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he Association for Entrepreneurial Science (AES) is located within Rockville, Maryland's Biomedical Research Institute (BRI). BRI's website www.afbr-bri.com says that "AES brings together all the accompanying business skills required for profit making entrepreneurs to bring scientific products and services to the marketplace."
AES opened in 1985 and has assisted numerous companies in their development, the incubator has AAALAC certified facilities and the resources to provide professional services in the areas of legal assistance, financial support and accounting, as well as purchasing and secretarial services. A February 2005 article in The Daily Record (Baltimore) says cost of incubator space is "below market rates" and facilities include "wet lab space, autoclaves, low-temp repository, biohazard and chemical fume hoods, controlled substance handling and storage, environmental rooms and clean-room facilities."
In addition, www.greaterwashington.org's incubator directory states that AES provides space ranging in size from 200 to 3,000 square feet, the incubator directory also says that AES provides professional advice to businesses "ranging from preparation of business plans and implementation of employee benefits, to real estate planning for when they relocate when leaving AES." Choosemaryland.org and the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development identifies the convenience of the incubator's location is its proximity to "the main campus of the National Institutes of Health, the Health & Human Services Parklawn Building and the Twinbrook Metro Station."
