SBIR Seminars Being Planned in North Carolina Several two-hour SBIR Seminars will be held at University campuses across North Carolina this fall. NC State UNC Greensboro UNC Charlotte East Carolina University Dates will be available soon at: http://www.sbtdc.org/events/sbir/workshops2007/

Fall 2007 SBIR National Conference

The fall SBIR National Conference will be held in Richardson, TX, October 29 - November 1, 2007. For details, visit http://www.sbirtexas.com.

Solicitations Open Now

NIH - Close: August 5
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm

Department of Homeland Security - Close: August 13
http://www.sbir.dhs.gov/

NASA - Close: September 6
http://sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov/SBIR/SBIR.html

Solicitations in the Pipeline

DoD - Release: July 19
http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/solicitations/index.htm

NIH (Contracts) - Release: August 7
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm

National Science Foundation - Release: November 7
http://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/stop.jsp

SBIR Success in North Carolina

Carolina Unmanned Vehicles Receives Navy Contract

Carolina Unmanned Vehicles, Inc. (CUV), Raleigh, NC, announces award of a Navy Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) contract to develop a new version of their Lightweight Aerostat System (LAS). The new LAS, to carry a Deployable Communications Network payload, and called LAS-DCN, is to be designed for deployment from the new Navy small combatant, the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The LCS is a revolutionary warship designed to operate close to shore by use of a variety of unmanned underwater, (water) surface, ground, and air vehicles (respectively, UUVs, USVs, UGVs, and UAVs). CUV's development of LAS-DCN will provide an inexpensive, long endurance reliable communications relay capability among these various unmanned platforms, dispersed over many miles of ocean and land. Read more...

Apply to Demo at CED's Tech 2007

Don't miss the July 27 deadline to APPLY TO DEMO your technology to hundreds of tech industry executives, investors and more at CED's Tech 2007!

CED is searching for the most exciting technologies and products from the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic to demo in our Demo Pavilion Room.

• This year's conference will highlight emerging technologies from cleantech to Web 2.0, medical technologies to hardware, and everything else in between!
• CED is seeking applicants from across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic including: entrepreneurial companies of any stage or size, universities, corporations, local research institutions, and corporate research groups.
• APPLY TODAY for the chance to highlight your technology to 600+ investors, potential partners and customers at this year's conference.

In addition to the demo technologies, CED's Tech 2007 will bring together industry experts, disruptive thinkers, leading technologies and business influencers to discuss global technology trends and current issues in a range of industries.

Learn more about why you should participate and APPLY TO DEMO at Tech 2007.

Questions? Contact Dhruv Patel at dpatel@cednc.org or 919.549.7500 x118.