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Reminder – Deadline for SBIR Conference "Scholarship" Applications Approaching

August 11, 2006 /

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The 2006 "SWIFT Tour" (SBIR/STTR, Where Innovation Focuses Technology) conference in Bozeman, Sept. 11 – 13 http://sbir.mt.gov/SWIFTTour.asp , will be your only chance to attend a major SBIR conference in Montana for the foreseeable future. We are anticipating over 200 attendees from throughout the region and nation, coming to hear from a dozen federal SBIR/STTR Program Managers, along with Prime Contractors looking to work with small innovative companies, and highly knowledgeable speakers on key business and IP topics.

Montana companies have won over $76 million in SBIR/STTR awards, and are currently winning new awards at a rate approaching $10 million per year. SBIR/STTR awards are by far the best way to fund start-up technology companies, as funds do not need to be repaid, and no equity is given up, unlike Venture Capital investment, which is extremely rare in Montana.

What’s more, several outstanding SBIR Assistance Programs in Montana http://www.techlinkcenter.org/cgi-bin/techlink/sbir_montana.html help to make Montana companies among the most successful in the nation in this highly competitive program.

Montana residents are eligible to apply for scholarships that can offset registration fees, and even travel expenses to attend this important conference. The deadline for applying for these scholarships is this coming Friday, August 18. These scholarships are made possible by a generous grant from the Montana NSF EPSCoR Program, which also has provided funds to help maintain very low registration fees for this conference.

Details on these scholarships are available at http://sbir.mt.gov/Includes/ScholarshipCritera.pdf.

Federal SBIR/STTR Program Managers that have already committed to participating in this conference include:

Department of Defense:

Air Force Steve Guilfoos Air Force SBIR Program Manager

CBD (DTRA) Larry Pollack Program Manager, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs

Navy Cathy Nodgaard ONR SBIR Program Manager

DARPA Connie Jacobs SBIR/STTR Program Manager/Industrial Liaison

Dept. of Homeland Security:

HSARPA Elissa Sobolewski SBIR/STTR Program Manager

Dept. of Energy:

ORNL Dr. Terry Payne, P.E. SBIR/STTR Program Manager

Dept. of Health & Human Services:

NIH Jo Anne Goodnight NIH SBIR/STTR Program Coordinator

Dept. of Transportation

DOT Joe Henebury SBIR Program Director

National Science Foundation:

NSF Dr. Juan Figueroa SBIR Program Manager

NASA:

GSFC E. James Chern Goddard Space Flight Center SBIR/STTR PM

KSFC Chuck Griffin Kennedy Space Flight Center SBIR/STTR PM

MSFC Helen Stinson Marshall Space Flight Center SBIR/STTR PM

These agency representatives will be presenting information about their SBIR/STTR programs during the Main Conference session on Sept. 12. In addition, there will be presentations that day by Prime Contractor representatives and Intellectual Property experts, as well as opportunities to meet individually with all of these speakers and representatives. Breakfast and lunch for the Main Session on Tuesday, as well as a Monday evening Reception with Hors d’Oeuvres, are all included in the low $45 registration fee.

Additional Special Seminars and Workshops:

Monday, Sept. 11: Intellectual Property Protection, Government Accounting, and STTR basics (additional $25 Seminar Fee)

Wednesday, Sept. 13: Phase II Proposal Workshop, presented by Jim & Gail Greenwood http://g-jgreenwood.home.att.net/SBIR.htm (additional $65 fee for this full-day workshop)

Links:
Conference Agenda – http://techlinkcenter.org/cgi-bin/techlink/SBIR_SWIFTTour_Agenda.html

Conference Registration – https://app.mt.gov/cgi-bin/confreg/register/index.cgi?CONFERENCE_ID=381 (click "Start")

Hotels – http://sbir.mt.gov/Includes/ConferenceHotels.pdf

Montana NSF EPSCoR Scholarships – http://sbir.mt.gov/Includes/ScholarshipCritera.pdf

Be sure to register soon, before space fills up and registration closes, and we’ll look forward to seeing you there!

Best regards,

Ray Friesenhahn

SBIR & Technology Transition Manager
TechLink

900 Technology Blvd., Ste. A

Bozeman, MT 59718

Ph.: (406) 994-7726

Fax: (406) 994-7701