The 2020 Regional SBIR Weeks are virtual, collaborative outreach efforts connecting entrepreneurs working on advanced technologies to the country’s largest source of early stage funding – the SBIR/STTR programs. Also known as America’s Seed Fund, the SBIR/STTR programs provide over $4 billion in funding to small businesses each year in a wide variety of technology areas.

Indiana's virtual event, hosted by the NIIC (www.niic.net), will provide attendees with an opportunity to hear directly from the participating federal agency program managers that administer over 5,500 new awards annually and to meet virtually one-on-one with program decision makers.

Agenda (October 13) How to Successfully Prepare a Winning SBIR Quad Chart Webinar will be held from 1pm to 1:45pm via Zoom (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89382115598 )

Agenda (October 19)

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM Sign into virtual lobby

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Introduction, U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)

9:15 AM – 10:00 AM Getting Started with SBIR/STTR

10:00 AM – 10:15 AM BREAK

10:15 AM – 11:00 AM Inside the Head of an Evaluator: Common Mistakes

11:00 AM – 11:15 AM BREAK

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM Success in Phase I - Moving to Phase II and Beyond

12:00 PM – 12:15 PM BREAK

12:15 PM – 1:00 PM USPTO

1:00 PM – 1:15 PM BREAK

1:15 PM – 1:30 PM Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC)

Agenda (October 23) Agency 1:1 meetings

Notes

Please add judy@sbirroadtour.com as a safe email address so communications do not end up in SPAM.

Please review the 5-minute agency pitches (https://www.sbirroadtour.com/about/) and other resources (https://www.sbirroadtour.com/resources/).

• Please add judy@sbirroadtour.com as a safe email address so communications from me do not end up in their SPAM folder.

• Please note that October 15th at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time is the cutoff date for selecting meetings in advance.

• Please know that you will be receiving an email from judy@sbirroadtour.com within 2 weeks of registering to select their One on One meetings. If you don’t receive this email, you should reach out to Judy directly.

• Please review the 5-minute agency pitches at: https://www.sbirroadtour.com/about/ and the other resources available on https://www.sbirroadtour.com/resources/

• Please checkout the resources as you prepare for the event - https://www.sbirroadtour.com/resources/

• SBA Overview and 5-minute agency pitches – https://www.sbirroadtour.com/about/ [pitches are a requirement for OoO meeting registration]

Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U. S. Small Business Administration.