The SBIR program offers a golden opportunity for Nevada's innovative small businesses to transform groundbreaking ideas into marketable products. In this comprehensive talk, Vincent Lee and Leith Martin will discuss the NSF SBIR and I-Corps programs, offering a golden opportunity for Nevada's innovative small businesses to transform groundbreaking ideas into marketable products. Vincent Lee will provide an overview of the NSF’s SBIR/STTR program, while Leith Martin will discuss the I-Corps program.

About the Speakers


Vincent Lee is an SBIR/STTR program director with the U.S. NSF. Vincent co-founded Lumiode, led venture financing rounds for Lumiode, and was the principal investigator for an NSF SBIR Phase I/II/IIB grant and the entrepreneurial lead on an I-Corps grant.



Leith Martin is the Executive Director of the Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Lee Business School, where he oversees programs including the Rebel Venture Fund, the UNLV NSF I-Corps program and the academic entrepreneurship curriculum.