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For the week of April 7, 2023, here’s what we’re reading:
- SDSU Aztecs kick off region’s electric sports season
- Northrop Grumman-led team wins prestigious Collier Trophy
- Salk Institute receives $5M for Harnessing Plants Initiative
- EDC’s April update: A note from Mark Cafferty
- SDSU team receives $10M for safe street research
- Sanford Burnham Prebys receives $2.6M grant for pancreatic cancer research
- City of San Diego to install vehicle chargers in 400 city parking lots
- San Diego Foundation donates $500K to local nonprofits to improve childcare
- Illumina celebrates 25 years and the evolution of genomics
- Scripps Health named on Fortune 100 Best Companies list for 15th time
- Alexandria Real Estate, IQHQ, Stockdale Capital named to 42Floors’ Top 20 Biggest Life Sciences Projects Due This Year list
…and here are some events and opportunities:
- May 11 – WTCSD
MetroConnect PitchFest & World Trade Week Expo - Deadline: May 18 – WTCSD
Apply: MetroConnect export accelerator program - Deadline: Apr 25 – EDC, Advancing San Diego
Host computing and engineering interns this summer - Apr 11 – GO-Biz, Semi
Webinar: California CHIPS Act & Government Incentives - Apr 13 – Verizon
Small Business Digital Ready: San Diego Summit - Apr 20 – CMTC
Webinar: Strategies for Securing Government Procurement Contracts - Opportunity – City of San Diego
Life Science Industry Pilot Program
Case Study: American Lithium Energy Corporation
Carlsbad-based American Lithium Energy Corporation (ALE) manufactures the most advanced lithium-ion battery in the world, offering battery applications for defense, aerospace, medical devices, electric vehicles, and much more. ALE needed to grow quickly to meet the sharp increase in demand for its batteries during the pandemic.
Find out how EDC helped them to fulfil those demands and more in our monthly report.
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