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America's Seed Fund
America's Seed Fund

#SeedtheFuture

  • Welcome
  • Programs & Events 
    • 2025 GAFC
    • SBA Innovation Ecosystem
    • SBIR/STTR Road Tour
    • America's Seed Fund Week
    • SBIR/STTR Innovation Conference
    • Innovation Ecosystem Summit
    • Startup Expo
  • Contact
  • …  
    • Welcome
    • Programs & Events 
      • 2025 GAFC
      • SBA Innovation Ecosystem
      • SBIR/STTR Road Tour
      • America's Seed Fund Week
      • SBIR/STTR Innovation Conference
      • Innovation Ecosystem Summit
      • Startup Expo
    • Contact
America's Seed Fund
America's Seed Fund

#SeedtheFuture

  • Welcome
  • Programs & Events 
    • 2025 GAFC
    • SBA Innovation Ecosystem
    • SBIR/STTR Road Tour
    • America's Seed Fund Week
    • SBIR/STTR Innovation Conference
    • Innovation Ecosystem Summit
    • Startup Expo
  • Contact
  • …  
    • Welcome
    • Programs & Events 
      • 2025 GAFC
      • SBA Innovation Ecosystem
      • SBIR/STTR Road Tour
      • America's Seed Fund Week
      • SBIR/STTR Innovation Conference
      • Innovation Ecosystem Summit
      • Startup Expo
    • Contact
America's Seed Fund
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    America’s Seed Fund Road Tour is a national outreach effort to connect innovators and entrepreneurs to non-dilutive, technology funding opportunities provided through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, known as “America’s Seed Fund”.

     

    America's Seed Fund Road Tour plays an important role in encouraging participation in innovation and entrepreneurship by members of underrepresented groups while supporting the mission of the SBIR/STTR programs to support scientific excellence and technological innovation to build a strong national economy.

     

    Federal Agency representatives attended events in South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia that brought together local and national innovation ecosystems to help attendees navigate over $4 billion in early-stage funding opportunities through America’s Seed Fund.

    America's Seed Fund

    2024 Road Tour: Southeast

    May 13 - 17, 2024 | Complete

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    May 13 | Columbia, South Carolina

    Hosted by the University of South Carolina

    8:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET

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    May 14 | Atlanta, Georgia

    Hosted by Innovation Gateway - University of Georgia, Center for Black Entrepreneurship, and Small Business Development Center at Morehouse

    8:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET

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    May 15 | Knoxville, Tennessee

    Hosted by Launch Tennessee

    8:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET

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    May 16 | Lexington, Kentucky

    Hosted by the Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation

    8:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET

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    May 17 | Huntington, West Virginia

    Hosted by TechConnect West Virginia and Marshall University

    8:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET

  • Who Will Be There

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    Lakita Calvin

    SBIR Business Analyst
    CDC/HHS
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    Connie Benesh

    Outreach Manager
    DHS 
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    Allen Franke

    AFVentures Specific Topics
    DoD - AFWERX 
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    Meghan Scott

    AFVentures Program Manager
    DoD - AFWERX
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    Ashley Hill

    SBIR/STTR Program Engineer
    DoD - AFWERX
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    Jennifer Perkins

    SpaceWERX Program Manager, Specific Topic Team

    DoD - SpaceWERX/AFWERX 

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    Nicole Fox

    TBT Autonomy and Contested Logistics & Sustainment; S&T Portfolio Manager; SBIR Program Analyst

    DoD - Army

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    Colleen Gibney

    SBIR Deputy Project Manager

    DoD - DHA

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    Drew McDougall

    SBIR Program Outreach

    DoD - NAVSEA 

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    Megan Stokes

    Program Analyst

    DoD - Navy 

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    Eileen Chant

    Outreach Program Manager

    DOE

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    Sharon Soucek

    Director, Office of Technology Transfer at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

    FLC

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    Stephanie Fertig

    Director

    HHS

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    Jaime Camelio

    Program Director

    I-Corps 

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    Eileen Nelson

    Program Manager, NASA Langley SBIR/STTR

    NASA

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    Howard Conyers

    NASA Chief Technology Liaison (CTL)

    NASA 

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    Jose Colucci-Ríos

    General Business Specialist

    NIST

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    Nicole Berry

    SBIR Program Administrator

    NIST 

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    Pamela Jennings

    Senior Policy Advisor

    NIST-CHIPS 

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    Ben Schrag

    SBIR/STTR Program Director

    NSF

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    Diomides Zamora

    National Program Leader for Forest Resources Management

    USDA

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    Tammi Neville

    Program Specialist

    USDA

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    Tomeka Oubichon

    Eastern Regional Outreach Officer

    USPTO

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    Carol Rabke

    Tech to Market (T2M) Advisor - Partnering 

    DOE 

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    Chad Rogers 

    Outreach, Education and Social Media Sr. Analyst

    DoD 

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    Regina Sims

    Director, DoD SBIR/STTR Program Office

    DoD 

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    Sean Griffiths

    SBIR Program Manager

    CDC 

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    Joshua Stutzman

    Deputy District Director

    SBA Kentucky District Office

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    Terri Dennison

    District Director

    SBA Georgia District Office

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    Patrick Rodriguez

    Deputy District Director

    SBA 

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    Savannah Willburn

    Operations Liaison

    SBA 

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    Nancy Kamei

    Program Development Specialist

    SBA

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    Erick Page-Littleford

    Acting Director SBIR/STTR Program Office

    SBA

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    Michelle Andrade

    Outreach Engagement Operations Specialist

    SBA

     

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    Catherine Andrews

    Outreach Engagement Operations Specialist

    SBA 

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