{"id":8210,"date":"2012-06-14T11:00:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=8210"},"modified":"2012-06-14T13:54:34","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T19:54:34","slug":"idaho-awards-igem-money-to-research-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/06\/14\/idaho-awards-igem-money-to-research-universities\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho Awards &#8216;IGEM&#8217; Money To Research Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5685\"  class=\"wp-caption module image left\" style=\"max-width: 287px;\"><a class=\"fancybox\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/03\/IGEMLogo_IdahoTechCouncil.jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5685\" title=\"IGEMLogo_IdahoTechCouncil\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/03\/IGEMLogo_IdahoTechCouncil-300x313.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/03\/IGEMLogo_IdahoTechCouncil-300x313.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/03\/IGEMLogo_IdahoTechCouncil-220x230.jpg 220w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/files\/2012\/03\/IGEMLogo_IdahoTechCouncil.jpg 493w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Idaho Technology Council<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <\/p><\/div>\n<p>More than $2 million has been awarded to Idaho&#8217;s research universities for the first phase of the <a title=\"IGEM: Idaho\u2019s Plan To Stimulate Tech Development\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/topic\/igem\/\" target=\"_blank\">Idaho Global Entrepreneurial Mission<\/a> or IGEM.<\/p>\n<p>The public-private research initiative sailed through the 2012 Legislature after Governor C.L. &#8220;Butch&#8221; Otter pitched it as a way to expand technology development in Idaho.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers set aside $5 million for<a title=\"IGEM: Idaho\u2019s Plan To Stimulate Tech Development\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/topic\/igem\/\" target=\"_blank\"> IGEM<\/a>.\u00a0 The first three projects were announced this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$700,000 for Boise State University&#8217;s computer science program<\/li>\n<li>$670,700 for Idaho State University&#8217;s medical and semiconductor industry applications<\/li>\n<li>$640,200 for the University of Idaho&#8217;s cyber-security program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All three schools will use the money to further develop existing programs. In some cases that means hiring new faculty.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about IGEM <a title=\"IGEM: Idaho\u2019s Plan To Stimulate Tech Development\" href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/topic\/igem\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, and more about the universities plans <a href=\"http:\/\/news.boisestate.edu\/update\/2012\/06\/13\/computer-science-proposal-approved-by-herc-for-igem-funding\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than $2 million has been awarded to Idaho&#8217;s research universities for the first phase of the Idaho Global Entrepreneurial Mission or IGEM. The public-private research initiative sailed through the 2012 Legislature after Governor C.L. &#8220;Butch&#8221; Otter pitched it as a way to expand technology development in Idaho. Lawmakers set aside $5 million for IGEM.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":5685,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[144,17],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8210"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}