Author: Hannah Domebo

Discover SBIR and STTR grant opportunities available through the Department of Agriculture during a webinar at 10 a.m. on Aug. 25.

This webinar is designed to introduce participants to the opportunities with the USDA SBIR program and meet one-on-one with program manager Melinda Coffman.

Join us to gain a better understanding of the program and the resources available to assist you in proposal development.

This event is free to attend, but registration is required.

The budget and accounting components of an SBIR/STTR application are one of the most error-prone parts of a typical SBIR/STTR application. Learn how to make sense of it at a virtual event from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 19.

• Make sense out of the perplexing world of the SBIR/STTR cost proposals.
• Learn how to keep records to the government’s satisfaction when you win an SBIR award.
• Determine how to develop an indirect rate, what to expect in the way of government audits, and assist you with government accounting terminology.

While aimed at SBIR/STTR competitors and awardees, this is a free one-of-a-kind workshop that has proven valuable for any applicant or recipient of government contracts and grants.

The budget and accounting components of an SBIR/STTR application are one of the most error-prone parts of a typical Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs (STTR) application. Learn how to make sense of it at a presentation event hosted by Jim Greenwood 9-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 19 via Zoom.

During the presentation, participants will learn the following:

• How to make sense out of the perplexing world of the SBIR and STTR cost proposals.
• How to keep records to the government’s satisfaction when you win an SBIR award.
• How to determine the best way to develop an indirect rate, what to expect in the way of government audits and how to navigate government accounting terminology.

While aimed at SBIR and STTR competitors and awardees, this is a one-of-a-kind regional workshop that provides valuable information for all applicants or recipients of government contracts and grants.

Are you an innovator with an early-stage technology that has commercial potential? Join Dr. Eileen Chant, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs (STTR) program manager, 1-2 p.m. June 28 for a free webinar about DOE SBIR and STTR programs. Registration is required to attend.

DOE SBIR and STTR provide early-stage, non-dilutive research and development funding for small businesses to develop their technology and commercialize it.

Chant will also discuss how to access DOE SBIR and STTR application and awardee assistance programs and what to consider regarding commercialization and the power of partnering.

The presentation will be followed by a question and answer from the audience and a limited number of pre-registered appointments to privately meet with Chant. For more information, contact strategicinitiatives@wichita.edu.

Eric Pierstoff, program director of the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) at the National Science Foundation (NSF), will present an hour-long webinar about NSF SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs (STTR) 1- 2 p.m. April 19.

In addition to describing at NSF SBIR/STTR  program, Pierstoff will answer direct questions, cover the SBIR/STTR program’s goal, funding philosophy, topics, funded examples and the project pitch process. There will also be 10 minutes allotted for one-on-one meetings with Pierstoff.

This webinar is free of charge but registration is required.

If you are an innovator, researcher, or small business, apply by March 29 to take advantage of this virtual event which brings the United States Air Force and the small business community together to connect and collaborate. This enables the opportunity for small business innovation to quickly deliver advanced technologies to the Air Force. The event also offers participants the following:

• An opportunity to connect innovators with potential Air Force customers.
• An opportunity for potential direct contracted purchases or Small Business Innovation Research.

Selected companies will be invited to pitch their technology to Air Force representatives in April. For more information, contact For more information, contact Wichita State Strategic Initiatives at 316-978-5363 or strategicinitiatives@wichita.edu.

Learn more about intellectual property at a webinar at 1:30 p.m. March 22. This webinar will be presented by Rob Gerlach, executive director of tech transfer and commercialization. Gerlach is also a registered patent attorney.

At Wichita State, Gerlach is often tasked with protecting the university’s intellectual property and transferring innovation from the university to the commercial marketplace where its true potential can be realized. Before joining WSU, Gerlach was a patent attorney at Thompson Coburn and previously at Patterson + Sheridan, where he dealt heavily with patent prosecution, litigation and inter partes review (IPR).

Registration is required to attend.

Are you an electrical engineering major and need assistance paying for college? Apply for the H1B One Workforce Grant program today.

The H-1B One Workforce Grant Program is designed to develop replicable, comprehensive workforce strategies for preparing the workforce for middle- to high-skilled H-1B occupations within the information technology, advanced manufacturing, and transportation sectors. These grants will build proofs of concept of innovative training models that can be replicated by the broader workforce system.

If you are an innovator, researcher, or small business, apply by Nov. 1 to take advantage of this virtual event which brings the United States Air Force and the small business community together to connect and collaborate. This enables the opportunity for small business innovation to quickly deliver advanced technologies to the Air Force. The event also offers participants the following:

• An opportunity to connect innovators with potential Air Force customers.
• An opportunity for potential direct contracted purchases or Small Business Innovation Research.

Selected companies will be invited to pitch their technology to Air Force representatives from McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas; Altus AFB, Oklahoma, Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, Whiteman AFB, Missouri, Offutt AFB, Vance AFB, Oklahoma, and Scott AFB, Illinois, in December 2021. 

For more information, contact Wichita State Strategic Initiatives at 316-978-5363 or strategicinitiatives@wichita.edu.

Eric Pierstoff, program director of the  Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) at the National Science Foundation (NSF), will present an hour-long webinar about NSF SBIR and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs (STTR) from 11 a.m. to noon Oct. 12.

In addition to describing at NSF SBIR/STTR  program, Pierstoff will answer direct questions, cover the SBIR/STTR program’s goal, funding philosophy, topics, funded examples and the project pitch process. There will also be 10 minutes allotted for one-on-one meetings with Pierstoff.

This webinar is free of charge but registration is required.