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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Louisville Hosts National Conference in Healthcare Innovations
Hundreds of high-tech small business owners and entrepreneurs descended upon Louisville for the 2012 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) conference.

As host city, Louisville evidenced its support of innovators and high tech entrepreneurs. As a state, Kentucky offers the nation's only comprehensive matching funds program for federal SBIR and STTR awards – having helped more than 60 firms, with over a dozen high-tech companies from across the nation.
The SBIR-STTR Matching Funds program is just one of a range of state initiatives designed to grow and retain high-tech small businesses in Louisville and across the Commonwealth. These programs have helped Kentucky dramatically improve the level of entrepreneurial activity.

The conference helped set the stage for new collaborations across state boundaries to breed innovative ideas that will have regional, national and global impact upon technology commercialization. The NIH conference brings together small businesses, entrepreneurs and economic development organizations, along with major universities and companies to prepare for challenges in developing tech-based businesses and jobs.

For more information, visit http://nih.kysbir.com/.