America's Seed Fund Road Tour
Is your technology a fit for America's Seed Fund? The Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs award billions of dollars every year for innovative R&D by small companies.
The 2024 Road Tour, hosted by the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center in cooperation with the Arkansas APEX Accelerator, is stopping in Little Rock on April 2. The day includes an overview of America's Seed Fund, panel and networking with Arkansas-based resources for innovators, reverse pitches from representatives of federal agencies and one-on-one meeting opportunities with federal agency representatives.
Date: April 2
Time: 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Location:
University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Cooperative Extension Service
2301 S. University Avenue
Little Rock, AR
Register the Little Rock meeting here.
Topics
Contacts
Julie Preddy, director of communications and events
Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center
479-575-5148,
jpreddy@uark.edu
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