January 15, 2008 - The Finger Lakes Wired www.fingerlakeswired.com [1] announced today that it is allocating an additional $1.6 million in funds - on top of $1.4 million already awarded - to make more scholarships available to businesses in the nine-county Finger Lakes region.

Businesses in the following industries may apply for up to $25,000 in funding: advanced manufacturing, alternative energy, bio/life sciences, business services, engineering, food and agriculture, healthcare (including not-for-profit healthcare organizations), information technology, and optics/imaging.