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  • Home
  • About
    • About the Center >
      • The Next Generation of Shale Gas
    • Our Team
    • SGICC News / Press Releases
  • Partners & Advisors
    • Institutional Partners
    • Research Partners
  • Funding Opportunities
    • 2017 Shale Gas Innovation Contest
    • Technology Showcase 2017
    • DCED Grant Award >
      • DCED Grant White Papers
      • Grant Award Announcement Doc
    • Funding through the BFTP Program
    • Archived Contests >
      • 2016 Shale Gas Innovation Contest
      • Technology Showcase 2015
      • 2015 Shale Gas Innovation Contest >
        • 2015 Innovation Contest & Workshop
      • 2014 DCED Grant Summary & Results
      • 2014 Innovation Contest
      • 2013 Innovation Contest
      • 2012 Innovation Contest Results
      • 2011 Innovation Workshop Presentations
      • SGICC Annual Environmental Health & Safety Award
  • Research & Reports
  • Our Newsletter

The Shale Gas Innovation and Commercialization Center (SGICC)

In 2011 the Ben Franklin Technology Partners CNP launched the Shale Gas Innovation & Commercialization Center (SGICC). SGICC’s mission is “to establish a collaborative that will engage a wide range of partners with the intent to accelerate technology breakthroughs related to the shale energy resource.” Since its inception the center has become a nexus between shale energy innovators in the state of Pennsylvania and leading industry players who are active in the shale energy revolution. 

The cornerstone of SGICC’s efforts has been coordinating an annual Shale Gas Innovation Contest. The contest has grown substantially every year since its inception, and it functions as the primary opportunity for small companies, entrepreneurs, and university researchers to gain visibility for their new technology concepts geared towards advancing the shale energy play.   

As part of the statewide Ben Franklin Technology Partners network, SGICC is designed to vet new technology concepts, business strategies, or products/services directed towards the shale energy play, and when appropriate to provide access to seed capital that will help move promising concepts and early stage small companies forward. This is accomplished either through support from the BFTP network, utilization of other state or federal funds when available, or through facilitating third party interest via our network of large shale energy partners or investors active in the sector. SGICC functions as a conduit linking small companies, entrepreneurs, and researchers with industry partners, investors, end-users, and government agencies to address real market issues and solve problems. 

The SGICC strives to stay abreast of the day-to-day technology advancements taking place in the industry. The shale energy revolution is advancing technologically at an incredibly rapid pace, and keeping the pulse of the industry advancements in all areas is important to SGICC. We rely on a team of BFTP market researchers and a deep bench of industry experts to assist us with advising the entrepreneurs bringing concepts forward to the center for evaluation. We also produce a newsletter roughly every three weeks that captures the latest significant news in the shale energy industry.

About ben franklin technology partners

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners/CNP, an initiative of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development and funded by the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority, provides investment capital, operational assistance, and entrepreneurial support to emerging tech-based companies and small, existing manufacturers for the purpose of creating and retaining jobs in Pennsylvania.

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William Hall, Executive Director
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