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NC IDEA, a private non-profit organization dedicated to helping establish and develop early-stage companies through commercialization of research innovation, is launching the NC IDEA Grants Program beginning January 15 to help companies bridge the gap between idea and private equity funding. To learn more about the program, read more ...
To apply for a grant, please visit the NC
IDEA website.
NC
Biotechnology Center Creates New Loan Program
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center has launched a program to match Biotechnology Center loans of up to $250,000 with "angel network" or venture capital investments to help bootstrap biotechnology companies in the state. For additional information on the Strategic Growth Award, read more...
Tri-state
SBIR Conference slated for Spring 2006 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia are teaming up to offer
a tri-state SBIR Conference in Roanoke, VA on March 21-23, 2006.
In national competitions where panels of experts judge and rank
proposals based on scientific rigor, innovation, significance, and
potential benefit to the public health, Cognosci's
scientists have received over a dozen SBIR awards to date and several
new Phase 1 and Phase 2 SBIR awards. Each of these SBIR grants has
permitted the discovery of novel COG compounds and their validation
in models of human disease. .
TECHLAW:
Warning to SBIR/STTR recipients
By Caroline Rockafellow, Daniels Daniels & Verdonik, P.A.
Those of us involved in the entrepreneurial community are all keenly
aware of the impact that SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research)
and STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) funding has for small
companies working to develop, grow and move to the next level. It
is a funding mechanism that has proven to be a lifeline for many
entrepreneurial companies. Without this source of funding, many
technologies companies would not have gotten off the ground and
key technology that we rely on today would not ever have been developed.
Now, however, there is a new and very dangerous risk related to
use of these development funds. If the technology is delivered to
the granting agency without the proper marking, that agency may
be able to make unrestricted use and disclosure of the technology.
Grants.gov: Funding opportunities government-wide at: http://www.grants.gov
NIH Electronic Submission: Learn all about the process at http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/
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The SBTDC acts as a liaison between small RTP-based tech
firms and several MBA programs in North Carolina, including
the Kenan-Flagler School of Business at UNC-Chapel Hill,
the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest
University and the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.
Each summer we match MBA interns (MBA students who have
completed their first year of business school) with high
potential small tech firms that have defined a clear project
to which the intern will be assigned. Interns generally
work with two firms during the 10-week internship, 2.5 days
per week with each. Since the program's inception, over
thirty RTP firms have leveraged thousands of hours of assistance
through the SBTDC's MBA intern program. If you are interested
in participating in this year's program please contact 