David Sanders, Director of Innovate Arkansas (IA) at Winrock interviews Douglas Hutchings, the IA Entrepreneur-in-Residence and an expert in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant opportunities. The SBIR program is touted as “America’s Seed Fund” and provides access to capital across a diverse portfolio of startups and small businesses in technology areas and markets to stimulate technological innovation, meet Federal research and development (R&D) needs, and increase commercialization to transition R&D into impact. David and Douglas also discuss the SBIR matching grant offered by the state of Arkansas, as well as the Technology Transfer Assistance Grant (TTAG) program. Learn more about each of these programs through the links below, or contact Doug at [email protected] with questions. To become an Innovate Arkansas client and receive assistance with all your startup needs, apply at innovatearkansas.org.  

https://www.sbir.gov/

https://www.mfgsolutions.org/services/technology-transfer-assistance-grant-program-ttag/

https://www.arkansasedc.com/science-technology/division/commercialization/sbir-matching-grant