards of Excellence in Technology Commercialization

• Winner - University of Florida – The Economic Impact of Technology-Based Startup and Spinoff Companies Connected to the University of Florida
• Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development – Keystone Innovation Grant Initiative
• University of South Florida – Heating Things Up: Commercialization of the TempTroll PocketBath

Awards of Excellence in Workforce Development

• Winner - SUNY Buffalo – Efficient Government Through Lean Six Sigma
• University of South Florida – Creating a Workforce to Support the High-Tech Industry in the State of Florida
• Wichita State University – Composites Kansas WIRED Initiative

Awards of Excellence in Economic Development Research

• Winner - Bowling Green State University – Locating Aspirational Clusters: A Spatial Method for Locating Ohio’s Wind Energy Cluster
• North Carolina State University – The Benchmarking Economic Development Impacts Task Force
• University of New Orleans – Housing Supply/Demand Profile in the GO Zone

Awards of Excellence in Partnership Development

• Winner - University of Alaska - AKSourceLink
• University of Kentucky – The UK Alumni Expert Network
• University of South Florida – Anchoring Tampa Bay’s Biotech Cluster

Awards of Excellence in Community Development

• Winner - Missouri State University – IDEA Commons
• North Carolina State University – The DuBois Center Conceptual Master Plan: Redevelopment of the Historic DuBois School Campus in Wake Forest, North Carolina
• The University of Memphis - Environmental Systems Enhancement Plan for the Mississippi River Corridor in Tennessee