June 29, 2009, Charlottetown, PE – At a ceremony held in Charlottetown today, PEI Premier Robert Ghiz gave special recognition to the first successful proponents of the Province's new Discovery and Development Fund, Graduate and Post-Doctoral Fellowships, Industry Research Chairs and the first Medal for Innovation Award was presented to Dr. Russ Kerr, CEO, Nautilus Biosciences Canada Inc. These initiatives are part of Prince Edward Island's five-year Prosperity Strategy. Follow the links to read more about the Premier’s Medal of Innovation and Industry Research Chairs Announcment, the Graduate and Post Doctoral Fellowships Funded Through Island Prosperity Strategy, and the story about Island Prosperity Strategy Supports New Product Development.

June 24, 2009, Charlottetown, PE – Eleven research and development proposals have been offered funding under the Discovery and Development Fund, a program to encourage new product development through partnerships between primary resource industries, the private sector and research institutions. Read more HERE...

Ron Keefe, CEO BioVectra & Chair, PEI BioAlliance, Dr. Michael Mayne, PEI Premier Robert Ghiz, and Kirsten Connor, Upton Farm Preservation Network unveil plans for the new BioCommons Research Park in Charlottetown.

June 19, 2009, Charlottetown, PE – The Prince Edward Island BioAlliance heaped praise on the Ghiz government today for following through on their commitment to establish a new bioscience business park and business incubator for Prince Edward Island. The Province announced today that the location for the $30-million development will be Upton Farm in West Royalty, adjacent to the West Royalty Industrial Park where a number of PEI bioscience companies now operate. Read the full story HERE... To read the press release issued today by the province click HERE...

June 4, 2009 - Federal Minister of Industry, Tony Clement and PEI Premier Robert Ghiz announced that Holland College in Charlottetown will receive a total of $17 million, $8.5 million from the Knowledge Infrastructure Program (KIP), matched by $8.5 million from the Province to improve program offerings, research, and collaboration capabilites in the area of science and technology through the construction of a new 55,000 square foot Centre for Applied Science and Technology at the Charlottetown Centre campus. Read more on this story HERE...

June 2, 2009 - Top Novartis Executives were in Prince Edward Island recently, as the leading Global Animal Health Company officially opened their expanded vaccine production facility and Center for Aqua Research and Development for global customers in Charlottetown, PEI. Also an announcement that Novartis and the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC) at the University of Prince Edward Island will be collaborating on infectious salmon anaemia research through a Research Chair in Fish Health Management at AVC. Partnerships with the Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island, along with Atlantic Canada, and national and international institutions are helping Novartis support an efficient and environmentally sustainable global aquaculture industry. Click HERE...for more on this story....

June 2, 2009 - The PEI BioAlliance invites the public to their 4th Annual Summer Solstice Survival Golf Tournament and BBQ event which will be held on Tuesday, June 30, 2009. For full details view the invitation HERE...