:Elicia Maine

{{short description|Canadian innovation academic}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}

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| name = Elicia Maine

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| birth_place = Canada

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| education = Queen's University at Kingston (BSc)
Queen's University at Kingston (BA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS)
University of Cambridge (PhD)

| occupation = Professor

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Elicia Maine is a Canadian academic. She was the founding educational coordinator for New Ventures BC,{{Cite web|date=|title=New Ventures BC|url=https://www.newventuresbc.com/|access-date=March 6, 2021|website=New Ventures BC|language=en}} and the founding Academic Director of Invention to Innovation (i2I),{{Cite web|date=October 1, 2016|title=B.C. universities grease the skids for marketable innovation|url=https://vancouversun.com/business/local-business/b-c-universities-grease-the-skids-for-marketable-innovation|access-date=March 9, 2021|website=Vancouver Sun|language=en}} an award-winning graduate program in science & technology commercialization offered in traditional and online formats.{{Cite web|last=msilvarodrigues|date=April 21, 2020|title=SFU Beedie entrepreneurship program wins global award, expands with Mitacs partnership|url=https://www.mitacs.ca/en/newsroom/news-release/sfu-beedie-entrepreneurship-program-wins-global-award-expands-mitacs|access-date=March 18, 2021|website=Mitacs|language=en}} Within Simon Fraser University's Beedie School of Business, she serves as Associate Vice President, Knowledge Mobilization & Innovation, providing oversight of SFU Innovates.{{Cite web|date=February 16, 2021|title=New Science{{pipe}}Business Network member: Simon Fraser University partners with Foresight to advance the Canadian cleantech industry|url=https://sciencebusiness.net/network-updates/new-sciencebusiness-network-member-simon-fraser-university-partners-foresight|access-date=March 9, 2021|website=Science{{pipe}}Business|language=en}}

Maine serves on the Board of Directors for the Foresight Cleantech Accelerator{{Cite web|date=|title=Elicia Maine|url=https://www.globeseries.com/forum2018/speakers/maine-elicia/|access-date=March 9, 2021|website=Globe Forum|language=en}} and Innovate BC.,{{Cite web|date=July 13, 2020|title=Elicia Maine|url=https://www.rndtoday.co.uk/theme-editor/elicia-maine/|access-date=March 9, 2021|website=R&D Today|language=en}} on the Princeton University Dean for Research Innovation & Entrepreneurship Council and on the Mitacs Research Council.

Her research interests include science innovation, science & technology entrepreneurship, technology-market matching, and innovation policy. Maine was honoured with the 2022 Trailblazer Award in Innovation Policy by the Canadian Science Policy Centre.

She is the head of a Simon Fraser University Beedie School of Business [https://www.biv.com/news/economy-law-politics/229m-to-flow-through-sfu-to-help-commercialize-research-10116707 project] to help students convert research findings into tangible products that just recently received $22.9M from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s Lab to Market program.