BidMatch Service, Nebraska Business Development Center: For a nominal fee,
service searches and locates daily bidding opportunities for your company.
Contact:
http://ptac.unomaha.edu/services/cfm.
Food Processing Center: Provides assistance to new and existing agricultural
producers and value-added food processors on funding opportunities, including
state and federal grant and loan opportunities. Assistance in applying for
grants is available. Contact:
http://fpc.unl.edu/Business/grants.shtml.
Procurement Technical Assistance Center, Nebraska Business Development Center:
Offers free consulting services and seminars to help Nebraska businesses locate
opportunities for business with the government and obtain government contracts
(in partnership with the Defense Logistics Agency). Contact:
ptac.unomaha.edu/about.cfm; offices in Kearney (308-865-8244,
knappse@unk.edu); Lincoln (402-472-1177,
wrjohnson@mail.unomaha.edu); Omaha (402-554-6253, 402-554-6254,
alalexander@mail.unomaha.edu,
mgraff@mail.unomaha.edu).
R&D Partnership Program, Nebraska EPSCoR: Provides funding for scientific and
technological research collaborations between university faculty and Nebraska
businesses to promote technology transfer and economic development throughout
the state. Contact:
http://epscor.unl.edu/pdfs/R&DPartnershipRFP07.pdf;
402-472-8946.
SBIR/STTR assistance, Nebraska Business Development Center: Consultants help
you understand the process to apply for the Small Business Innovative Research
(SBIR) program, and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program.
Competitive grant programs investing federal research funds for small
businesses. Contact: 402-554-6259;
http://www.nbdc.unomaha.edu/SBIR/.