Development Assistance

The Innovation Institute provides various forms of non-financial assistance on projects that are aligned with its mission and designed to accomplish stated goals and objectives. In this regard, the Institute focuses its attention on efforts to promote the development of technology-intensive industries (or clusters) in the Commonwealth and to deploy technology to address specific social and economic issues in the Commonwealth.

In both types of collaborations, the Innovation Institute serves principally as a catalyst and facilitator for discussions among interested parties defining problems, identifying potential solutions, and taking necessary actions.

The Innovation Institute is active in projects related to the:

• deployment of wireless laptops in Massachusetts’ classrooms
• establishment of a new Nanotechnology Initiative