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America’s Seed Fund, powered by NSF, supports startups in the development of groundbreaking, high-impact, high-risk technology, transforming scientific discovery into products and services with commercial potential. NSF awards $200 million in SBIR/STTR funds annually, and university start-ups are prime candidates for these non-dilutive grants of up to $2 million.
Meet your presenter
Sonia Vohnout
President & Founder
OppsSpot, LLC
Sonia has held executive management and senior technical positions and has also co-founded several companies. She has over 30 years of experience in systems engineering, quality systems, business development and program management.
With almost 20 years of expertise in the SBIR/STTR program and consulting services to assist small businesses with this and other government funding vehicles, she has helped start-ups and small businesses raise tens of millions of dollars in federal funding. Sonia has assisted small business with hundreds of proposal preparations and submissions throughout her career. Her depth of experience with commercialization strategies has led her to be recognized as a leading consultant in the SBIR/STTR program. By building strong relationships and working closely with the small businesses, industry stakeholders, research institutions, state organizations, as well as incubators and accelerators supporting faculty, she provides strong strategies that help translate ideas into reality. Sonia has a B.S and M.S in Systems Engineering from the University of Arizona.