Bus Tour Promoting Federal Funds for Small Business Research to Stop Sept. 10 at U of M
For release: September 2, 2004
For press information, contact Gabrielle Maxey

Managers from more than 10 federal agencies will be at the University of Memphis on Friday, Sept. 10, to discuss federal funding that is available to small businesses for their innovative research. The managers will hold conferences from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the FedEx Institute of Technology on the U of M campus.

During conferences, managers will discuss opportunities to obtain funding and meet individually with business owners, entrepreneurs, scientists, and engineers. The managers represent such agencies as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Department of Energy, and the Environmental Protection Agency.

The goal of the bus tour is to raise awareness of the SBIR and STTR programs among small technology companies. The programs awards funds to U.S. companies with 500 or fewer employees for conducting research-and-development projects that have commercial potential in the private or public sector.

Representatives are traveling on an eight-day, six-city SWIFT V (SBIR/STTR Where Innovation Focuses on Technology) outreach tour. The Small Business Innovative Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs offer more than $2 billion annually to small American businesses and research institutions. Other stops include St. Louis, Chicago, Indianapolis, Detroit, and Louisville.

For more information, contact Terry Payne by phone at 865-574-0008 or via email at paynetl@ornl.gov

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