America's Seed Fund Week - America's Seed Fund

Thank you for joining America's Seed Fund Week 2024 - Virtual Road Tour!
Video recordings can be found here.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for a three-day virtual experience, where attendees deepened their understanding of America's Seed Fund - the nation's largest source of non-dilutive funding for high-growth startups and small businesses through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

Video recordings can be found here.
View "NSF - The Project Pitch Process" presentation here.
America's Seed Fund Week was the official kickoff for
SBA's 2024 Road Tour
About SBIR Road Tour
America’s Seed Fund Road Tour is a national outreach effort to connect innovators and entrepreneurs to non-dilutive, technology funding opportunities provided through 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.

Interested in the in-person Road Tours? Head here to learn more about the four in-person 2024 Road Tours. We hope you join us at the stop nearest to you!
Event Highlights
Event recordings can be found here.
Isabel Casillas Guzman, 27th Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
Thank you to SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman for her participation in America's Seed Fund Week.
Bailey G. DeVries, Associate Administrator and Head of OII, U.S. Small Business Administration
Thank you SBA Associate Administrator, Bailey Devries, Office of Investment and Innovation (OII), for her participation in America's Seed Fund Week.
Sessions connected attendees directly with federal agency representatives
Take your SBIR/STTR journey to the next step
Attendees met the Program Directors who manage America's Seed Fund
2024 Sessions were organized by technology area

SBA Core Content presented the ins & outs of the $4B per year America’s Seed Fund effort
Event recordings can be found here.
SBIR 101
Agency Differences - Matching Your R&D Project to a Federal Agency
Inside the Head of an Evaluator
Next Steps - Getting Started
Meet the 2024 Road Tour Host sessions
Attendees had the opportunity to meet this year's State Hosts
2024 Road Tour: Coastal - Florida, Puerto Rico
2024 Road Tour: South - Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas
2024 Road Tour: Southeast - South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and West Virginia
2024 Road Tour: Great Lakes - Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota
Network Building
Attendees took advantage of these opportunities to connect
2024 Road Tour, in-person State Host sessions
Open networking spaces during the event
Bonus gatherings with an SBA FAST partner
SBA FAST partners hosted community events before and after official programming
Jan. 23 | University Participation in SBIR/STTR
Hosted by Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation
Jan. 24 | SBIR/STTR: Foreign Ownership Requirements
Hosted by BBCetc
Jan. 25 | Fostering Innovation
Hosted by OK Catalyst
Event Schedule

Event recordings and resources are found here.
About America's Seed Fund
America’s Seed Fund serves as a springboard by providing over $4 billion each year in funding to early-stage startups and small businesses as innovators take their technology from R&D through to commercialization, through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
& Welcome!
Accessibility and Inclusion: All SBA programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance of this event. Contact Sharon.Hoffmeyer@sba.gov.

Thank you for joining America's Seed Fund Week 2024 - Virtual Road Tour!

Video recordings can be found here.

Video recordings can be found here.

View "NSF - The Project Pitch Process" presentation here.

America's Seed Fund Week was the official kickoff for

SBA's 2024 Road Tour

About SBIR Road Tour

America’s Seed Fund Road Tour is a national outreach effort to connect innovators and entrepreneurs to non-dilutive, technology funding opportunities provided through America’s Seed Fund.

Interested in the in-person Road Tours? Head here to learn more about the four in-person 2024 Road Tours. We hope you join us at the stop nearest to you!

Event Highlights

Event recordings can be found here.

Isabel Casillas Guzman, 27th Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration

Thank you to SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman for her participation in America's Seed Fund Week.

Bailey G. DeVries, Associate Administrator and Head of OII, U.S. Small Business Administration

Thank you SBA Associate Administrator, Bailey Devries, Office of Investment and Innovation (OII), for her participation in America's Seed Fund Week.

Sessions connected attendees directly with federal agency representatives

SBA Core Content presented the ins & outs of the $4B per year America’s Seed Fund effort

Meet the 2024 Road Tour Host sessions

Network Building

Attendees took advantage of these opportunities to connect

SBA FAST partners hosted community events before and after official programming

Event Schedule

About America's Seed Fund

& Welcome!

Accessibility and Inclusion: All SBA programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance of this event. Contact Sharon.Hoffmeyer@sba.gov.