The Innovation Partnership (IPart) is a consortium of economic development and business assistance organizations located throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Our statewide network of partnering agencies provides us the depth and breadth necessary to address your need for additional financial, technical and business assistance. IPart is substantially supported monetarily by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development and ALL of its Partner Organizations.
In order to obtain assistance from the IPart you must work through one of the participating Partner Organizations. Contact the Innovation Partner nearest you (see below) to get started with IPart. If you have any questions or need any guidance, please contact the IPart administrative office.
Administrative Office
Kelly S. Wylam, Ececutive Director
1010 N. 7th Street, Suite 304
Harrisburg, PA 17102
Phone: (717) 948-4318
Fax: (717) 772-3594
Website: www.innovationpartnership.net
Ben Franklin technology Partners (BFTP) |
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| Central & Northern Office: Erie Brian Slawin, Regional Director Knowledge Park, Suite 202 5340 Fryling Road Erie, PA 16510 Phone: (814) 898-6539 Fax: (814) 898-6613 Email: brianslawin@cnp.benfranklin.org Website: www.cnp.benfranklin.org | Central & Northern Office: Harrisburg 1010 N. 7th St., Suite 307 Harrisburg, PA 17102 Phone: (717) 948-6372 Fax: (717) 772-3594 Website: www.cnp.benfranklin.org |
| Central & Northern Office: PSU John Siggins 150 Innovation Blvd., Suite 150 University Park, PA 16803 Phone: (814) 865-2879 Fax: (814) 865-0960 Email: jes42@psu.edu Website: www.cnp.benfranklin.org | BFTP Northeastern PA Office 116 Research Drive Bethlehem, PA 18015-3715 Phone: (610) 758-5200 Fax: (610) 861-5918 Email: info@nep.benfranklin.org Website: www.nep.benfranklin.org |
| BFTP Southeastern PA Office Building 100, Innovation Center 4800 S. 18th Street, Suite 200 The Navy Yard Philadelphia, PA 19112 Phone: (215) 972-6700 Fax: (215) 972-5588 Website: www.sep.benfranklin.org | BFTP Southwestern PA Office (Innovation Works) 2000 Technology Drive, Suite 250 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219-3109 Phone: (412) 681-1520 Fax: (412) 681-2625 Email:http://www.innovationworks.org/contactus.aspx Website: www.innovationworks.org |
Carnegie Mellon University |
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| Cindy Chepanoske, Director of Technology Licensing CMU Center for Technology Transfer and Enterprise Creation Bakery Square OVPR 5000 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Phone: (412) 268-2979 Email: cchepano@andrew.cmu.edu Website: http://www.cmu.edu/cttec |
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Drexel University |
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| Shintaro Kaido Vice Provost for Innovation, & Exec. Dir. Drexel Applied Innovation The Left Bank 3180 Chestnut Street, Suite 104 Philadelphia, PA 19104 Email: shintaro.kaido@drexel.edu Website: http://drexel.edu/applied-innovation/ |
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Industrial Resource Center Network (IRC) |
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| IRC Centers in PA Locate your Center https://pamade.org/find-your-regional-irc/t | Catalyst Connection Matt Holjes Managing Director of Business Development 2000 Technology Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Phone: (412) 918-4264 Email: mhojles@catalystconnection.org Website: www.catalystconnection.org |
| Delaware Valley IRC (DVIRC) 2905 Southampton Road Philadelphia, PA 19154 Phone: (215) 464-8550 Fax: (215) 464-8570 Website: www.dvirc.org | Manufacturing Technology IRC (MANTEC) 600 N. Hartley Street, Suite 100 York, PA 17404 Phone: (717) 843-5054 Fax: (717) 854-0087 Website: https://mantec.org/ |
| Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC) Hanover Office Plaza 961 Marcon Boulevard, Suite 200 Allentown, PA 18109 Phone: (610) 628-4640 Website: https://www.mrcpa.org/ | Northeastern PA IRC (NEPIRC) 75 Young Street Hanover Industrial Estates Hanover Township, PA 18706-1471 Phone: (570) 819-8966 TollFree: (800) 654-8960 Website: http://www.nepirc.com/ |
| Northwest PA IRC (NWPIRC) 8425 Peach Street Erie, PA 16509 Phone: (814) 217-6060 Fax: (814) 864-4077 Website: https://www.nwirc.org/ | Innovative Manufacturers’ Center (IMC) One College Avenue, DIF 32 Williamsport, PA 17701-5799 Phone: (570) 329-3200 TollFree: (800) 326-9467 Website: http://imcpa.com/ |
| Life Sciences Greenhouse of Central PA (LSGPA) Steve Carpenter, Senior Venture Associate 225 Market Street, Suite 500 Harrisburg, PA 17101 Phone: (717) 635-2100 Email: scarpenter@lsgpa.com Website: www.lsgpa.com | Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse (PLSG) James Osborn (OZ) 2425 Sidney Street Pittsburgh, PA 15203 Phone: (412) 201-7370 Website: https://www.plsg.com/ |
Penn Center for Innovation (PCI) |
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| Laurie Actman Chief Marketing, Comm. & Programs Officer 3600 Civic Center Blvd, 9th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19104 Phone: (215) 573-1981 Email: lactman@upenn.edu Website: https://pci.upenn.edu/ |
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Pennsylvania Department of Community |
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| Jennifer Leinbach Executive Director, BFTDA PA DCED, Office of Technology Investment Commonwealth Keystone Building 400 North Street, 4th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17101Phone: (717) 720-1396 Email: jeleinbach@pa.gov Website: https://dced.pa.gov/business-assistance/technology-innovation/ |
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Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center (RMC) |
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| Robert Bylone President & CEO Penn State Harrisburg 777 West Harrisburg Pike, Church Hall, 3rd Fl. Middletown, PA 17057-4898 Phone: (717) 948-6660 Email: rjbPhone: 128@psu.edu Website: https://pennrmc.org/ |
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Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers (PA SBDCs) |
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| Bucknell University SBDC Steven Stumbris, Director 112 Dana Engineering Building Lewisburg, PA 17837 Phone: (570) 577-3791 Fax: (570) 577-1768 Email: Steven.Stumbris@Bucknell.edu Website: www.bucknell.edu/SBDC | Clarion University SBDC Cindy Nellis, Director The Barnes Center 330 North Point Dr. Clarion, PA 16214-1232 Phone: (814) 393-2060 Fax: (814) 393-2636 Email: cnellis@clarion.edu Website: http://web.clarion.edu/sbdc/ |
| Duquesne University SBDC Richard A. Longo, R.N., FACHE, FACMPE, CTC, Director Rockwell Hall, Room 108 600 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15282 Phone: (412) 396-5138 Fax: (412) 396-5884 Email: longor@duq.edu Website: www.duq.edu/sbdc | Gannon University SBDC Margaret Horne, Director Center for Business Ingenuity 900 State Street, Suite 100 Erie, PA 16501 Phone: (814) 871-7232 Fax: (814) 871-7383 Website: http://www.sbdcgannon.org |
| Indiana University of PA SBDC Tony Palamone, Director 108 Eberly College of Business 664 Pratt Drive Indiana, PA 15705 Phone: (724) 357-5729 Email: iup-sbdc@iup.edu Website: https://www.iup.edu/business/sbdc/ | Kutztown University SBDC Dr. Ernie Post, Director Berks County Community Found. Bldg. 237 Court Street, 2nd Floor Reading, PA 19601 Phone: (877) 472-7232 Fax: (610) 685-2240 Email: post@kutztown.edu Website:http://www.kutztownsbdc.org |
| Lehigh University SBDC Brett Smith, Director 416 E. 5th Street Bethlehem, PA 18015 Phone: (610) 758-3980 Email: insbdc@lehigh.edu Website: https://sbdc.lehigh.edu | Lock Haven University SBDC Tim Keohane, Director 301 West Church Street Lock Haven, PA 17745 Phone: (570) 484-2589 Fax: (570) 484-2588 Website: http://community.lhup.edu/sbdc/ |
| Penn State University SBDC Tim Keohane, Director 200 Innovation Blvd. 119 Technology Center University Park, PA 16802 Note: Located in Innovation Park Phone: 814-863-4293 Email: tjk272@psu.edu Website: http://sbdc.psu.edu | Saint Francis University SBDC Jeffrey Boldizar, Director 117 Evergreen Drive P.O. Box 600 Loretto, PA 15940 Phone: (814) 472-3200 Fax: (814) 814-3202 Email: jboldizar@francis.edu Website: www.sfcpa.edu/sbdc |
| Saint Vincent College SBDC James Kunkel, Director Aurelius Hall, 1st Floor 300 Fraser Purchase Road Latrobe, Pennsylvania 15650 Phone: (724) 537-4572 Fax: (724) 537-0919 Email: james.kunkel@email.stvincent.edu Website: http://www.stvincent.edu/sbdc | Shippensburg University Dr. Michael Unruh, Director 405 Grove Hall 1871 Old Main Drive Shippensburg, PA 17257-2299 Phone: (717) 477-1935 Fax: (717) 477-4010 Email: mhunru@ship.edu Website: http://www.ship.edu/sbdc |
| Temple University SBDC Karl Kraus, Director 1510 Cecil B. Moore Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19121 Phone: (267) 468-8575 Email: KarlSBDC@Temple.edu Website: temple.edu/sbdc | University of Pittsburgh SBDC Ray Vargo, Director 23 S. Bouquet Street Wesley W. Posvar Hall, 1st Floor Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Phone: (412) 648-1542 Email: rvargo@katz.pitt.edu Website: http://entrepreneur.pitt.edu/institute-centers/small-business-development-center/ |
| University of Scranton SBDC Lisa M. Hall Zielinski, Director Brown Building, 1st Floor 600 Linden Street Scranton, PA, 18510 Phone: (570) 941-7588 Fax: (570) 941-4053 Email: lisa.hall@scranton.edu Website: http://www.scrantonsbdc.com | Widener University SBDC Lenin Agudo, Director School of Business Quick Center 1304 Walnut Street, Suite 117 Chester, PA 19013 Phone: (610) 499-4109 Email: lpagudo@widener.edu Web: http://www.widenersbdc.org/ |
| Wilkes University SBDC Dorothy Lane, Director Innovation Center, Suite 200 7 South Main Street Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18701 Phone: (570) 408-4336 Email: dorothy.lane@wilkes.edu Website: sbdc.wilkes.edu | |
Penn State University |
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| Harl Tolbert Assistant VP for Research & Director of the Office of Technology Management (OTM) Penn State University 113 Technology Center University Park, PA 16802 Phone: (814) 865-6277 Email: hrt26@psu.edu Web: https://www.research.psu.edu/otm | James Delattre, PhD Assistant VP for Research Director, Office of Entrepreneurship & Commercialization Penn State University 0101 Technology Center University Park, PA 16802 Phone: 814.865.1751 Email: jld141@psu.edu Web: https://www.research.psu.edu/node/185 |
Temple University |
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| J. Todd Abrams, PhD Director, New Ventures and Business Development Technology Commercialization and Business Development 1803 N. Broad Street Carnell Hall, RM 1003 Philadelphia, PA 19122 Phone: (215) 204-8823 Email: todd.abrams@temple.edu Website: https://research.temple.edu/innovation |
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University City Science Center |
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| Heath Naquin VP Gvt & Capital Engagement The Science Center 3711 Market Street, Suite 800 Philadelphia, PA 19104 Email: HNaquin@sciencecenter.org Website: www.sciencecenter.org |
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University of Pittsburgh |
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| Paul Petrovich, CPA Asst. Director Business Development University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute 1st Floor Gardner Steel Conference Center 130 Thackeray Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Phone: (412) 624-3138 Email: ppetrovich@innovation.pitt.edu Web: http://www.innovation.pitt.edu/ |
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