EDA

On August 13, Hamm Consulting Group participated on a webinar on the 2015 U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Regional Innovation Strategies (RIS) Program Solicitation.  Julie Lenzer Kirk, Director of EDA’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE), Craig Buerstatte, Program Manager, and Andria Fisanich, a Program Analyst, provided information on the solicitation that included the attached slides. The application deadline is October 5, 2015. $10 million is allocated for the FY 2015 RIS Program Competition to support two separate grant opportunities, the i6 Challenge and Seed Fund...

Today, EDA announced that applications are now being accepted for the 2015 Regional Innovation Strategies Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO). We are excited to list a few opportunities in the coming weeks to get you more info and answer questions: Wednesday, August 12 at 1:00 p.m. ET: EDA Twitter Chat hosted by @US_EDA and OIE Director @ChiefMuse (use #RISP15 to ask questions) Thursday, August 13 at 4:00 p.m. ET: SSTI hosted webinar (general RIS) REGISTER Monday, August 18 White House Rural Council and USDA cohosted webinar (RIS rural component). CheckOIE’s Website in...