Learn How to Unlock Funding Success with Expert Guidance from a Top SBIR/STTR Support Center

Ready to turn your innovation into a fully funded reality? Join us for SBIR/STTR Con 2024 and discover the formula that’s helped entrepreneurs secure over $56 million in funding. UC Riverside’s SBIR/STTR Resource Center, with its 35% success rate—double the national average—offers you the insider expertise to craft winning proposals.

Our team will guide you through every step, from research design to proposal submission, ensuring your proposal stands out. By attending this 2-day event, you'll gain direct access to the same experts who have helped countless entrepreneurs secure life-changing federal funding. This is your chance to maximize your win rate and move one step closer to commercializing your breakthrough innovation.

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Connect With the Experts Behind Our Success

At SBIR/STTR Con, you’ll have the rare opportunity to engage directly with the minds behind our 35% success rate. Our event brings together not just former grant winners and successful founders, but the very mentors, business experts, and advisors who have guided countless entrepreneurs to funding success.

You’ll also have the chance to discuss your ideas with angel investors and venture capitalists who are eager to discover breakthrough innovations. In addition to networking, join exclusive workshops where our experts share the insider strategies that have led to millions in funded projects. Whether it's forming intelligent business alliances or refining your proposal, you'll gain invaluable insights from those who have successfully navigated the SBIR/STTR landscape.

By attending, you’re not just learning about funding—you’re learning from the best in the business, the ones who helped shape winning proposals and secure funding for innovators like you.

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Ready to Win? Here's What You'll Gain

Exclusive 1:1 Counseling Session to Sharpen Your SBIR/STTR Proposal

Included with your registration is the chance to work directly with an EPIC SBDC Senior Advisor. In this private session, you’ll receive expert guidance to craft a powerful project plan and Statement of Aims—essential tools to make your SBIR/STTR proposal stand out. This exclusive preparation sets you up for success in the next critical step of your funding journey.

Preparatory Support to Meet Federal Program Directors

After your advisor session, you may be referred to meet 1:1 with a federal Program Director (PD) based on readiness - where you'll have the opportunity to pitch your proposal and receive feedback on your company's fit for the federal program and any further opportunities.

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Featured Panels: Learn from the Experts Driving Our Success

At SBIR/STTR Con 2024, our carefully curated panels feature the experts and mentors behind our success. These are the people who have helped countless entrepreneurs secure millions in funding, and now they’re ready to share the insights and strategies that lead to success.

Each panel will provide you with essential tools to bring your innovations to market and secure the capital needed to grow. You’ll learn directly from those who have guided winning proposals, giving you practical strategies for everything from building corporate partnerships to understanding customer needs.

These discussions go beyond theory—they offer proven, actionable advice from experts who have helped entrepreneurs just like you navigate the SBIR/STTR landscape and secure their funding.

SBIR/STTR Con 2024 Federal Agency Representatives

SBIR/STTR Con 2024 will feature distinguished representatives from nine leading federal agencies, all bringing their expertise in fostering small business innovation. These speakers will share insights into the nation’s largest funding programs for early-stage, high-risk research and development, providing invaluable advice on navigating the SBIR/STTR landscape and securing federal funding for transformative ideas.

Entrepreneurs can learn critical proposal requirements, discover agency priorities, and gain strategies for increasing their chances of funding success by learning from program managers, grant coordinators, and outreach specialists who are responsible for billions of dollars in funding each year.

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October 22nd & 23rd @ 8AM - 5PM

University of California Riverside
1 Pentland Way - Room C101
Riverside CA 92507

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