Media invited to conduct interviews at WSU's SBIR Road Tour Media invited to conduct interviews at WSU's SBIR Road Tour

The U.S. Small Business Administration's SBIR Road Tour is coming to Wichita for the second year in a row. The SBIR Road Tour is a national outreach effort to convey the $2.5 billion in early stage technology funding available through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Federal and state program managers will meet with local innovators, entrepreneurs, researchers and small technology firms.

What: Media interviews with SBIR Road Tour organizers, federal representatives and attendees

When: 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Thursday, June 30

Where: Wichita State University, Rhatigan Student Center, 2nd floor mezzanine

Who: Edsel Brown, assistant director, U.S. Small Business Administration
Mark Torline, director, WSU Ventures, Wichita State University
Gary Stecklein, attendee
Mark and Bill Carey, attendees

WSU Ventures hosts the SBIR Road Tour from 7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30, on the second floor of the Rhatigan Student Center.

Agencies represented at the event include:
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Navy
- U.S Air Force
- Missile Defense Agency
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

For more information, visit http://www.wsuventures.org/about-us/events/2016-sbir-road-tour and http://www.sbirroadtour.com.