Led by Kevin Culver, an expert in R&D tax strategy and startup financial planning, the session will cover Section 174, R&D tax considerations, and how to manage non-dilutive funding while building a scalable company.
Source: NMSU Newsroom
By Alejandro Najera-Acosta
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New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center NM FAST program is accepting registrations for a virtual workshop designed to help early-stage New Mexico founders understand how Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer awards shape their financial strategy, taxes, and overall runway. The workshop, “SBIR Funding, Taxes & Runway Strategy,” will be held on Wednesday, May 27, from 9 to 11 a.m. MDT via Zoom.
Led by Kevin Culver, an expert in R&D tax strategy and startup financial planning, the session will cover Section 174, R&D tax considerations, and how to manage non-dilutive funding while building a scalable company. Participants will learn how to align tax strategy with R&D activities, avoid common pitfalls, and make informed decisions that extend runway and support long-term growth.
“SBIR and STTR awards are non-dilutive capital that can carry a deep-tech company for years, but only if founders understand how that funding interacts with their tax position and their burn rate from day one,” said Carlos Murguia, director of the Technology and Innovation Gateway at Arrowhead Center. “New Mexico has a strong base of researchers and founders translating work from national labs, universities, and startup spaces in Las Cruces, Albuquerque, Los Alamos, and rural communities across the state, and this workshop gives them the financial fundamentals to turn a federal award into a real runway.”
The workshop is offered at no cost and is tailored to New Mexico startups and small businesses pursuing federal innovation funding across the four priority sectors named in the New Mexico Entrepreneurship Programmatic Support Grant: advanced computing, bioscience, advanced energy, and aerospace.
NM FAST is administered by Arrowhead Center at New Mexico State University and operates statewide. Over more than a decade of programming, NM FAST has supported more than 470 New Mexico startups and helped companies secure nearly $28 million in federal SBIR awards. Targeted outreach is directed to rural, women, veteran, and minority entrepreneurs.
The workshop is sponsored by the New Mexico Economic Development Department’s Technology and Innovation Office through the New Mexico Entrepreneurship Programmatic Support Grant, which funds continued statewide programming for SBIR/STTR-eligible companies in the four priority sectors.
Registration is available at https://luma.com/m57icgz4.
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