SBIR/STTR CONFERENCE | 19

Get in on America's Seed Fund

Tuesday, March 12 | Riverside, California | Register Now!

Federal SBIR/STTR programs provide $2.5 Billion in capital funding every year to help small business entrepreneurs bring transformative innovations to market. Join program officers from five federal agencies for this incredible conference to learn how to obtain early stage funding to commercialize your idea. Make an appointment to meet with agency program directors via the link below. Discuss your potential proposals with the Department of Defense, US Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation. Meet with former grant winners, founders, and business experts/mentors. Discuss your ideas with public representatives. Sign up for special workshops on topics vital for funding success.

Network. Learn. Collaborate

150+ Attendees

5 Federal Agencies

Workshops and Agency Speaker Sessions

Why Attend? There's so many benefits! Here's just a few:

• 1:1 Meetings with the agency directors that review your grant proposals

• Focused workshops tailored to preparing your proposals for the best results

• Invaluable networking opportunities with agency officials, grant winners, practitioners and peers

Register to Join Us and Make Your Appointments with Agencies!

During registration checkout, you'll have the chance to register for workshops and make an appointment.

Register to Attend These Workshops

• Understanding Reviewer Criteria; what are their guidelines; what are they looking for to determine if your proposal merits funding?

• Commercialization Plan Development: How to development a winning business model

• Communicating Research Intent: Study Approach Development for non-Academics

Make an appointment with an agency officer.

Hear from agency speakers; meet with local, state and federal representatives; learn winning tips from grant awardees from each agency.

DYK SBIR/STTR

What is...SBIR: Small Business Innovation Research STTR: Small Business Technology Transfer - competitive awards-based resources that enable small businesses to develop new tech and facilitate commercialization.

• Example funding areas: AI, first responders, national security, biomed, cybersecurity, advanced robotics, agtech, space exploration + more!

• $2.5 billion of funding is available each year in competitive grant and contract awards. Since 1982, more than $478B awarded to American small businesses.

• 5,000 awards each year

• Government does not take an equity stake and IP is retained by the small business

• SBIR played a role in innovation giants like Qualcomm, iRobot, Symantec and more!

Presented by the University of California Riverside EPIC SBDC and Powered by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

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