The New Mexico Small Business Assistance (NMSBA) Program is a vital resource for New Mexico small businesses, unlocking (enabling/providing) access to cutting-edge capabilities and expertise within Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories. This initiative empowers eligible small businesses based in New Mexico to receive up to $40,000 in no-cost technical assistance annually. We aim to address the specific challenges, fostering growth and innovation within the state.
Key Program Highlights
Technical Expertise: Leverage knowledge and skills from Laboratory researchers to overcome business challenges.
Financial Support: Eligible businesses can receive up to $40,000 in no-cost technical assistance each year. ($20k for urban and $40K for rural)
Customized Solutions: Tailored assistance to address the unique needs of your business, facilitating growth and development. (Not available in the private sector).
Ready to Propel Your Business Forward?
Discover more about the program and take the first step toward growth by visiting the NMSBA website.
New Mexico Laboratory Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (NMLEEP) offers a transformative two-year fellowship program designed to catalyze the growth of deep tech startups by leveraging the unparalleled resources and expertise of Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories. This initiative pairs entrepreneurs with cutting-edge technology and a robust support ecosystem to accelerate the transition of innovative concepts into market-ready products.
Key Program Highlights:
Technology Areas: The program focuses on five key technology domains: advanced materials, artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing, biotechnology, space systems, and energy transition. By aligning with these targeted areas, fellows can leverage the specialized resources of the national laboratories to advance their innovations and address critical challenges in these fields.
Program Benefits: Fellows receive a generous stipend, health insurance, and a travel allowance to support their full-time engagement in product development activities. Rigorous mentorship from experienced advisors helps fellows refine their business models, enhance their financial acumen, and prepare for investor engagements.
Perspective Applicants: Prospective applicants are evaluated based on the feasibility of their innovation, stage of development, leadership qualities, and alignment with the program's mission and technology focus areas.
Ready to Take the Next Step?
Learn more about the New Mexico LEEP program and start your journey toward entrepreneurial success by clicking by visiting the NMLEEP website.
SBIR and STTR programs encourage small businesses to explore their technological potential and travel a pathway to potentially profitable technology commercialization. The small business submits competitive proposal to a participating federal agency that identifies a way to solve the outlined problem for SBIR/STTR topic.
Key Program Highlights:
Technical Expertise: Small businesses may request Los Alamos’ involvement when submitting a proposal to the SBIR or STTR programs. By including Los Alamos as a subcontractor (SBIR) or a research institution (STTR), a small business may utilize Los Alamos’ unique expertise and facilities when the requested capabilities are not available in the private sector.
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TRGR Technology Readiness Initiative addresses the gap of knowledge transfer and technology advancement when a New Mexico business licenses a laboratory technology or engages in a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement or CRADA.
Key Program Highlights:
Technology Maturation: Provides New Mexico businesses the opportunity to work directly with scientists and engineers at Los Alamos or Sandia National Laboratories to accelerate their technologies past the invention stage into products and services.
Financial Support: New Mexico businesses with a license for a laboratory technology or engaged research partnership can access up to $150,000 in technical assistance from Los Alamos National Laboratory or Sandia National Laboratories to researchers toward advancing technology closer to a commercialization milestone. No cash or goods are exchanged with the business.
Customized Solutions: TRGR expedites product development by assisting companies with prototyping, proof-of-concept, field demonstrations, technical validation, and other maturation activities, not available in the private sector.
