The mission of the Missouri S&T Office of Sponsored
Programs is to enhance and facilitate University research and external funding
by providing services, in a timely and professional manner, to all persons
involved with sponsored program activities.
The University of Missouri Extension is a partnership of the
University of Missouri campuses, Lincoln University, the people of Missouri
through county extension councils, and the Cooperative State Research,
Education and Extension Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Using
science-based knowledge, University of Missouri Extension engages people to
understand change, solve problems and make informed decisions.
Small Business and
Technology Business Development Center
A partnership between Missouri S&T and University of
Missouri Extension, the Missouri S&T Small Business and Technology Business
Development Center provides information, training and business counseling to
the University's faculty and students, Missouri entrepreneurs, and small
business owners and managers located in the south central region of Missouri.
Funded in part by a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business
Administration.
Contact: Barry White, (573) 341-4562
Missouri Federal and State
Technology Partnership Center
The Missouri S&T Missouri Federal and State Technology
Partnership Center provides information, training, and counseling about the
federal R&D grants program to the University's faculty and Missouri's
entrepreneurs interested in pursuing and obtaining SBIR funding for new product
development.
Contact: Malcolm Townes, (573) 341-7616
Missouri Procurement
Technical Assistance Center
The Missouri S&T Missouri Procurement Technical Assistance
Center provides information, training, and counseling about the federal, state,
and local procurement opportunities Missouri's small business interested in
pursuing and obtaining business contracts
Contact: Mary Love, (417) 836-5680
Phelps County Extension
Center
A partnership between University of Missouri Extension and
Phelps County provides business training and counseling to small business and
entrepreneurs in a five county in Missouri's south central region.
Contact: Mick Gilliam, (573) 458-6260
Rolla Regional Economic
Commission
The Rolla Regional Economic Commission interacts with key
business, government, and institutional leaders as well as economic and
community developers throughout the region.
Contact: Elizabeth Bax, (573) 341-0123
Ft Leonard Wood Liaison
Office
Missouri S&T is intensely interested in research and
economic development that is possible through the local Army installation, Fort
Leonard Wood. The Fort is located about 30 miles west of Rolla on Interstate
44. The post is home to the US Army Engineer School, the Military Police School
and the Chemical School. The liaison office is at the University of Missouri
Research Park at Fort Leonard Wood.
The Leonard Wood Institute
or "LWI" is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization and was
formed to support the development, transfer and utilization of new technologies
developed or provided in Missouri that have applicability to the U.S.
Army's mission at Fort Leonard Wood and to the technology needs of the
Department of Defense on a world-wide basis.
Missouri Department of
Economic Development [website]
The
Missouri Department of Economic Development is dedicated to increasing the
wealth of Missouri manufacturers and technology-based business ventures by
improving their ability to compete in a global economy.
The MTC is charged by law with being a focal point for creating
better ways Missouri businesses can interface with universities in order to
solve technical and productivity issues; for bringing more research funding and
emphasis to Missouri universities, especially involving the life sciences,
information technology and advanced manufacturing; and for creating and
managing a system to transfer new discoveries into the marketplace in order to
create companies and jobs.