STATE AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AWARD

State and Local Economic Development Award

Award Category Description

The FLC State and Local Economic Development Award recognizes successful initiatives that involve partnerships between state or local-level economic development groups and federal laboratories for economic benefit. Initiatives must have occurred during the past five fiscal years.

Explore past State and Local Economic Development Award winners here.

Submission Criteria

All FLC Awards submissions must be submitted through the lab’s designated agency or laboratory representative.

  1. Describe the successful initiative that involved a partnership between a state or local-level economic development group(s) and a federal lab for economic benefit. Describe how the technology transfer process of the partnering laboratory was impacted in this successful initiative (e.g., joint marketing, new funding program, direct outreach to inventors, co-location, etc.).  
  2. Identify each of the nominees’ organizations and key staff associated with this award. Describe the contributions each of the federal laboratories and state and/or local economic-level development groups made that directly impacted how the technology transfer-related initiative economically changed the community.
  3. Specifically identify and describe the following:
    • The formal partnership mechanism used (memorandum of understanding (MOU), contract, grant, collaboration agreement, etc.)
    • The innovative nature of this approach/partnership
    • Geographical information/demographics of the area served
  4. State the goals and objectives that were met through this initiative and partnership. Quantify the technology transfer initiative in economic development terms (e.g., number of people in the community impacted, number of jobs created, square footage of buildings purchased or leased, number of patents disclosed, number of licenses achieved, number of small businesses started, incubator tenancy increase, funding secured, etc.).

Note: The judges will have a wide range of backgrounds and expertise. Accordingly, please use non-technical language to the extent possible and explain technical terms where needed. Use clear, concise language in all narrative descriptions.