BROAD INTEREST TOPICS:

• Agency overviews
• Follow-on federal funding opportunities
• Angel networks as early stage funders
• Phase I proposal development
• Selling to the government as a customer
• Avoiding accounting pitfalls
• NIH electronic submission
• Case study: Effective university/small business collaboration
• Legal transactional issues in Phases II and III

  CONCURRENT TRACKS:

• Track 1: Introductory Topics
     Program introduction
     Understanding the different agencies' missions
     Developing a successful Phase I proposal
     Effectively utilizing proposal writing consultants
• Track 2: Advanced Topics
     Looking beyond the proposal:
       Accounting
       Commercialization
       Follow-on funding from agencies and angels

  ATTEND IF YOU:

• Are new to the SBIR and STTR programs
  
• Have a Phase 1 Award and are thinking about phase 2
  
• Have a Phase 2 award and are moving toward commercialization
  
• Want to learn the differences between agencies
  
• Want to speak with agency representatives
  
• Would like to meet and hear from current North Carolina awardees

  FEDERAL AGENCY PARTICIPATION:

• National Institutes of Health
  
• Department of Defense
  
• Department of Energy

Speaker bios linked to event agenda

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