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Maryland Innovation Initiative plans Baltimore Innovation Initiative to extend commercialization supports to 20 institutions
Summary
Abid (A. Calshrestha), newly appointed executive director of the Maryland Innovation Initiative, described plans to expand MII’s commercialization assistance to 20 public institutions in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson metro area through a Baltimore Innovation Initiative RFA and technical support starting in mid-2025.
Abid (last name in transcript: Calshrestha) said he joined the Maryland Innovation Initiative (MII) as executive director on July 1, 2024, and described MII’s work to identify university technologies and support commercialization and follow-on investment.
Abid told the Ways and Means Committee on Jan. 15 that MII traditionally works with five research institutions — Johns Hopkins University; University of Maryland College Park; University of Maryland Baltimore County; University of Maryland Baltimore; and Morgan State University — and that the initiative invests roughly…
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