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Center for Entrepreneurship - West Houston   

Federal Grants to Fund Your Innovations!

November 12, 2019, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm, 
HCC Alief Hayes, Main Building, 3rd Floor, Room A319

SUCCEED WITH INNOVATION  GRANT FUNDING  FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT!  

Did you know $3.04B was granted to small businesses in FY2017 to support innovation? 

The funding and assistance provided through these programs has enabled thousands of businesses to compete for non-dilutive funding to develop and commercialize new technologies. This SBIR workshop begins with some basics of the SBIR/STTR programs and then covers the process for developing a competitive proposal, and ends with an awardee panel discussion.   Who should attend? Companies engaged in R&D, newcomers to the SBIR/STTR programs, as well as those who have previously submitted proposals but have not received awards.     
 
The SBIR program (Small Business Innovation Research) is a federal program administered by eleven U.S. federal agencies to provide early-stage Research and Development funding to small technology companies or individuals who will be developing a product and company. The STTR Program (Small Business Technology Transfer) is a similar program that supports small businesses teaming up with nonprofit research entities, such as a university. 


  AGENDA:
  • 8:30 am - 9:00 am: Registration & Networking
  • 9:00 am - 9:15 am: Welcome & HCC Engineering COE programs
    • Sandra Louvier, Director,  Center for Entrepreneurship-W. Houston
    • Susan Thompson, Program Director, Engineering & STEM Initiatives
  • 9:15 am - 10:00 am: Program Overview
    • Mark Winchester, SBA Deputy District Director
  • 10:00 am - 11:00 am: Application Process
    • What to expect and how to succeed with the application process 
    • Debra Mansfield, MS, MBA, Consultant, Panel Review NSF

  • 11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Small business panel- SBIR/STTR award grantees and Audience Q&A
    • Moderator: Valerie Maher, SBA Lead Economic Development Specialist
    • Panelist: Michael Heffernan, PhD, PE- Fannin Innovation Studio
    • Panelist: Yueqin Huang, PhD- President & Chief Research Scientist- Cyentech Consulting


Cost:   Free to all thanks to the generosity of the 
Small Business Administration 
and the HCC Center for Entrepreneurship.


About the HCC Center for Entrepreneurship - West Houston

 
OUR MISSION:  To help entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses.  We do this by offering workshops, seminars, summits, classes and competitive training and advising, while also providing practical knowledge, resources and connections.
Contact us at c4e@hccs.edu or 713-718-6650

Thanks Again to our 2019 
HCC Business Plan Competition Sponsors! 
We so appreciate our 2019 HCC Business Plan Competition and Center for Entrepreneurship Cash Sponsors: Amegy Bank, Wallis Bank, Houston Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders (HAGGL), ProVideo Systems, Origin Bank, and HCC Business Plan Competition Alumni Circle Sponsors: CRES Real Estate, PermitUsNow, HD2Menus and Texas Security Shredding.
 
We also thank our In-Kind Prize Sponsors:  Houston West Chamber of Commerce, Small Business Today, True Color Graphics, The Cannon and LetsLaunch.
 
Thanks to our In-Kind Reception Sponsors: True Color Graphics, Three Brothers Bakery and Tea in Texas.