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A New Era for the microAwards: Meet the Competition Winners
KSEF announces four winners of the re-structured microAwards Competition.


NSF Awards KSEF $8M to Develop Kentucky Climate Data Infrastructure
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Kentucky Science & Engineering Foundation (KSEF), an initiative of the Kentucky...


NSF Awards $7M to Kentucky State University, Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation and Partners for AgTech Research
The Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation is partnering with Kentucky State University on a new grant awarded by the U.S. National...


Kentucky Entrepreneurs Connect with America's Seed Fund During Road Tour Stop
On Thursday, May 16, 2024, the Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation (KSEF) hosted the Kentucky stop of the U.S. Small Business...


America's Seed Fund Week
2024 Virtual Road Tour Starts January 23 During this virtual, three-day inclusive learning experience, attendees will deepen their...


Kentucky Science & Engineering Foundation Highlighted in the KSTC Impact Report
As an initiative of the Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation, KSEF works with our partner programs to accelerate innovation-driven...


Securing Funding for an Equitable Educational Resource
Joshua Covington is more familiar than most when it comes to the challenges faced by school systems and educators today. As a former...


NIH SBIR/STTR Proposal Lab Kicks Off July 17
Bring your health or bioscience technology to market with SBIR/STTR non-dilutive funding. Our goal is to help you succeed at bringing...


America's Seed Fund Week 2023
Join America's Seed Fund Week May 15 - 18, 2023 to learn more about non-dilutive funding through SBIR/STTR programs. America’s Seed Fund...


More than 120 DOD SBIR Topics Pre-Released
The Department of Defense (DOD) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 2023.2 BAA topics were pre-released on Wednesday, April 19,...


DOD SBIR/STTR Proposal Accelerator - Registration Open
The Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 23.2 and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) 23.B topics will...


Celebrating an incredible year for emerging technologies in Kentucky.
As 2022 comes to a close, we want to take the time to look back at some of the year's highlights and celebrate the incredible wins we saw...


KSTC Receives Grant from SBA to Strengthen Research Funding Opportunities in Kentucky
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently awarded the Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation (KSTC) $125,000 through the...


KSEF Launches Accelerator to Prepare Small Business for Department of Defense Contracts
A new accelerator program, now taking applications, will prepare Kentucky entrepreneurs to submit ideas to the U.S. Department of Defense...
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