This national outreach effort connects entrepreneurs working on advanced technologies to the country’s largest source of early-stage funding – the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Also known as America’s Seed Fund, the SBIR/STTR programs provide over $3 billion in funding to small businesses each year in a wide variety of technology areas.

Hear directly from participating federal agency program managers that administer over 5,000 new awards annually. Meet One-on-One with SBIR/STTR Program Managers, including:

• MDA – Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency

• NIH – Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health

• Navy – Department of Defense

• DHS – Department of Homeland Security

• FLC – Federal Laboratory Consortium

• NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• NSF – National Science Foundation

• USPTO – U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

• DOE – Department of Energy

• USAF – U.S. Air Force

• NAVSEA – Naval Sea Systems Command

• DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Agency

• USDA – Department of Agriculture

• SOCOM – Department of Defense U.S. Special Operations Command

• NIST – National Institute of Standards and Technology

• NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration