USA

Manufacturing USA is a public-private network of 14 manufacturing institutes. Its role is to connect people, ideas, and technologies, but also stakeholders from industry, academia, and the US government to solve industry-relevant advanced manufacturing challenges & to secure U.S. global prominence...

The U.S Economic Development Administration has launched in 2014 the Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) Programme. 180 projects have received funds since its beginning, and a $23 million is expected for this year. Each year, awardees are given the possibility to leverage regional assets and build...

The Discussion Paper is available! The Discussion Paper aims to provide an overview of the current cooperation activities between European and American clusters, as well as the nature of collaboration between clusters and other types of Research & Innovation actors. This paper provides examples of...

You have probably heard of the Austin SXSW Interactive Festival, in Texas, USA. Most SXSW attendees call it an opportunity for unparalleled networking. During the Interactive Festival part of SXSW, innovative companies from all over the world meet, market their innovations, attend pitch sessions...

Attention: EU cluster managers! Are you interested in collaborating with US clusters and R&I networks? Wish to find new opportunities for your members abroad? Eager to learn from peers how to establish successful international links? If so, we would like to invite you to participate in a high-level...

The ENRICH in the USA initiative provides services of high value for researchers and businesses, but also facilitators in the innovation landscape such as clusters. An Innovation Tour on the US East Coast is expected to be launched in Spring 2019: this service aims at giving important insights into...

The roundtable is a part of US cluster delegation visit to EU organised by BILAT US 4.0 taking place from the 6th to the 9th of November 2018. The roundtable will focus on networking and knowledge exchange with the US delegation consisting of 13 American business associations, R&I networks, and...

Manufacturing USA, a network, constituted to support and drive forward advanced manufacturing, has released its 2017 annual report. The network gathers regional institutes, each with a specialised technology focus. The institutes share one goal: to secure the future of manufacturing in the U.S...

Selected members of the BioEconomy Cluster will travel to Boston, USA from June 2 to 5, 2018 as part of an acquisition trip. Owing to the companies and institutes located in the regions around Boston, New York and Philadelphia, the sector focus of this trip will be on life science, biotechnology...

On July 26, 2018, President Jean-Claude Juncker met with President Donald Trump to launch a new phase for the trade relations between the European Union and the United States. Their encounter took place at the White House in Washington DC. Both parties agreed on a Joint US-EU Statement, launching “a...

The U.S. Department of energy launched a new service call “Lab Partnering Service” a platform which provides a single access for investors, innovators and institutions to obtain information from one of the seventeen national laboratories. This aims at easing the access to public research to...

The American State Science and Technology Institute (STTI) released a map of all SBIR and STTR awards distributed in the United States, by metropolitan areas between 2013-and 2017. The SBIR and STTR awards are given by the American Seed Fund, a fund managed by the Small Business Administration, at...