Montana and Wyoming SBIR Discovery Webinar – Cost Proposals & Government Accounting – 8/4 – Online

Join us next Tuesday August 4, 2026 to gain confidence in tackling your SBIR/STTR Cost Proposal! Jim Greenwood will lead an all-day workshop hosted by Montana Technology Innovation Partnership powered by MSU TechLink Center and Wyoming Small Business Development Center Network (the Montana and Wyoming FAST teams) to demystify budgets and government accounting principles for SBIR applicants and those pursuing other federal contracts/grants.

Sound boring? Never! Jim has a way of making even the driest of topics interesting and fun and you will walk away with immediate skills to apply to your own proposals.

You’ll learn:
✔️ The components of an SBIR/STTR cost proposal
✔️ Understanding government accounting terminology
✔️ Allowable vs Unallowable costs
✔️ Aligning technical work plans with realistic budgets
✔️ Establishing records and accounting practices that support compliance
✔️ Preparing for potential government audits
✔️ Practical cost proposal and indirect-rate examples

Who should attend? Small businesses and investigators in the U.S. planning for, or have received SBIR (or other federal funding), support organization working with government contractors. You *do not* need to be based in MT or WY.
Date: August 4, 2026
Time: 8:30 AM – 4PM MDT (plenty of breaks, we promise)
Where: Zoom
Registration is required: https://lnkd.in/gkBi_KjU

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