AI Roundtable: Early and Growth-Stage R&D Funding

Our August topic is 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 directs the Maryland Momentum Fund (MMF), which supports early-stage companies affiliated with the University System of Maryland (USM).

This will be a fully participatory, moderated discussion session. Contact facilitator Seth Grimes at grimes@altaplana.com if there are topics you'd like to raise. This AI Roundtable session is sponsored by TEDCO, the Maryland Technology Development Corporation. For more on the AI Roundtable, visit https://www.tedcomd.com/roundtables/artificial-intelligence-roundtable .

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