The Marine Industries Science & Technology (MIST) Cluster will hold its second quarterly Small Business Summit in conjunction with the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Road Tour. Participants will have the opportunity to meet with federal program managers to discuss funding and technical areas of interest offered by SBIR and related Small Business Technology Transfer programs, who annually award more than $2.5 billion in contracts and grants to small businesses to undertake research and technical innovation development projects.

The SBIR Road Tour is being co-hosted with the Enterprise for Innovative Geospatial Solutions’ Geospatial Cluster with additional support provided by Innovate Mississippi and its MS-FAST program. The Road Tour will also include presentations and discussions on opportunities for working with various divisions of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration located at Stennis Space Center in Hancock County.