The TCO facilitates transfer of CUNY innovations to industry by nurturing collaboration between academia and industry, by championing sponsored research at various facilities within the University, by licensing of CUNY intellectual property to sponsors and other industry partners, and by supporting formation of new start-up companies.
The TCO facilitates transfer of CUNY innovations to industry by nurturing collaboration between academia and industry, by championing sponsored research at various facilities within the University, by licensing of CUNY intellectual property to sponsors and other industry partners, and by supporting formation of new start-up companies.
Empire Corps, led by the City University of New York (CUNY) Industrial and Applied Research Division and powered by the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program, is New York’s centralized support system for technology entrepreneurs.
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SBIR Phase 0:
Lean Startup Training Course
Through New York I-Corps, innovators must validate their business model through rigorous customer discovery and learn to refine their value proposition based on direct customer feedback, reducing technical and market risks that can make a company more competitive for federal funding.
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Agency Specific SBIR Workshops
We offer a range of half-day and full-day SBIR/STTR proposal writing workshops in NYS designed to help entrepreneurs navigate the complex funding process across all 11 federal agencies that participate in the SBIR/STTR program.
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One-on-One Mentorship
Through individualized sessions, experienced experts assist entrepreneurs in refining their project scope, aligning their innovation with agency priorities, and crafting a proposal that clearly demonstrates both technical merit and commercial potential.
Are you an innovator working on a novel technology interested in SBIR/STTR funding in New York State? Complete our Assessment Form below and a member of the Empire-Corps will be in touch within one week!
Empire-Corps is funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and supported with leadership from the New York City Innovation Hot Spot
