Thursday, May 06, 2004
Pittsburgh's Digital Greenhouse has launched the Pennsylvania Cyber Security Commercialization Initiative (PaCSCI), as a new economic developemnt initiative. The goal is to accelerate the development of student ideas into Pennsylvania-based businesses.
PaCSCI will provide university student teams with support as they work to move their products and ideas from the conception phase at the university to commercialization.
Participating students will receive support at the university in the concept phase where their cyber security ideas are initially developed. Students will continue to receive support from PaCSCI for the research and development of their product or idea.
If the product proves to be successful, the students will then receive assistance from the program to form a Pennsylvania-based company.
The final step of the program will be to provide early stage funding for the new company. Read more.
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Pennsylvania launches cyber security initiative
