SBIR and STTR Awards Can Help Turn Your Innovation Ideas into Commercial Products

February 1, 2022

Avi Pouch prototype
Students work on an Avi Pouch prototype. Photo by Riley Bickford.

Join us at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 for a free virtual workshop to learn about SBIR and STTR awards. 

Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer account for over $4 billion invested in innovation development each year.

A workshop hosted by Evelyn Jacome, the Alaska Federal and State Technology (FAST) partnership program director, will discuss program eligibility, agency topics and opportunities for Alaskan innovators to turn their ideas into commercial products.

The Alaska Federal and State Technology (FAST) partnership is a free program created to increase the number of America’s Seed Fund SBIR/STTR awards for women, socially/economically disadvantaged individuals, and small businesses in Alaska.

Free to the community, Alaska Fast is Center ICE’s one-stop-shop to prepare for, write, and win an SBIR/STTR grant. Our services include: 

  1. Agency and topic navigation
  2. Proposal-writing training, guidance, and review
  3. Mentorship and networking opportunities 
  4. SBIR 101 virtual
  5. SBIR Accelerator virtual 
  6. In-person workshops
  7. TREND Phase 0 with Alaska Small Business Development Center

When: 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21

Where: Virtual via zoom

Register: SBIR 101 Registration