Innovation Funding Training Series

Want to lean more about the SBIR/STTR Program? Visit our SBIR 101 page.

Attend one or all of the trainings, which include:

IP 201 - Beyond Patentability: Building an IP Advantage

CTCOctober 22, 2026 | 12:00PM | Online

Topic: Managing a Business, Financing, Business Basics, Start-up Assistance, Government Contracting

Practical Patent and Trade Secret Protection Considerations for Growth-Stage SBIR Companies


Startup Horror Stories with Founder Factory

CTCOctober 26, 2026 | 3:00PM | Lubar Entrepreneurship Center & UWM Welcome Center, Milwaukee

Topic: Business Basics, Government Contracting, Start-up Assistance, Marketing and Sales

Success stories are inspiring. Horror stories are educational.


SBIR 101 Webinar (November)

CTCNovember 17, 2026 | 12:00PM | Online

Topic: Business Basics, Start-up Assistance

$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the U.S.'s largest seed fund.


SBIR 101 Webinar (December)

CTCDecember 15, 2026 | 12:00PM | Online

Topic: Start-up Assistance, Business Basics

$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the U.S.'s largest seed fund.


NIH Pre-submission Review - December 2026

CTCDecember 16, 2026 | 12:00PM | Online

Topic: Business Basics, Start-up Assistance, Government Contracting

Are you a CTC client who plans to submit to NIH in January? Please register with us to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review.


SBIR 101 Webinar (January 2027)

CTCJanuary 19, 2027 | 12:00PM | Online

Topic: Business Basics, Start-up Assistance

$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the U.S.'s largest seed fund.


National Institutes of Health (NIH) SBIR/STTR Program Overview

CTCJanuary 26, 2027 | 12:00PM | Online

Topic: Start-up Assistance, Government Contracting, Financing, Managing a Business

For basic research advancing beyond the academic realm, the NIH provides non-dilutive federal funding through the SBIR/STTR program.

Access On-Demand Learning through our Sparks Series