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CALL There are two half-day events that will give you the opportunity to meet with NIH and DoD program Managers and network with others in the SBIR community. Don't let this year's only SBIR/STTR proposal prep event pass you by. Start the summer off with the know-how to competitively write grants for the numerous upcoming solicitations from NIH, USDA, DoD, NSF and others! Early registration ends JUNE 5th. Nationally known expert Mark Henry of Tech Biz Solutions will cover a significant amount of information in two, half-day seminars. At either, you will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with several SBIR/STTR program managers as well. |
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NC's
2005 SBIR/STTR Data: Awards continue to rise
SBIR/STTR awards equated to $40,974,855 for 2005. This is a 32% increase over the total for 2004. Phase 2 SBIR's increased 56%.
A list of all 2005 awardees in NC is available at: www.sbtdc.org/technology/newsletter/06-6/NC_2005_SBIRSTTR.pdf.
Source: tech-net.sba.gov/tech-net/dsp_search.cfm
SBIR
Success in NC - Metabolon, RTP
Metabolon is an industry leader in the discovery of biomarkers through the use of metabolomics, a powerful and new scientific approach for the discovery and development of drugs and the early diagnosis of disease states. A problem arose when Metabolon started finding applications of their technology that could help people but were in an area that was not commercially viable. This is when the SBIR program came to their attention.
DOE/USDA
SBIR Energy Summit: July 6-7, TN
The USDA SBIR program, led by CSREES, is joining its Department
of Energy (DOE) counterpart for the first DOE/USDA SBIR Energy
Summit at Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL) in Tennessee,
July 6-7, 2006. The event will provide a forum to help engage the
small business community in the development of renewable energy
technologies.
MBA Summer
Consulting Program Kicks Off
26 Companies, Many SBIR
Awardees, Participate
The SBTDC's 2006 summer MBA internship program kicked off in mid-May. The SBTDC is the liaison between early-stage, RTP-based tech firms and MBA programs, including the Kenan-Flagler School of Business at UNC-Chapel Hill, the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University, the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and the College of Management at NC State Univeristy.
Each summer, second-year MBA students are matched with high potential, small tech firms that have a clearly defined short-term business project. Interns work with one or two firms during the ten-week program. Since its inception, over forty firms have leveraged thousands of hours of assistance through the SBTDC's MBA intern program.
SBIR Tibbetts
Awards Program Revived
After a few years on hiatus, the SBIR Tibbetts Award program is back. Severe budget cut backs at SBA forced a halt in 2003 to this prestigious SBIR national awards program.
Named for Roland Tibbetts, the person acknowledged as the father of the Small Business Innovation Research program, these awards are made annually to those small firms, projects, organizations and individuals judged to exemplify the very best in SBIR achievement.
In an effort spearheaded by the SBTC and Jere Glover, the program has been restarted with the support of many federal agencies as well the private sector. Even Roland Tibbetts himself has agreed to advise and participate in the awards program.
Nominations for awards will open May 15, 2006 and close July 15, 2006. Details are available from the Tibbetts Awards website.
Courtesy: www.zyn.com/sbir
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