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Provide enabling Technology Acceleration expertise and technical assistance to SMEs to help them improve their innovation capacity towards profitable growth.
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Connect commercial ready technologies and the R&D capacity for accelerating technology initiatives within the institute to the manufacturing community.
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Collaborate with the University and other enabling organizations in identifying funding channels that can be leveraged to assist SME’s in technology driven endeavors.
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Coordinate sponsored research agreements between businesses and the Innovation Institute.
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Provide grant writing assistance to SME’s for SBIR, STTR, Training Grants or other related funding sources as appropriate.
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Provide access to networks and create alliances to support manufacturing growth through innovation.
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