Our August session will cover Early and Growth-Stage R&D Funding, with guests Lindsay Ryan covering Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grants and Joseph Naft on the Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) program. Joseph Naft directs the MIPS program (http://mips.umd.edu/), which funds Maryland university-based research projects that help companies develop new products. And Lindsay Ryan is Venture Development Director for the University System of Maryland, which coordinates among 12 public institutions and 3 regional higher education centers throughout Maryland (https://www.usmd.edu/usm/economic-development/), and she...

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