Dept of Defense Wants to Give $2.5B for Small Business Innovators (#sbir)

Federal Sales and Government Contracting (Neil McDonnell)

DoD has $2.5B for Small Business Innovators ready to change the world.
Join GovCon Chamber president Neil McDonnell in a fireside chat with Gina Sims, Director of SBIR / STTR Program Office for the US Department of Defense.
✅ In this live interview, GovCon Chamber president Neil McDonnell and Gina Sims discuss:

• What kind of 'innovation' is DoD is looking for from Small Businesses
• How Small Businesses apply to get access to $2.5B in DoD #innovation funding
• DoD's non-dilutive funds for traditional government contractors and those not yet supporting federal agencies
• Why #SBIR dollars should be part of government contractor total growth strategy Difference between successful and unsuccessful applicants

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🟩 ABOUT OUR GUEST:
Gina Sims, Director of SBIR / STTR Program Office for the US Department of Defense Ms. Regina “Gina” Sims is the Director of the Defense SBIR/STTR Program Office for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. Ms. Sims is the principal point of contact for Congress, the Small Business Administration, Government Accountability Office, and Interagency SBIR/STTR Community Representatives.
Ms. Sims oversees and leads the SBIR/STTR Program to unify and convey transparency and trust across Defense agencies and components encompassing the program. Prior to her role in OSD, Ms. Sims was the Department of Air Force (DAF) Specific Topic Branch Chief, a role she held in the AFVentures Division of AFWERX.
Ms. Sims was responsible for the facilitation of the DAF’s SBIR/STTR Life Cycle, designed to rapidly and efficiently transition innovative technology to the Airmen and Guardian Warfighter communities. Ms. Sims was also responsible for the planning and execution of an annual portfolio of $400M while managing the day-to-day efforts of the Specific Topic Branch within AFVentures, supporting a variety of mission partners.

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🟩 HOST | Neil McDonnell
president GovCon Chamber of Commerce and co-founder of GovCon in a Box
https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-mcdonnell/

Small business owners trust Neil to show them HOW to earn federal government contracts and subcontracts. A passionate 'evangelist' for business development in the federal marketplace, Neil has helped 1000s of small business contractors collectively win over $3B (federal contract value).
A small business contractor in the tech space for 25+ years, Neil successfully won contracts worth hundreds of millions for the Department of Defense and civilian agencies, including

• US Army • US Navy • US Air Force • HHS • VA • White House • Departments of Education, Transportation, Interior and Energy and numerous large prime contractors

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