SpringBoard

Moving Technology to the Future

SpringBoard, a program of the Juneau Economic Development Council, is a nationwide program to help transfer and commercialize US Department of Defense (DoD) technology. To do this, we make use of the wealth of DoD research, inventions, patents and laboratory facilities and the entrepreneurship of many businesses. As an important component of this program, SpringBoard is launching an initiative to enhance science and math programs.

What We Do

  • Help existing companies identify and screen appropriate Department of Defense technologies which can be licensed and commercialized.
  • Identify new technologies in the private sector which can be utilized by DoD at the national and international levels and help to get these into DoD operational use.
  • Facilitate joint projects between DoD and private companies, as well as between agencies and academic institutions - to further commercialize Dept. of Defense technologies.
  • Assist entrepreneurs in the start-up of new companies and the commercialization of DoD technologies by providing intensive business assistance.
  • Provide teachers with the support and tools they need to effectively and engagingly teach math and the sciences in K-12 classes.

New businesses grow and diversify the economy. We believe that the potential for many enterprises to develop productive business relationships with the Department of Defenses is significant and largely untapped.