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

The Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 23.2 and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) 23.B topics will be released April 19 and close June 14, 2023. Submit your idea to us by April 21 to receive matching assistance once the topics are released and to be considered for our DOD SBIR/STTR Proposal Accelerator. We're partnering with OKCatalyst to host the accelerator, which is designed to help you to succeed at bringing your technology to market

The Kentucky Science & Engineering Foundation is launching a new NSF Incubator with a three-part webinar series to help businesses succeed at bringing their technology to market by taking advantage of the SBIR/STTR (also known as America’s Seed Fund) programs non-dilutive funding. The Incubator supports participants through the NSF SBIR/STTR proposal process by helping them identify appropriate topic areas and providing coaching and resources to submit a competitive proposal.

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 from our partners. 2022 Highlights We ran four agency-specific SBIR/STTR accelerators, including the launch of the USDA Accelerator in fall 2022. Through accelerators, webinars and one-on-one consultations we supported the submission of 40 proposals to six federal agencies winning seven federal awards in fiscal year 2022. We awarded $117,85

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently awarded the Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation (KSTC) $125,000 through the Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program. The award boosts KSTC’s work through the Kentucky Science & Engineering Foundation (KSEF) to provide small businesses and startups with training, mentoring and technical assistance for research and development so they can benefit from federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) an