Grants Workshop
Federal and State Grant Funding Sources
About CED's Grants Workshop
CED’s Grants Workshop, in partnership with Small Business & Technology Development Center (SBTDC), is a three-part program focused on starting and growing a company via local and federal grant funding. The program provides entrepreneurs with the relevant knowledge and resources needed to attract grant funding in today’s tough business environment.
The program series is designed to offer value to entrepreneurs across diverse industry sectors. The first session is focused on connecting with local and federal granting sources. The second session will provide tips on preparing a grant proposal, identifying funding sources and an entrepreneur’s perspective on grants. The third session will offer one-on-one consulting sessions with expert grant writers and specialists.
Session I Agenda:
8:00 – 8:30 Registration
8:30 – 8:35 Welcome - CED & SBTDC
8:35 – 9:00 SBIR/STTR - Overview - John Ujvari, SBTDC
9:00 – 9:30 Department of Defense - Michael J. Caccuitto, US Army Research Office
9:30 – 9:45 BREAK
9:45 – 10:15 NIH & NIEHS - David Balshaw, Ph.D., NIEHS
10:15 – 10:35 NCIDEA Grants Program - Lister Delgado, NCIDEA
10:35 – 11:00 NC Biotech Center Grants and Loans - John Richert, NCBC
11:00 – 11:30 NC One North Fund & Green Business Fund & State Sponsored Matching Grants Program - John Hardin, NC Board of Science and Technology
11:30 – 12:00 Wrap-Up and Networking
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Session II Agenda
8:30 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome
9:15 – 10:00 How to ID a opportunity? - Susan Gramling, UNC
10:00 – 10:15 BREAK
10:15 – 11:00 Tips for Preparing Grant Proposals - Nancy Fisher, NC Fisher Research
11:00 – 11:30 Grants – The Good & the Bad - Peyton Anderson, Affinergy
11:30 – 12:00 Wrap-Up and Networking
Session III Agenda
9:00 – 12:00 One-on-one consulting sessions with grant experts and writers
*PLEASE NOTE: To attend Session III, participants must complete this form and email responses to dpatel@cednc.org .
