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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) SBIR Road Tour brought Program Managers from a dozen federal agencies to the Ocean State to provide our small business community with the opportunity to learn firsthand about America’s largest seed fund. Click on the videos on the page below to hear an overview of the program, learn about grants and technical assistance available from the RI Commerce Corporation, gain insights shared by federal Program Managers into how agencies make funding decisions and listen to success stories as three Rhode Island companies describe how SBIR funding has helped them to develop new products.
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section el_id=”overview” css=”.vc_custom_1540309565520{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1540309574149{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 60px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}” id=”overview”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1539727447991{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TA3jlP5MGIA” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1365″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”22″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Brittany Sickler, Outreach & Partnership Strategist[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section el_id=”grants” css=”.vc_custom_1540309438244{border-top-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;background-color: #fafafa !important;border-top-color: #455b80 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;}”][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1539967609730{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;background-color: #fafafa !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1539727473656{padding-right: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1539967938378{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;}”]The Rhode Island Commerce Corporation, through the RI Science & Technology Advisory Council (STAC) and the RI Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAC) assist companies interested in pursuing SBIR funding. Hear how their programs can help your company.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1539965543414{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;background-color: #fafafa !important;}” id=”#grants”][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1539965105773{background-color: #fafafa !important;}”][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJlJD8i0NE8″ custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1366″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Christine Smith, Managing Director of Innovation Programs[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1539965127126{background-color: #fafafa !important;}”][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6W5MNY_x9E” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1375″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Melody Weeks, Program Manager, RI Procurement Technical Assistance Center[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section el_id=”decisions” css=”.vc_custom_1540309589623{margin-top: 30px !important;border-top-width: 1px !important;border-top-color: #455b80 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;}”][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1539701052302{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1539727484743{padding-right: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1539701909728{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;}”]Hear insights shared by the Program Managers into how their agencies make funding decisions:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1540309798403{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7mPW1Zc_Pw” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1374″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Melissa Wong, Department of Transportation (DOT)[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8a_GSwUa1k” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1373″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Manny Oliver, Department of Energy (DOE)[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx2Xx6a_62k” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1369″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]J’aime Maynard, National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrdPrNSgOEg” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1378″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Patricia Swayne, National Institutes of Health (NIH)[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1539701052302{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2BJ8bxezlc” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1376″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Murali Nair, National Science Foundation (NSF)[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWsAjqNNe-Y” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1380″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Dr. Robert Smith, Department of Agriculture (USDA)[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9VSVCdFWIo” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1379″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Peter Nielsen, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57x_wsMca6s” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1368″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Gwen Jasper, National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA)[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1539701052302{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZO2cxNm7io” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1364″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Anthony Aldrich, Department of Defense – Special Operations Command (SOCOM)[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJAHCJ8Or_k” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1382″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Susan Celis, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIEpTe9BO4Y” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1383″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Tony Archer, Department of Defense – Navy (DON)[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSfCyPbk7TA” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1370″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Jonathan Leggett, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1539701052302{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Cq7uHxlDM” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1381″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Sloan Armstrong, Department of Defense – Missile Defense Agency (MDA)[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xhw5ltZw2U” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1372″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Larry Pollock, DOD Joint Science and Technology Office for Chemical & Biological Defense (JSTO-CBD)[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_section el_id=”success” css=”.vc_custom_1540309461836{border-top-width: 1px !important;background-color: #fafafa !important;border-top-color: #455b80 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;}”][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1539701052302{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1539727498756{padding-right: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1539706247649{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;}”]Hear success stories from threeRhode Island companies that have won SBIR awards:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1539962045114{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vIh0UZFmZA” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1377″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Neal Fine, CEO, Aquanis, Inc.[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7dKuKmtN7U” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1371″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Kelly Mendell, President, MIKEL, Inc.[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtGbxo0uKnI” custom_thumbnail=”true” thumbnail_image=”1367″][mk_fancy_title tag_name=”h5″ color=”#123572″ size=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”center”]Clare King, President, Propel LLC[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1540309473923{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 20px !important;padding-right: 40px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1539906220862{padding-right: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1539707895389{margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;}”]Small technology firms, innovators, scientists or researchers seeking more information on the SBIR program should visit: www.sbir.gov[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]