Welcome to the Maine Technology Institute The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) is a state-funded nonprofit corporation that offers early-stage capital and commercialization assistance for the research and development of innovative technology-based projects that create new products, processes and services, generating high-quality jobs across Maine. Did you know? For every $1 of MTI funding, $12 are leveraged in additional private and public financing for Maine Read more about MTI's impact in Maine. Latest MTI News 12/15/08 MTI President Betsy Biemann Gives Video Interview on MTI and Technology in Maine to Creative Ledge 11/14/08 MTI Issues New Innovator with Focus on Maine Clusters 11/13/08 MTI Awards Nearly $206,000 for 17 Seed Grants 10/17/08 MTI Announces 2nd Round of Awards for $20 Million for the Maine Technology Asset Fund; Workshops Begin October 28 10/15/08 MTI Approves Nearly $594,000 in Technology Awards 09/29/08 MTI Makes Three Cluster Enhancement Awards Totaling $430,000 MTI Announcements, Deadlines and Dates Seed Grant deadline: February 12, 2009. Signed, complete proposals must be received by MTI at its office by 5 p.m. Development Award deadline: February 2, 2009. Applications must be received by MTI at its office by 5 p.m. Maine Technology Asset Fund October 28 - December 1, 2008: Workshops in each Maine county for the second round of the Maine Technology Asset Fund (MTAF) awards. Click here for the list of workshops. December 17, 2008: Closed deadline to submit electronically a Notice of Intent to Apply for the second and final round of MTAF awards. January 21, 2009: Deadline to submit paper applications for the second round of MTAF awards. Cluster Initiative Program deadline: March 27, 2009. Applications must be received by MTI at its office by 5 p.m. MTI Award Recipients in the News MTI Awardee Opens New Year with Beta Testing on iPhone, Blackberry Recipient of two MTI Seed Grants, mCaddie has won approval of beta testing of its virtual golf caddie with iPhone and BlackBerry this January. Read the story in the Sun Journal article of January 2,2009. Click here to read more stories about MTI Award Recipients in the News.