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America's Seed Fund Road Tour -
Midwest 2023
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”.
Federal Agency representatives have been invited to attend a series of events that bring together local and national innovation ecosystems to help attendees navigate over $4 billion in early-stage funding opportunities through America’s Seed Fund.
The 2023 Midwest Road Tour stops:
ROAD TOUR HISTORY & HIGHLIGHTS
Between 2015 and 2019, the America’s Seed Fund Road Tour visited every state and Puerto Rico - mostly traveling by bus between stops, with virtual events held between 2020 and 2022. This year’s America’s Seed Fund Road Tour will be held in-person.
As part of America’s Seed Fund Road Tour, local Federal And State Technology (FAST) Partners coordinate with SBA’s Office of Investment and Innovation and SBA Field Offices to host each stop and programming throughout the day. Federal agency representatives representing the 11 SBIR and STTR funding agencies, as well as organizations that provide resources to entrepreneurs and small businesses, travel to each stop along the tour in a meeting of local and national innovation ecosystems.
Each Road Tour stop facilitates programming and 1:1 meetings between innovators and federal agencies to help attendees navigate over $4 billion in early-stage funding opportunities through America’s Seed Fund.
Monday, July 17 | Oklahoma City, OK
Hosted by OK Catalyst, University of Oklahoma
Tuesday, July 18 | Wichita, KS
Hosted by Wichita State University
Wednesday, July 19 | Kansas City, MO
Hosted by Missouri Small Business Development Center, University of Missouri
Thursday, July 20 | Lincoln, NE
Hosted by the Nebraska Small Business Development Center, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Friday, July 21 | Des Moines, IA
Hosted by the Iowa Small Business Development Center, Iowa State University of Science and Technology
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