The RTP startup is pioneering what it believes to be the first all-natural, self-assembling nanoparticle technology designed to encapsulate a variety of nutraceuticals, vitamins, pharmaceuticals, CBD and other cannabinoids through its proprietary JoChe process (pronounced joe she).
First Flight Venture Center will partner with the North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Board of Science, Technology & Innovation, the NC Defense Technology Transition Office (DEFTECH), and our host, Fayetteville Technical Community College, to conduct this SBIR/STTR Educational training. This training will educate and inform more small businesses in North Carolina’s fast-growing science/technology ecosystem on how to compete and win more Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) awards from federal agencies.
Getting more military contract dollars for North Carolina has been a major state priority. For 20 years, state agencies and private groups have worked to build up its ability to do that.
The military is important to North Carolina. We have more than 147,000 military and civilian Department of Defense personnel, up 9% in the past dozen years. That is the fourth-largest military footprint among the states.
Fort Bragg is home to 10% of the U.S. Army and sprawls over four counties in the Sandhills. Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville is the largest Marine Corps base on the East Coast. The Marines also have air stations at Cherry Point in Havelock and New River, next to Camp Lejeune.