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Maximize Your Experience
America's Seed Fund Week offers attendees several ways to level up their SBIR journey. Whether new to SBIR funding or a previous awardee, there are opportunities throughout the three days for tailoring the attendee experience. By utilizing the tips below, attendees can build a schedule that satisfies, addresses specific learning desires, fosters the perfect amount and element of connection, and inspires post-event momentum.
The SBA knows it can be overwhelming when trying to understand which agencies have SBIR/STTR programs along with all of their variances. To help foster connections and streamline understanding, the America's Seed Fund Week Meet the Program Director Sessions have been organized by technology area. Find which technology areas match your innovation, then pick which agencies within that area you want to connect with during Meet the Program Director Sessions.
Check out the Meet the Program Director Sessions based on technology-area below. Once you find the technology area(s) that match your innovation, click through to see the full schedule of times and dates. Some sessions run concurrently; however, there is no limitation to how many sessions one may attend. Attendees can move from one session room to another easily within the event platform. Agencies and areas are subject to change.
Tuesday, January 23
2:00 - 3:25 PM ET
Meet the Program Directors
Earth/Climate/Weather
- Department of Defense - Army (DoD - Army)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Meet the Program Directors
Cybersecurity
- Department of Homeland Security (DHS; invited)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Tuesday, January 23
3:30 - 4:55 PM ET
Meet the Program Directors
Health
- Advanced Research Project Agency for Health (Arpa-H)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Department of Defense: Defense Health Agency (DoD: DHA)
- Department of Health and Human Services (HHS/NIH)
- Department of Defense: Joint Science and Technology Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (DoD: JSTO - CBD)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Meet the Program Directors
Energy
- Department of Defense - Army (DoD - Army)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Department of Transportation (DOT)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
Wednesday, January 24
2:00 - 3:25 PM ET
Meet the Program Directors
- Department of Defense - Army (DoD - Army)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Department of Transportation (DOT)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Department of Defense - Navy (DoD - Navy)
- United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Meet the Program Directors
Space/Transport/Flight
- Department of Defense - AFWERX (DoD - AFWERX)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Department of Transportation (DOT)
Wednesday, January 24
3:30 - 4:55 PM ET
Meet the Program Directors
Phase III with DoD
- Department of Defense (DoD)
- Department of Defense - AFWERX AF Ventures (DoD - AFWERX)
- Department of Defense - Army (DoD - Army)
- Department of Defense - Navy (DoD - Navy)
- Department of Defense - United States Special Operations Command (DoD - SOCOM)
Meet the Program Directors
NSF: The Project Pitch Process
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
Thursday, January 25
2:00 - 3:25 PM ET
Meet the Defense Primes
Working with Defense Primes
- Department of Defense (DoD)
- Boeing
