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substantial support... federal, State and local
New York State received more than $1.7 billion in research support last
year from the National
Institutes of Health (NIH); and, New York State has further fostered
high-tech and biotech industries with more than $1 billion invested
since 1995. The State government continues its pursuit to be the leader
in supporting biotechnology with more than $125 million provided in
2003 to a variety of programs, including an award of $4.5 million through
the State's Gen*NY*sis program for biotechnology research at Clarkson
University in Potsdam, $23 million toward the Gen*NY*sis Center
for Excellence in Cancer Genomics and $22.5 million to Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute to create a Center for Bioengineering and Medicine.
The Gen*NY*sis
(Generating Employment through New York Science) program is focused
on biotechnology development at all stages of the research and development
process; from basic research to applied research to the clinical testing
of new products to the creation of new businesses. More than $320 million
has been allocated for Gen*NY*sis Centers for Excellence, including
monies for the construction of facilities for research and incubator
space along with bioscience parks; $90 million for research facilities,
researchers and equipment; and, $90 million for business development
loans and grants to focus on building and maintaining biotechnology
companies in the State.
New York State has a history and future as a world leader in scientific,
innovative discovery and features the research friendly, investment
climate needed for a rapidly growing biotech industry:
- New York has continued its steady increase of investment from the
world's foremost medical research centers. The State's colleges, universities,
medical research centers and biotechnology companies were awarded
a record $1.71 billion in funding in medical research grants in 2002
from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), as reported by Russell
W. Bessette, M.D., Executive Director of the New
York State office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR).
- Eight out of 13 research centers created by NYSTAR under its "Strategically
Targeted Academic Research Centers" focus on biotech research.
- The Institute
for Biotechnology and Life Sciences Technology at Cornell University
is one of the State's Designated Centers for Advanced Technology (CAT)
and serves as a focal point for bringing together university scientists
conducting research in the biological and physical sciences. A major
role of the Institute is to promote the education and training of
biologists, engineers, agricultural personnel and medical scientists.
- New York State’s Nanobiotechnology
Center (NBTC), a National Science Foundation, Science and Technology
Center is characterized by its highly interdisciplinary nature and
features a close collaboration between life scientists, physical scientists,
and engineers. They also share a commitment to education and outreach,
taking the discoveries from the laboratory and realizing their potential
benefit to society.
- Advances in biology and medicine derived from biomedical research
form the cornerstone of advanced patient care activities and educational
opportunities in the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research & Training
Program found at Albany
Medical College. The college’s research programs utilize
state-of-the-art approaches in the discovery of new knowledge and
the training of young investigators for academic or biomedical careers.
- The National Science Foundation's Survey of Research and Development
Expenditures at Universities & Colleges, Fiscal Year 1997, shows
that New York ranked second in the nation with $1.177 billion on R&D
for life sciences. And, spending at New York's biological research
institutions totaled $353.1 million on R&D for biological sciences
-- 8% of the U.S. total.
- Wadsworth Center,
the most comprehensive state health laboratory in the country, is
dedicated to science in the pursuit of health. Operated under the
New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center fulfills its
mission of protecting and promoting the health of New Yorkers through
analysis, research and education. Wadsworth’s commitment to
biomedical and environmental research is based on innovative approaches
to investigating diseases and environmental hazards of public health.
- The Bioinformatics
Center at Rensselaer and Wadsworth focuses its work on collaboration
and training in this rapidly developing field of biological science.
It unites the world-renowned specialists in the field of Bioinformatics
and facilitates joint research, recruitment of scientists and the
education of future Bioinformatics specialists.
- $250 million was provided in 2003 by the State to support the Governor's
Centers for Excellence Program and is expected to leverage a 3-to-1
ratio in new private sector and other contributions.
- The Center in Biomolecular Diagnostics and Therapeutics at SUNY
Stony Brook conducts research and technology development in the
areas of functional genomics instrumentation, gene discovery, drug
design and delivery, and smart micro- and nano-based biomaterials
and biosensors. Chief partners are Brookhaven National Laboratory
and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- According to a National Science Foundation Study, doctorate granting
institutions in New York invested a record $2.03 billion in research
in 1999, up 7.88% from the previous year -- a rate of increase higher
than any other U.S. state with more than $1 billion in R&D spending.
- The New York Biotechnology
Association (NYBA) represents more than 260 biotechnology companies,
academic and research institutions, as well as professional service
providers. NYBA promotes cooperation between academia and industry
and new and established companies. Larger member companies of the
NYBA often make specialists from their own organizations available
to offer assistance with start-up ventures.
- With your Adirondack location in the Tech Valley of New York State,
you’ll enjoy the connections that come from relationships with
neighboring small to medium-sized biotech companies as well as regional
communities offered through Bioconnex.
Bioconnex is dedicated to the development and growth of the biotechnology
community and to strengthening the competitiveness of the region as
a premier location for biotech research, education and industry.
- The Biomedical
Research Alliance of New York (BRANY) provides excellence, quality
and efficiency in the ethical conduct of clinical research for the
members of their alliance, pharmaceutical and biotech sponsors, as
well as the public in general.
- High
Tech Research & Development support is available through the
services of Empire State Development, including assistance in locating
the ideal site, workforce & demographic data, tax and financial
incentives.
From State to Regional to Local … we have the assistance you
need to get your business down to business with just a quick click or
call. Development experts with the Essex
County Industrial Development Agency and
their partners are ready to work with you to locate the right site
to meet your company’s unique needs, the community you’ll
feel most at home in, workforce selection and training, getting all
the paperwork in order, the incentives and funding that will get your
business working in the Adirondacks. |
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