2018 FLC Mid-Atlantic Regional Award Winners Announced
The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC) Mid-Atlantic Region is pleased to announce the following winners of its 2018 awards:
Educational Institution and Federal Laboratory Partnership Award
National Cancer Institute
Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer
"NCI Immunotherapy Co-sponsored by Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer"
Excellence in Technology Transfer
U.S. Agency for International Development
“Unlocking the Protein Potential of Grasshoppers and Locusts”
USDA ARS National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Center
“Genetic Improvement of Germplasm for the U.S. Atlantic Salmon Industry”
USDA ARS Genetic Improvement for Fruits and Vegetables Laboratory
“Pepper Jack, Midnight Creeper & Lil’ Pumpkin”
USDA ARS Plum Island Animal Disease Center
“A Cell Line Sensitive to Foot and Mouth Disease Virus”
Interagency Partnership
U.S. Agency for International Development
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
“Connecting Space to Village – NASA and USAID’s SERVIR Program”
USDA Agricultural Research Service
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
“SBIR-Technology Transfer Program”
Outstanding Technology Transfer Professional
James Poulos, USDA ARS Northeast Area
Rookie of the Year
Dr. Sidra Ahsan, National Cancer Institute
State and Local Economic Development
National Energy Technology Laboratory
City of Pittsburgh
“The Partnership Between NETL and the City of Pittsburgh”
The awards will be presented during the FLC Mid-Atlantic regional meeting at the Universities of Shady Grove in Rockville, Maryland, on November 14, 2018. Congratulations to all the winners on a job well done.