America's Seed Fund Road Tour & Michigan's Innovation Showcase
Only one more week for early-bird pricing
Join us for this once-a-decade opportunity at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing for a day focused on connecting technology developers with Michigan innovation support programs and with SBIR/STTR program directors across all technology sectors.
America's Seed Fund Road Tour
Managed by the SBA, America's Seed Fund Road Tour is a national outreach effort to connect innovators and entrepreneurs to non-dilutive, technology funding opportunities provided through the SBIR/STTR programs, collectively known as "America's Seed Fund".
The morning program will feature:
SBA Overview of SBIR/STTR
Reverse Pitches from Federal Agency Representatives
One-on-One meetings with Federal Agency Representatives
Michigan Innovation Showcase
The Michigan Innovation Showcasefeatures numerous innovation support organizations from across the state. Learn, and connect with state resources that can enrich your innovation and build your company.
The afternoon program will feature:
Panel Discussions: How to find capital, How to build a team—both collaborative partners and internal talent, How to navigate all the programs effectively.
Connect with resource partners at the resource fair
Don’t miss your chance to hear directly from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Program Manager, April Richards.
EPA supports the development and commercialization of technologies that protect human health and the environment. Solicitation topics focus on core mission areas and include Clean & Safe Water, Air Quality, Land Revitalization, Homeland Security, Sustainable Materials Management and Safer Chemicals.
Join this 1-hour overview of theEPA SBIR program and learn, from the source, what technologies they are looking for and what’s needed to submit a successful proposal. Following the presentation there will be ample Q&A time with the presenter.
ARPA-E Vision OPEN Funding Opportunity Anncouncment
Complimentary to the SBIR program, but NOT limited to Small Businesses.
ARPA-E OPEN programs have served as an opportunity to advance transformative energy breakthroughs in critical areas that fall outside the scope of its technology-focused programs. Vision OPEN 2024 challenges the research community to develop groundbreaking technologies to enable a future energy landscape that is dramatically different.
The Vision OPEN 2024 includes three goals that are critical to achieve a sustainable energy and carbon transition with:
Greenhouse gas (GHG)-free abundant primary energy
An intermodal energy superhighway that transports diversified forms of primary energy; and
A carbon transition that sustainably meets demand for polymers and other materials.
These Open FOAs are available to any technology that will meet the goals of the program. Concept papers are due 7/16/24.
The scope will include multiple topic areas that aim to rapidly achieve better health outcomes across patient populations, communities, disease, and health conditions. See the pre solicitation here for a full listing of topics.
2024 TechConnect World Innovation Conference
Join BBCetc Executive Consultant and Co-owner, Jerry Hollister at the national NanoTech Conference & Expo!
June 17-19, in Washington, D.C.
Booth #620
TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo connects top applied research and early-stage innovations from universities, labs, and startups with industry end-users and prospectors. The 2024 TechConnect World Innovation event includes the annual SBIR/STTR Innovation Conference, AI TechConnect, and the TechConnect Technical Program - more than 35 world-class technical symposium, and the Nanotech Conference Series – the world's largest and longest-running nanotechnology event.
Join the world's brightest researchers, innovators, and technology prospectors as they convene in Washington, DC, Gaylord National Harbor, June 17-19, 2024. To learn more about TechConnect click here.
DOE FY25 Phase I, Release 1 Topics. Projected release on July 15.
USDA FY25 Phase I solicitation.
FY24 solicitation includes instructions for FY25, but an amendment is expected in June or July for FY25.
NIH SBIR/STTR Omnibus
Release expected in late Spring
About BBCetc
BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting, LLC (BBCetc) works with technology-based entrepreneurs and companies across the U.S. on strategies to advance their R&D efforts to commercialization. The BBCetc team is nationally recognized for its success in helping clients secure federal funding through the SBIR and STTR programs. BBCetc services include research grant assistance, SBIR/STTR training and proposal development assistance, and grants and contract management.