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New technologies—innovative, cutting-edge—have unique funding requirements. NBDC can help you develop a strategy appropriate for your technology and situation:

  • Identify federal agencies with R&D interest in your technology
  • Understand the SBIR/STTR application process—obtaining required registrations, reviewing and improving your proposal, communicating with agency program manager, and staying on top of deadlines
  • Put your venture in front of other funding sources such as private investors, state programs and other grant opportunities
  • Understand investor requirements and create an effective presentation

SBIR/STTR Grants

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs offer federal grant opportunities to small businesses for pursuing research and research/development (R/R&D) that has potential for commercialization.

Learn more about SBIR and STTR Funding.

Project Management for Federal Grant Applicants

In this self-paced course, registrants will develop a ten-week plan to complete their proposal by federal agencies' submission deadlines. Weekly assignments include:

  • complete required federal registrations
  • identify and download relevant funding opportunities
  • outline the technical narrative based on evaluation criteria
  • develop a budget that follows funding guidelines

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Investor Funding

Equity capital or financing is money raised by a business in exchange for a share of ownership in the company. Two key sources of equity capital for new businesses are angel investors and venture capital firms. Learn more about investor funding.

State Grants for R&D

  • Nebraska SBIR Phase 0 Planning Grants up to $5,000/reimbursement basis
  • Nebraska SBIR Matching Grants for Phase I and Phase II up to $100,000 or 65% of federal grant/reimbursement basis
  • Nebraska R& D Phase I up to $100,000, 4 to 1 match/reimbursable basis
  • Nebraska R&D Phase II up to $400,000, 1 to 1 match/reimtursable basis

Traditional Loan Options

These include traditional bank loans, SBA guaranteed loans and USDA guaranteed loans.

Green Innovation Funding

If you have a innovative idea for a new technology and process to reduce waste, and they're energy oriented, check these funding options out:

Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
The Nebraska Environmental Trust (NET)
Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency (DSIRE)

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Goldfinch Solutions
We worked with NBDC to successfully obtain this funding (SBIR Phase I). With NBDC help, we got where we needed to be a lot faster and with a lot less stress.-Chris Calkins, Ph.D. senior vice president, Goldfinch Solutions

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