How DOE Is Supporting Small Businesses to Strengthen Community Partnerships and Workforce Development

Webinar
October 21, 2021

How DOE Is Supporting Small Businesses to Strengthen Community Partnerships and Workforce Development

Join the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE's) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO), Office of Technology Transitions (OTT), and Office of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) programs for a webinar to learn how DOE is working to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) through the SBIR/STTR programs.

The webinar will feature Eileen Chant, Outreach Manager, Office of SBIR/STTR Programs; Jasmine Bridges, Commercialization Executive, OTT; and Elizabeth Burrows, Technology Manager, BETO.

Panelist discussions will include:

* An overview of the SBIR/STTR Programs and how to get involved

* SBIR-wide efforts to increase DEI

* SBIR Enhancement Effort

* The recent DOE SBIR/STTR Programs, Phase I awards

* Award impact experienced by local community workforce development partnerships.