If you’re on Facebook, you should really join NBIA’s group.   In case you don’t recognize the acronym, NBIA is the National Business Incubation Association.   They just recently created their Facebook group, and are doing a nice job of posting valuable information for incubators and entrepreneurs alike.

Recently they posted several links to funding and award opportunties coming up over the next month or so.  I’m sure they won’t mind me recreating their posting here, but I do urge you to get on Facebook and join their group to make sure you get all their updates.

Good Luck!

StartUp Nation “Elevator Pitch” Contest

Winning businesses receive one-hour meeting with top-tier investors and a Toshiba Satellite Pro S300 laptop, plus a one-year GoToMeeting account.
Deadline to apply: Video summaries by March 20
Details:  http://www.startupnation.com/elevator-pitch-2009

American Security Challenge

Business plan competition for national security technologies Six winners will present their business plans during the American Security Challenge event in Washington, D.C. Top prize is $100,000.
Deadline: Executive summaries by March 30
Details:  http://www.americansecuritychallenge.com/Home_Page.html

Inc. 500/5000

Top companies will be featured in Inc. magazine and the http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http://Inc.com Web site and are invited to the Inc. 500/5000 conference in New York, among other opportunities.
Deadline to apply: Applications by March 31.
Details:  http://www.inc.com/inc5000/

N2TEC 2009 Technology Accelerator Program

10 companies will receive $15,000 in seed funding and an eight-week intensive incubation experience to prepare their companies for launch.
Deadline to apply: April 1
Details:  http://www.n2tec.org/accelerator/