Increase Your Odds of Winning SBIR/STTR Funds

LEXINGTON, Ky. (August 22, 2012) - The Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship and Lexington ICC invite you to a seminar September 24 that will focus on applying for SBIR/STTR funds.

Increase Your Odds of Winning SBIR/STTR Funds

Monday, September 24, 2012

University of Kentucky 

W.T. Young Library, Gallery Room

2 - 5 p.m.

Free event - RSVP to attend

What you'll get:

• Tips from UK faculty and their success stories
• Guidance on agency specifications and requirements
• Overview of rules and how to apply

Speakers:

The seminar will be presented by Dr. Bob Berger (former SBIR/STTR Program Manager) of Robert Berger Consulting.           

Information on Kentucky SBIR/STTR Phase Zero grant and the Kentucky SBIR/STTR Matching Funds grant will be presented by Dr. Mahendra Jain of the Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation.

Faculty panel and SBIR award winners:

Todd Hastings
Brockman Hastings
UK Electrical Engineering

Bruce Webb
Paratechs
UK Entomology

John Littleton
Naprogenix Inc.
UK Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology

The Federal SBIR/STTR Program has more than $2.5 billion for grants to small firms for high-risk R&D and product development. The Kentucky program is funded by the Cabinet for Economic Development (CED) and Office of Commercialization and Innovation (OCI). The Matching Funds Program provides up to $150,000 for Phase I and up to $500,000 for Phase II (up to two years). These matching funds are to be used for new and additional work tasks that are complementary to your existing Federal SBIR/STTR Award - both faculty and small businesses can participate.

For questions and to RSVP, contact Mariam Gorjian at mariamgorjian@uky.edu. Refreshments provided. Parking at W.T. Young Library.

Sponsors: Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation, the Von Allmen Center for Entrepreneurship, Lexington Innovation & Commercialization Center.