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The Maine Technology Institute reports it has given out three grants worth a total of $140,000 to Pine Tree State organizations.
The MTI gave the grants under its Cluster Initiative Program, which is intended to provide funding for feasibility and planning collaborative projects in the state’s technology clusters, including IT, forestry, agriculture and manufacturing. The deadline for the next round of Cluster Initiative Program grants is March 18.
The following organizations received grants:
• TechMaine: $49,500 for its Online Education Program. The Westbrook-based organization is looking to provide technical training to Maine technologists.
• Heart of Maine Resource Conservation and Development Area: $50,000 for the Bangor-based organization to conduct a quantitative and qualitative evaluation of an online ordering software system for selling farm-produced foods grown in Penobscot, Piscataquis and Somerset counties.
• The University of Southern Maine: $40,500 for the university’s School of Applied Science, Engineering and Technology to expand its Manufacturing Applications Center, which helps Maine companies commercialize new technologies.
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