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1Centennial Botanical Garden Receives $1 Million Grant

July 27, 2010 -- The Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden Research and Education Center and the city of Tulsa have accepted a $1 million grant to make improvements to the garden's grounds and buildings, according to the Tulsa World.
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2OCAST Names Five Nano Application Award Winners

June 29, 2010 -- Five nanotechnology application award winners have been approved for funding under the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST) Nanotechnology Applications Project (ONAP). Winners will be awarded more than $1.4 million for the next three years.
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3OCAST Board Approves 32 Health Projects

June 23, 2010 -- Thirty-two Oklahoma health research projects were chosen by a peer review team from a total of 148 applicants and have been approved for funding by the OCAST governing board.  The top-ranked research applications represent a three year investment by OCAST in excess of $4 million.  OCAST, the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology, is Oklahoma’s technology-based economic development agency.
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4Treasury Releases New Guidance for Tax Credit in Affordable Care Act to Support Groundbreaking Biomedical Research

June 22, 2010 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced the guidelines for applying for the new Therapeutic Discovery Project Program created by the Affordable Care Act.  The program will provide tax credits and grants to small firms that show significant potential to produce new and cost-saving therapies, support good jobs and increase U.S. competitiveness. Click here to apply for the Theraputic Discovery Project Program
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5Applicants Competing for Edge Fund Distribution

June 8, 2010 -- The Economic Development Generating Excellence Policy Board announced it received 62 pre-proposals for award consideration. This will be the third round of funding disbursements from the EDGE fund; last year 65 pre-proposals were received with 5 awards granted, totaling $7.5 million. This year, around $6 million will be available for award distribution, making the competition even greater among current applicants.
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