Government Grants 鈥� How to Get Them

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Hit The Conference Circuit
There are typically two SBIR and SBTT conferences a year. The next SBIR gathering will run Nov. 11 to 14 in Hartford, Conn. Cost for these three- to four-day events: $350 to $400 per start-up. Specific agencies hold their own conferences as well. (The Department of Defense will hold one in Palm Desert, Calif., in early December.) If you're looking for grant money, there are few better networking opportunities. "I don't think anyone ever comes and doesn't get a chance to talk to someone from the agency," says Joseph Hennessey, program officer at the National Science Foundation. "That's why we go there. We're trying to provide that interface."

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