SBA going on national road tour to promote innovation and technology

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration is launching an 18-state road tour, where it will be joined by 11 federal agencies in the SBA’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs.
“Seeding America’s Future Innovations” will target advanced technology communities, including women-owned and minority-owned small businesses in states that have underutilized funding opportunities through these programs.
Information about the tour can be found on www.sbir.gov; a blog also is available that will be available through the end of the tour in late August.
Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet said that the SBA oversees America’s largest seed fund for small businesses in the STEM fields.
“SBIR recipients have created breakthroughs in nanotechnology, robotics, mobile communications, genetic therapies, clean energy and space,” Contreras-Sweet said.
“Through this tour, we will educate more small business innovators on how to take advantage of these programs, so that their entrepreneurial spirit and our investment drives the next new big technological breakthrough,” she continued.
Each SBIR road tour stop will be hosted by a local organization committed to supporting technology-based entrepreneurship, and will provide attendees with a face-to-face opportunity to talk directly with federal agency program managers and decision makers.
For information on the SBIR Road Tour, including a listing of all states to be visited, click HERE.

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