2024 Virtual Road Tour Starts January 23 During this virtual, three-day learning experience, attendees will deepen their understanding of America's Seed Fund - the nation's largest source of nondilutive funding for high-growth startups and small businesses - and have the valuable opportunity to connect directly with federal agency representatives who represent its competitive Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Program (SBIR/STTR) funding

As an initiative of the Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation, KSEF works with our partner programs to accelerate innovation-driven economic development throughout the state. Collectively, we do this by supporting research-driven products and services, expanding access to capital, and developing talent. The KSEF team focuses on encouraging the growth of scientific and engineering excellence, expanding access to R&D capital, and developing talent. KSEF programs remove ba

Joshua Covington is more familiar than most when it comes to the challenges faced by school systems and educators today. As a former teacher and high school principal, he knows all too well the complicated dynamics at play with teacher shortages, funding issues and waning student engagement. Though promising, educational technologies never seemed to take the intricacies of student engagement and public school resources into account. “I loved the idea that you could teach scie

Bring your health or bioscience technology to market with SBIR/STTR non-dilutive funding. Our goal is to help you succeed at bringing your technology to market by taking advantage of the SBIR/STTR (also known as America’s Seed Fund) programs non-dilutive funding. ​ During the process, you will begin by receiving virtual instruction via one-on-one meetings with KSEF staff and webinars. From there, you could be matched with an expert consultant who can provide you with template

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 Week is a free, online event held May 15 - 18, 2023 to connect entrepreneurs working on advanced technologies and the organizations that support them to America’s Seed Fund, the country’s largest source of early-stage funding. On average, $4B is awarded to 4,000 companies through SBIR/STTR programs each year in areas ranging from AgTech to A

The Department of Defense (DOD) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 2023.2 BAA topics were pre-released on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. More than 120 topics were announced, including: Modeling Tools for Hypersonic Flight Medical Simulations for Extreme Cold Weather Environments Engaging the Manufacturing Industrial Base in Support of DLA’s Critical Supply Chains Production of Magnesium Metal High Expandable Sticky and Incapacitating Foam And many more! See the full list o