Advanced Industry Accelerator Grants Announced

The Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) has announced grantees for the Advanced Industry Accelerator Grant Program. A total of $2,931,851 will be awarded for the Proof-of-Concept and Early Stage Capital and Retention Grants to support Colorado's advanced industries. Read about current awards. 

Next Application Cycle Deadline is July 1

Information on the Advanced Industry Accelerator Grant Program 

MBio Diagnostics, Inc. Closes 6.3M Funding

MBio Diagnostics Inc. announced that it has closed a $6.3 million round of Series B funding that will be used to advance work on a portable diagnostic tool that can detect proteins, cells, nucleic acids and small molecules in minutes.

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Technical Tutorials Available

SPIE has launched a new peer-reviewed e-book series beginning with tutorials on image resolution, fiber optics, and logistics of setting up a laser lab. The new series fills a gap between longer works and single papers, and provides an accessible resource for professionals throughout the field. E-books in the Spotlights series are available for mobile devices and as downloadable PDFs. They are also accessible to institutional users via the SPIE Digital Library. For More information - including how to become a Spotlights author...click here 

SPIE Releases "Optics and Photonics Global Salary Report"

The SPIE study finds that salaries are up most in China, gender disparity is still wide, and job satisfaction is high. Read the report. 

Photonics West 2016 Issues Call for Papers

Abstracts Due August 15

Get the details here