Research institutes feed modern economies
Tomorrow’s technologies are emerging from worlds too small to see. 
Some will arise out of our research into the molecular structure of elements – and how they may be altered to help solve some of the planet’s most pressing challenges.
At ASL, we’re searching for solutions to our energy and national security needs. The work we do today will produce products and applications that support our national interests while creating jobs and drawing new actors into the region’s economy.
We’re building tomorrow’s economic drivers today.
Economic growth for Spokane and the region
Research facilities grow sturdy roots in communities. Our investments in physical sciences and advanced technology will birth products and drive economic growth in the Pacific Northwest.
We are:
- Creating jobs, both direct and indirect*
- Stimulate growth in the existing tech sector
- Spin off commercially viable start-ups
- Complement our growing health-services industry
- Expose partners nationwide to our community
- Grow the area's intellectual capital
- Fire the imaginations of students, young and old
* Within its first five years, ASL is expected to generate $3-5 million dollars of grant- and contract-based revenue per year. Every $1 million will produce between six and eight new hires and, by economists’ estimates, another 2.15 indirect jobs. Those numbers are expected to double by the 10-year mark.