and Technology Park to start development of a software application that would connect and automate sensor-enabled physical assets.

Still headquartered out of Fargo, N.D., Pedigree Technologies has become an award-winning machine-to-machine business solutions provider with a national footprint. Since the commercial launch of its OneView application suite in 2009, Pedigree has more than doubled its customer base each year, with a 226% increase in 2011 alone.

As a part of our core mission, we seek to build a vibrant cleantech, green business and renewable energy economy. One of the ways we accomplish this is to develop partnerships with key organizations such as the North Central Cleantech Open.

The Cleantech Open, the World’s largest cleantech accelerator, is accepting applications for its 2012 program through Tuesday, May 8th. If you’re a Midwest entrepreneur with an early stage business, apply today and get access to:

Join the Red River Valley Research Corridor, the City of Grand Forks, and honorary co-hosts U.S. Senators Kent Conrad and John Hoeven, for a unique networking opportunity and in depth look at the developing unmanned systems industry at the UAS Summit Action Summit 2012 on May 22 & 23.
Register Here!

Join businesses from the upper Midwest and Canada at The Renewable Materials Summit: Markets for Building the Biorefinery. Collaborators from Minnesota, North Dakota, and Manitoba have come together to build a strong agenda focused on helping you grow your business.

Register by May 1st to receive early-bird pricing!

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases invites UM1 applications to support Clinical Research Networks focused on Six HIV-related Research Areas:
• Adult HIV therapeutic strategies;
• Strategies to address HIV and HIV-associated infections in pediatric and maternal populations;
• Integrated HIV prevention strategies;
• Microbicide strategies to prevent HIV infections;
• Vaccines to prevent HIV infections; and,
• Strategies to address antibacterial resistance.

The Air Force Research Laboratory invites whitepapers to support Sensor Innovative Research in One or More of 20 Topic Areas. Multiple awards are anticipated. Eligibility is unrestricted domestically. Whitepapers will be accepted on a continuing basis until Apr 5, 2017. More information regarding BAA-12-02-PKS is available at: https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFRLWRS/BAA-12-02-PKS/listing.html.

During a ceremony held at the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), Dr. Gerald Groenewold, EERC Director, and Dr. Robert Kelley, President, University of North Dakota, along with Governor Jack Dalrymple (R-ND); U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-ND); U.S. Representative Rick Berg (R-ND); Grand Forks Mayor Dr. Michael Brown; Dr. Anthony Cugini, Director, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL); and Jim Maser, President, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc. (PWR), commissioned a revolutionary commercial-scale gasification technology developed by PWR.

In a pact that reinforces the region's leadership in a growing global industry, the University of North Dakota and Northland Community & Technical College (NCTC) today signed a memorandum of agreement that joins two national leaders in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) education, research, and training.

UND President Robert Kelley and NCTC President Anne Temte inked a five year MOA that commits them to much closer collaboration in the preparation of UAS pilots, sensor operators, and the technicians who will be essential to keeping aloft those unmanned birds and their complex systems.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency — Energy (ARPA-E) invites proposals through the ARPA-E Open Funding Opportunity Announcement to Support Breakthrough Energy Technologies that are too risky for the private sector and, if successfully developed, will create the foundation for entirely new industries. Areas eligible for support under this announcement include, but are not limited to, electricity generation, transmission, storage and distribution; energy efficiency for buildings, manufacturing and personal use; and all aspects of transportation.

Scientists in a lab at NDSU’s Center for Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) are analyzing materials that could eventually play a role in North Dakota oil exploration.