Center for Research and Development, UNK: Nebraska state
agency directors will speak in classrooms and at public town hall forums on
topics that include taxation, economic development, banking and finance.
Contact: www.unk.edu/crrd. Entrepreneurshop, Nebraska Business Development
Center: Business consulting in evaluating business ideas, writing an effective
business plan and getting financing; includes services of Entrepreneurshop.
Contact: 402-595-1158;
http://nbdc.unomaha.edu/about/eshop.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
Nebraska Business Development Center: Assists entrepreneurs in
analyzing the capital needs of their business, and supports the pursuit of debt
capital and angel equity investment. Assistance also offered in budget and
operations analysis. Contact:
http://nbdc.unomaha.edu/venture/;
Omaha, 402-554-6270; Lincoln, 402-472-3358; Kearney, 308-865-8344; Scottsbluff,
308-635-7513.
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.
Nebraska Cooperative Development Center, Center for Applied Rural Innovation:
The Nebraska Cooperative Development Center is Nebraska's center for cooperative based
business development. NCDC Provides education, training, and technical assistance
(group facilitation, specialized resources such as legal assistance, feasibility
analysis and financial assistance), and small amounts of seed money for developing and
existing cooperatively owned, LLC or other structured businesses. Contact:
http://ncdc.unl.edu. Lincoln
402-472-1748, Holdrege 308-995-3889.