Herndon, VA, Sept. 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) announced today that it will host a series of events throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia to provide an overview of funding sources and programs available for Virginia-based researchers and entrepreneurs.
Program presentations will include CIT’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Funding Support Program, GAP Seed Investment Fund, Virginia Founders Fund (VFF), and the Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF) grant program (including details on the upcoming FY2019 solicitation).
The following events, which will cover all of CIT’s funding sources and presentations from local resources, are scheduled for Abingdon, Blacksburg, Danville, Roanoke, Sweet Briar and Wise:
- October 10th, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. - Abingdon, VA
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
- October 10th, 2 – 5 p.m. - Wise, VA
Slemp Student Center, UVA Wise
- October 11th, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. - Blacksburg, VA
Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center
- October 11th, 2 – 5 p.m. - Roanoke, VA
Hampton Inn Downtown Roanoke
- October 29th, 3 – 5 p.m. - Danville, VA
Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR)
- October 30th, 1 – 5 p.m. - Sweet Briar, VA
The Florence Elston Inn and Conference Center, Sweet Briar College
A formal request for proposals for the $2.4 million CRCF FY2019 solicitation will be issued in early October. A series of briefing sessions that focus solely on this solicitation will take place in Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Harrisonburg, Norfolk, Northern Virginia, Richmond and Williamsburg:
- October 15th, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. - Richmond, VA
VA Bio+Tech Park
- October 16th, 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Williamsburg, VA
Sadler Center, College of William & Mary
- October 17th, 10 – 11:30 a.m. - Norfolk, VA
Strome Entrepreneurial Center, Old Dominion University
- October 18th, 9 – 11 a.m. - Fredericksburg, VA
University of Mary Washington Small Business Development Center
- October 22nd, 4 – 6 p.m. - Fairfax, VA
MIX@Fenwick, George Mason University
- October 23rd, 9 – 10:30 a.m. - Charlottesville, VA
i.Lab, University of Virginia
- October 23rd, 3:30 – 5 p.m. - Harrisonburg, VA
Lakeview Hall, James Madison University
For the full event schedule and registration details, please visit www.cit.org/events. Please direct any questions to Robert Brooke, at robert.brooke@cit.org or to crcf@cit.org.
About the Center for Innovative Technology, www.cit.org
Since 1985, CIT, a nonprofit corporation, has been Virginia’s primary driver of innovation and entrepreneurship. CIT accelerates the next generation of technology and technology companies through commercialization, capital formation, market development and revenue generation services. To facilitate national innovation leadership and accelerate the rate of technology adoption, CIT creates partnerships between innovative technology start-up companies and advanced technology consumers. CIT’s CAGE Code is 1UP71. To learn more, please visit www.cit.org. Follow CIT on Twitter @CITorg and add the Center for Innovative Technology on LinkedIn and Facebook.
About the CRCF
The Commonwealth Research Commercialization Fund (CRCF), a multi-million dollar technology commercialization grant program, advances science- and technology-based research, development and commercialization to drive economic growth in Virginia and to encourage collaboration among its institutions of higher education and partnerships between these colleges and universities and business and industry.