Ag Magazines and Web Centers

General:

• Beverage World - Covers the issues, trends, people and companies shaping the fast-changing beverage market.
• Bill Marvin, The Restaurant Doctor - Provides free hints and good suggestions for restauranteurs.
• Convenience Store News Online - Includes market research and industry-related surveys and reports.
• ENERGY STAR® for Restaurants - Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) tips, tools and resources for saving energy in food service businesses.
• Food Magazines and Web Centers
• The Food Channel - Features culinary trends, food associations directory, newsletter and resources for food professionals relating to food trends.
• Fooddude - Packaged foods and beverage information.
• The Food Marketing Institute - Supermarket facts, trends, research, glossary of terms and newsletter.
• Food Processing - Reports on strategy and technology developments in the food processing industry.
• Food Processing Business - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a food processing business.
• The Gourmet Retailer - Industry information, trade show calendar and news articles for retailers of specialty food and kitchenware.
• Grocery Manufacturers of America - Contains news, public policy updates and industry information on food, beverages and consumer products.
• GS1 US Uniform Code Council, Inc. - Information on getting started with uniform product code/bar codes: application process and fees; industry specific guidelines and standards.
• International Food Information Council Foundation - Collects and disseminates scientific information on food safety, nutrition and health. Translates research into understandable and useful information.
• IRS Industries: Restaurant - The IRS's guide including links to tax tips, trends and statistics related to the restaurant industry.
• Missouri 1997 Economic Census Accommodation and Foodservices - [1,201k] Part of the U.S. Census Bureau's Geographic Area Series; using the NAICS code for restaurants and other food-related businesses, statistics for food costs, labor and more can be found.
• The Morning Cup - Online news service to the food and beverage industry; provides a daily report of food and beverage industry news articles and trends commentary
• National Association of Convenience Stores - Source for information, knowledge and connections to the Convenience Store Industry.
• National Restaurant Association - Provides information on trends in dining out; government affairs; trade shows; foodservice training and certification; research; quality control; safety and security; publications; and related internet sites.
• The Natural Foods Merchandiser - Natural products industry information.
• Prepared Foods - Industry information and statistics.
• Pollution Prevention: Hospitality Industry - Measures, resources and a detailed list of strategies and benefits for implementing a pollution prevention and recycling plan for establishments providing food services. Part of the Missouri Environmental Assistance Center's section on the hospitality industry.
• Realbeer.com - Information about beer, brewpubs, microbreweries, homebrewing and the beer industry.
• Restaurant Owner.com - Business resource center for independent restaurant owners and operators.
• Restaurant Report - Information for hospitality professionals and food connoisseurs. Contains listing of top 100 food websites.
• Selling Strategies for Local Food Producers - For many farmers, marketing and selling their products are the most challenging parts of the farm enterprise, especially when selling directly to consumers. This University of Missouri Extension publication is a comprehensive guide to the marketing aspects of selling food products including a selling checklist, building customer relationships, nonverbal communications, meeting needs, creating printed or online materials and being a good salesperson.
• Starting a Food Business - USDA information addressing regulations, regulatory agencies, requirements and laws regarding many aspects of the food business.

• American Association of Franchisees and Dealers - Acts to educate the public regarding fair franchise practices, quality franchise opportunities and to expose unethical practices.
• America's Best Franchises - This franchise marketplace serves to be the premier resource to prospective franchise buyers and a qualified sales lead source.
• Buy, Build or Franchise - Choosing the right way to go into business.
• EntreMKT: The Franchise Market - Online franchise directory that specializes in franchise and vendor databases.
• Franchise Direct - Includes a comprehensive directory of franchise opportunities. Provides news, views and advice to potential franchisees and those considering franchising as a means of business expansion.
• Franchises - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to buying and managing a franchise opportunity.
• Franchises - Learn how to understand the differences between a franchise and a business opportunity. Ways to compare the advantages and disadvantages of purchasing a franchise instead of starting a new business and be able to evaluate a franchise offering.
• Franchise Showroom - Franchise opportunities, resource center and franchisor information.
• Franchise Times - News and information source for franchising. Ranks top 200 franchise chains.
• FranchiseHandbook.com - Detailed information on over 1700 franchises.
• FranChoice - Information about the risks and opportunities in franchising; includes a survey to help gauge interest and aptitude for becoming a franchisor.
• FranNet: The Franchise Connection - Helps prospective franchisees find businesses.
• International Franchise Association - Franchise information for franchisors, franchisees and suppliers.
• Is Franchising for Me Workbook? - [142k] One of SBA's Workbooks providing a checklist to help you self-evaluate your skills and experience and determine whether you posess the characteristics to go into franchising.
• USA Today's Franchise Directory - Alphabetical directory of franchise businesses for sale

• Home-Based Business - Provides information specific to home business owners on start-up, licensing and insurance with current "hot topics" section.
  
• Associations for the Home-Based Business
• "Bed and Breakfast: Is This the Right Business for You?" - Abstract of publication that provides several hints about operating a bed and breakfast. (Note: UOE publication must be purchased)
• Business Scams - Tips to help understand which business opportunities are schemes or scams and which are legitimate.
• The Crafts Report - Provides information on marketing, growing your craft business, time management, studio safety, retail relationships, features on other craft professionals and industry news and statistics.
• ENERGY STAR® for Home-based Businesses - Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) tips, tools and resources for saving energy in home-based businesses.
• Home-Based Business - Doing Your Taxes - Special tax considerations for the home-based business
• "Home-Based Business: Keeping Records" - Provides guides and a checklist to help you develop a simple set of records for your business. (Note: University of Missouri Extension Guidesheet)
• Home-Based Business - Market Your Product - Offers strategies to promote your product or service.
• Home-Based Business Magazines and Web Centers
• Home-Based Business Tax Avoidance Schemes - [65k] IRS brochure explaining do's and don't for tax reporting
• Home-Based Business - Will It Work for Me? - A tool to help you explore options and look for more information before starting a home-based business.
• Home Business Alliance - A business development/networking organization for all home-based business owners.
• Home Office Deduction Reminders - IRS fact sheet explaining the rules for deducting home office expenses.
• How to Start and Manage a Home-based Business - [620k] Discussion of the marketing and management skills necessary to succeed in operating a home-based business, plus information on licenses, regulations, legal structure, taxes, insurance, recordkeeping and business plans.
• IRS Warns Taxpayers to be Aware of Abusive Home-based Business Tax Schemes - IRS news release
• "Marketing Crafts and Other Products to Tourists" - Abstract of publication that offers tips for wholesaling and selling retail to tourist areas. (Note: UOE publication must be purchased)
• "Selling Food Products: A Business From Your Home" - Abstract of publication that provides points to consider when selling food products prepared at home. (Note: UOE publication must be purchased)
• Selling Strategies for Local Food Producers - For many farmers, marketing and selling their products are the most challenging parts of the farm enterprise, especially when selling directly to consumers. This University of Missouri Extension publication is a comprehensive guide to the marketing aspects of selling food products including a selling checklist, building customer relationships, nonverbal communications, meeting needs, creating printed or online materials and being a good salesperson.

• Center for Technology and Small Business Development - Operates the Missouri Product Assistance Lab (MoPAL), a specialized laboratory that assists business and industry with precision measuring, prototype development and custom testing.
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (U.S. Department of Energy) - Creates partnerships among industry, trade groups, government agencies and other organizations to research, develop and deliver advanced energy efficiency, renewable energy and pollution prevention technologies for industrial customers.
• Missouri Enterprise - Offers extensive expertise, hands-on assistance and a wealth of resources in the areas of research and development, marketing, manufacturing, and facilities management. Assists in streamlining processes, improving profitability, expanding production or moving product.
• Missouri Environmental Assistance Center - Resource for pollution prevention and environmental compliance assistance.
• Missouri Industrial Assessment Center - University of Missouri program offering energy audit and productivity assessment to qualified small to medium sized manufacturers.
• Missouri Market Development Program - Helps Missouri manufacturers find and use recycled materials in producing new products.
• University of Missouri-Rolla Industrial Assessment Center - Program identifies and evaluates opportunities for energy conservation, waste minimization and productivity enhancement for small and medium-sized manufacturing facilities.

Manufacturing Associations

Industries of the Future:

• Missouri Industries of the Future - UMR's Industrial Assessment Center's program targeting Industries of the Future with a significant presence in Missouri. Selected industries, with Missouri Industry Profiles, vision, roadmaps and more, include:
  
• Agriculture
• Aluminum Production and Processing
• Chemicals
• Forest Products
• Glass Products
• Metal Casting
• Mining
• Petroleum
• Steel
• U.S. Department of Energy Industries of the Future - The Office of Industrial Technologies maximizes its technology investments through collaborative R&D partnerships in eight vital industries.
• Visions and Roadmaps - Aluminum Industry:
• Aluminum Industry Vision - [596k]
• Aluminum Industry Technology Roadmap - [188k]
• Aluminum Industry Roadmap for the Automotive Market - [331k]
• Inert Anode Roadmap - [176k]
• Visions and Roadmaps - Chemical Industry:
  • New Biocatalysts: Essential Tools for a Sustainable 21st Century Chemical Industry - [612k]
  • New Process Chemistry Technology Roadmap -- [1,116k]
  • Technology Roadmap for Computational Chemistry - [584k]
  • Technology Roadmap for Computational Fluid Dynamics - [324k]
  • Vision 2020: 2000 Separations Roadmap - [3,475k]
  • Vision 2020 Chemical Industry of the Future - [310k]
  • Vision 2020: Reaction Engineering Roadmap - [3,206k]
  • Vision 2020: Technology Roadmap for Combinatorial Methods - [1,649k]

Manufacturing Magazines and Web Centers

New Product Development:

• Cool Product Idea! Now What? (part 1) (part II) - You've come up with a great invention. Before finding someone to make it, you need a plan. Includes lessons learned on product development.
• Copyrights, Patent and Trademarks (Intellectual Property)
• Explore Basic Issues Before Applying for a Patent: Freedom to Operate and Patentability - Before applying for a patent, be sure to determine if you have freedom to operate...whether or not you can produce and sell a product or use a process without infringing on the intellectual property rights of others.
• MoPAL (Missouri Product Assistance Laboratory) - Specialized laboratory that assists business and industry with precision measuring, prototype development and custom testing.
• Supplier Information and Directories

• Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) - Formerly known as the Office of Industrial Technologies. Part of the Department of Energy that creates partnerships among industry, trade groups, government agencies and other organizations to research, develop and deliver advanced energy efficiency, renewable energy and pollution prevention technologies for industrial customers.
• IRS Industries: Manufacturing - The IRS's guide including links to tax tips, trends and statistics for the manufacturing industry.
• Lean Manufacturing Principles Yield Production Benefits - Every business faces increasing customer requirements, the need to reduce costs, competition and shorter lead times. Implementation of lean manufacturing principles into any business will ultimately improve the bottom line and increase customer satisfaction.
• LogisticsWorld - Guide to thousands of sites related to logistics, logistics management, transportation, supply chain management, warehousing, distribution, maintenance, manufacturing, management, reliability, mathematics and business on the web.
• New Technology and Manufacturing Processes - Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center's annual report including articles on specific manufacturing process design.
• Office of Waste Management (University of Missouri Extension) - Partners with governments, businesses and communities to develop environmentally sound waste reduction and waste management strategies.
• TechSavvy.com - Helps engineering professionals identify suppliers, locate critical information and order worldwide standards, military specifications, millions of parts and hard-to-find historical information.
• University of Missouri-Rolla Center for Environmental Science and Technology - Assists industries in identifying and solving environmental problems and concerns related to cloud and aerosol sciences, materials research and recycling, environmental trace analysis, materials characterization, toxicology, coatings technology and environmental monitoring.
• University of Missouri-Rolla Coatings Institute - Exchanges technical information with the coatings industry. Sponsors symposia, technology exchange and in-house education at companies.
• University of Missouri-Rolla Materials Research Center - Provides research facilities, an equipment base and a support infrastructure that enables faculty members, students and industry professionals to conduct successful, team-oriented research and development projects.

• Creating a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporation in Missouri - University Extension guide providing access to most of the resources necessary to establish a non-profit corporation in Missouri.
• How to Form a Non-Profit Corporation - Step-by-step guide for anyone who wants to form and operate a tax-exempt corporation. Includes complete instructions for obtaining federal 501(c)(3) tax exemption status. (Note: Publication must be purchased)
• Internet Nonprofit Center - Provides library of nonprofit resources and answers.
• Management Assistance Program for Non-Profits - Complete, highly integrated library of resources to plan, organize, lead and coordinate activities for nonprofit AND for-profit businesses.
• Missouri Non-Profit Corporation Forms and Instructions - View and print forms from the Missouri Secretary of State's web site in the same format as they appear in print.
• Should I Seek Nonprofit Status for My Business? - Advantages and disadvantages of forming a nonprofit corporation and the necessary steps to take

• 2006 Missouri Retail Promotion Calendar - Also available in a printable PDF format [34k]
• Antique Shop - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running an antique store.
• Auto Sales - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running an auto sales business.
• Chain Store Age - Online resource for retail executives. Retail news updated twice each business day.
• Co-existing with the Big Retailers - The things the big retailers cannot offer are the elements that provide smaller retailers opportunities to not only survive but even thrive in the same communities as the retail giants.
• Convenience Store - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a convenience store.
• Competing With Mass Merchandisers - With the recent expansion of mass merchandisers into almost every locale, how can the small business survive? This study's results can help you understand how to compete - from merchandise and marketing to service and customer relations.
• Convenience Store News Online - News, original research, trends and best-practice information involving the convenience store and petroleum marketing industry.
• ENERGY STAR® for Grocery/Convenience Stores - Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) tips, tools and resources for saving energy in super market, grocery store or convenience store businesses.
• Gift Shop - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a gift shop.
• Grocery Store - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a grocery store.
• GS1 US Uniform Code Council, Inc. - Information on Getting Started with Uniform Product Code/Bar Codes: Application Process and Fees; Industry Specific Guidelines.
• "Hometown Business: Plan and Control Your Inventory" - Details methods for determining how much money should be spent on various categories of merchandise. Examples provide a guide for developing a plan to assist in controlling inventory. (Note: University of Missouri Extension Guidesheet.)
• "Hometown Business: We All Pay the Cost -- Stop the Shoplifters" - Suggestions for managing retail theft. (Note: University of Missouri Extension Guidesheet.)
• How Can I Compete with the Big Discount Stores? - Nine successful survival strategies for small business retailers that want to stay competitive in today's market
• "How to Decide on a Retail Site" - Factors to consider in choosing a retail location.
• IRS Industries: Automotive - The IRS's guide including links to tax tips, trends and statistics for the automotive industry.
• IRS Industries: Gas Retailers - The IRS's guide including links to tax tips, trends and statistics for the gasoline retailers.
• Missouri 1997 Economic Census Retail Trade - [2,234k] Part of the U.S. Census Bureau's Geographic Area Series; using the NAICS code for various retail businesses, statistics for operating costs and more can be found.
• Monthly Mall Sales Index - Publication by the International Council of Shopping Centers which contains monthly information, including sales per square foot, on non-anchor stores. Information covers 32 merchandise categories.
• National Retail Federation - Retail trade association that comprises all retail formats and channels of distribution including department specialty, discount, catalog, Internet and independent stores. Addresses issues involving research, education, training, information technology and government affairs.
• Retail Associations
• Retailwire - Offers unique, multi-perspective discussions on the latest retail industry news and issues. Information centers organized by category and business.
• Retailing Magazines and Web Centers
• Retail Store - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a retail store business.
• Small Business Marketing: Planning a Retail Advertising Program - Guidelines to help plan an advertising budget, select media, use cooperative advertising and prepare the ad itself.

• Beauty Salon and Barber Shop - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a salon or barber shop service.
• Bed and Breakfast - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a bed and breakfast.
• Catering - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a catering service business.
• Cleaning Services - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a cleaning service business.
• Computer Sales, Service and Consulting - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a computer sales, service and/or consulting business.
• Consultant - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a consulting business.
• Counseling Services - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a counseling service business.
• Day Care, Adult - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a day care business for adults.
• Day Care, Child - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a day care center for children.
• Developing a Bed and Breakfast Business Plan - Michigan State University Extension's document detailing preparing a business plan for a B&B.
• Eating and Drinking Establishments - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a restaurant, bar or similar business.
• ENERGY STAR® for Lodgings - Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) tips, tools and resources for saving energy in hotel, motel, bed and breakfast or guest house businesses.
• Elder Care/Long Term Care - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running an elder care or long term care business.
• Farm & Ranch Recreation - Resources and information in all 50 states can be found on this educational web site intended for rural folks who are involved in the growing industry of tourism on farms and ranches. Handbook provides assistance in creating a farm and ranch recreation business and operations plan.
• Home Health Care Agency - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a home health care service.
• IRS Industries: Construction - The IRS's guide including links to tax topics, news and educational publications related to the construction industry.
• Landscape Management - Source for industry news and trends, product reviews, technical updates, and management solutions for landscape contractors and professional lawn care/turf operators professionals.
• Massage Therapy - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a therapeutic massage business.
• Photography - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a photography business.
• Pollution Prevention: Health Care Facilities - Measures, resources and a detailed list of strategies and benefits for implementing a pollution prevention and recycling plan for businesses providing health care services. Part of the Missouri Environmental Assistance Center's section on health care facilities.
• Pollution Prevention: Hospitality Industry - Measures, resources and a detailed list of strategies and benefits for implementing a pollution prevention and recycling plan for establishments providing hospitality services. Part of the Missouri Environmental Assistance Center's section on the hospitality industry.
• Private Investigator - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a private investigator business.
• Remodeling - Business profile designed to help entrepreneurs learn specifics on operation, legal structure, taxes, hiring and resources relevant to running a remodeling business.
• Stanislaus Business Building Ideas - Library of successful marketing contributions from independent restauretaurs including image building, operations, boosting sales, customer loyalty and sales and working with employees.

• Missouri Biotechnology Association - Nonprofit trade association dedicated to the development and growth of the Missouri biotechnology and biomedical industry.
• MU Life Sciences

• CCCAR-GreenLink®, Environmental Compliance for the Automotive Industry - Provides environmental information and best practices to help automotive shop owners, managers and technicians better understand their environmental responsibilities and to help them achieve compliance with environmental program requirements.
• Enviro$sense (Pollution Prevention) - Part of the U.S. EPA's web site. Provides information and databases for pollution prevention, compliance assurance and enforcement.
• GRN - Global Recycling Network - Dedicated to recycling-related information.
• National Council for Science and the Environment - Works to improve the scientific basis for environmental decision making.
• Rocky Mountain Institute - Fosters the efficient and restorative use of resources.
• State Energy Information for Missouri - Part of Alternatives, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network, U.S. Department of Energy's site. Provides information on state renewable energy resources, technologies and policies.

• Inventions and Innovation Program - Part of the U.S. Department of Energy's web site. Provides information and steps required to obtain grants under the inventions and innovation grant program managed by the Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT).
• Missouri Federal and State Technology Partnership (MoFAST) - A unique partnership among the U.S. Small Business Administration, University of Missouri Extension and its partners to bring SBIR and STTR government research and development awards to your small business!
• NICE3 - Part of the U.S. Department of Energy's web site. Provides funding to state and industry partnerships (large and small business) for projects that develop and demonstrate advances in energy efficiency and clean production technologies.
• SBIR/STTR Programs - Part of SBA's site relevant to funding for innovative, high-tech R&D projects through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs.

Technology Magazines and Web Centers

Missouri Innovation Centers, Incubators and Research Parks

• Center for Emerging Technologies - A St. Louis organization that functions as a non-profit, public-private-academic partnership designed to develop specialized services and provide facility infrastructure to promote the growth of advanced technology companies in the St. Louis region.
• Economic Development Center of St. Charles County Business Incubator - A not-for-profit organization that focuses on technology-driven companies and provides office and light manufacturing space; conference rooms; shared services and office equipment; business management consultation services; administrative and technical assistance; access to management/financial analyses and access to financial programs.
• Mid-Missouri Technology Business Incubator - Mid-Missouri technology incubator creating a cluster of local technology businesses that can provide economic growth and more jobs for Missourians on a sustainable basis.
• Missouri Enterprise - An entity that serves small manufacturing, technology and agricultural businesses by providing expertise and services in areas such as R&D, marketing, manufacturing process improvement and facilities management.
• Missouri Research Park - An organization in St. Charles, Missouri, that serves high-tech and research-based companies that need creativity and productivity support as well as access to researchers and facilities of the University of Missouri system campuses.
• Nidus Center for Scientific Enterprise - A St. Louis business incubator established to help ensure the commercial success of startup and early-stage life science companies. Provides business facilities, business planning assistance, mentoring, intellectual property information assistance and other services of value to small, high-tech life science firms.
• Ozark Foothills Business Incubator - Provides new and expanding businesses with economical space and services during the critical period of product/process development and establishment of markets.
• St. Louis County Economic Council - Supports the launching of new businesses and expansion of existing ones through its business incubators located in South County, Midtown and West County. Provides affordable office, warehouse/production and retail space; mentoring by community business leaders; networking opportunities and links to resources; a supportive, professional environment and low-cost loans for qualifying clients.

• Advance Technology Program-R&D Alliance Network - Part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology web site. Promotes the development of path-breaking new technologies by providing cost-shared funding for potentially valuable but high-risk R&D projects. ATP is a competitive program for both large and small companies. It does not fund companies to do product development.
• Argonne National Laboratory-Technology Transfer - Commercialization and licensing opportunities, technology transfer opportunities and partnering with Argonne.
• Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer - Promotes and strengthens technology transfer nation-wide through more than 700 major federal laboratories and centers. Technology transfer officers help initiate person-to-person contacts and technology transfer arrangements between potential users and specific laboratories.
• Industrial Partnering at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Partners with U.S. industry to assist in transferring technologies to the marketplace.
• NASA Ames Research Center - Encourages the application of NASA technologies. Manages and coordinates partnership agreements, technology licensing and resources for small business development.
• NASA Mid-Continent Technology Transfer Center - A NASA-funded regional technology transfer center that offers a variety of technology transfer and commercialization services.
• National Technology Transfer Center - Provides American companies and individuals with access to federal research and development and technology transfer support.
• U.S. Department of Agriculture Technology Transfer Information Center - Helps promote the conversion of federally-developed inventions into commercial products.
• U.S. Department of Energy-Industrial Technologies Program - Creates partnerships among industry, trade groups, government agencies and other organizations to research, develop and deliver advanced energy efficiency, renewable energy and pollution prevention technologies for industrial customers.