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Set up an appointment with an agency officer when you register for the conference through EventBrite. Appointments will 15 minutes long and are limited and offered on a first come, first served basis. Limit one appointment per registrant.
Once you make an appointment, fill out the Prep Chart in its entirety and watch the presentation below to see what you can do to prepare with your 15-minute appointment.
1. Review SBIR/STTR On-Line Tutorials
+ Contracts vs. Grants
+ Finding a Topic
+ Agency Introductions
+ Agency Solicitations
2. Complete & Submit a Prep Chart
3. Write down questions
Martin Kleckner III PhD MBA
University of California, Riverside – EPIC SBDC
Office of Technology Partnerships
900 University Avenue, Suite 245, Riverside, CA 92521
Direct: (619) 892-2565 / martin.kleckner@ucr.edu
Misty Madero, MPA
Principal Contract & Grant Officer
University of California, Riverside Research and Economic Development
T: 951-827-2210 | F: 951-827-4483
mmadero@ucr.edu
SBIR: Small Business Innovation Research STTR: Small Business Technology Transfer Competitive awards-based resources that enable small businesses to develop new tech and facilitate commercialization.
Example Funding Areas: AI, First Responders, National Security, Biomed, Cybersecurity, Advanced Robotics, AgTech, Space Exploration & more!
$2.5 billion of funding is available each year in competitive grant and contract awards. Since 1982, more than $478B awarded to American small businesses.
5,000 awards each year
Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA. All programs are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.
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Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Funded in part through a grant with the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.
Mike Daniel is the network director of the Orange County Inland Empire SBDC Network, which assists aspiring entrepreneurs and current business owners throughout Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties. Mike was formerly the director of the SBDC office at Long Beach City College. As business owner and entrepreneur himself, he started his career as the owner of a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory location in Manhattan Beach and went on to open a second location in Long Beach in 2001. In 2007, Mike sold the Manhattan Beach store for an above-market offer then invested in several additional locations as a minority shareholder. Mike further expanded his candy empire with venture located in Shoreline Village in Long Beach called Sugar Daddies Sweet Shoppe, based on fill-it yourself candy options.
Mike has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from California State University, Fullerton.
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