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2009 SBIR/STTR Training Series
Please visit the SBIR/STTR Training Series webpage to register or stay up-to-date on upcoming events: www.sbtdc.org/events/sbir/workshops2009.
Here's a list of current offerings:
SBIR PROGRAM & PROPOSAL TRAINING - 2009
Webinars
March 11 - SBIR Introduction by John Ujvari, 3:00-4:00pm
May 6 - SBIR Introduction by John Ujvari, 3:00-4:00pm
Live Sessions
April - SBIR Introduction & Grantsmanship Overview - RTP, 9:00-10:30am
June - SBIR Phase 1 Proposal Preparation - RTP, 9:00-4:30pm
MEET THE EXPERTS - 2009
Webinars
March 18 - The Proposal Budget: 7 Things to Remember by Lea Strickland - online
12:00-12:30pm
May 13 - It's in the fine print - Post Award Requirements by Brooks Malone - online
12:00-12:30pm
Live Sessions - Invitation Only
March 27 - From Proposal to Project Budget: Direct Costs, Indirect Rates, and Fees
by Lea Strickland - Raleigh, NC, Time TBA
May 20 - Creating the right business structure now to maximize profits later by Brooks Malone - Raleigh, NC,Time TBA
SBTDC / CED LIVE SESSIONS: FUNDING ALTERNATIVES
March 19 - Federal and Local Grant Funding Sources, multiple speakers, 9:00am-noon
April 9 - Identifying Solicitations / Projects / Contracts, multiple speakers, 9:00 am-noon
NC Nanotechnology
Commercialization Conference
Date:
March 25-26, 2009
Location:
Raleigh Convention Center
Hosted by the
North Carolina Department of Commerce, Office of Science and
Technology and SBTDC
The North
Carolina Nanotechnology Commercialization Conference brings together entrepreneurs,
business leaders, researchers, investors, and service providers from across
North Carolina and the nation to focus on this critical question of nano
commercialization. In two carefully
structured days packed with educational workshops and networking opportunities,
you’ll meet key researchers and industry leaders who are driving nanotechnology
success in the state of North Carolina.
DoD STTR Partner Identification Tool
This is an independent effort of the SBIR Gateway (www.zyn.com/sbir) and is not affiliated with DoD or any other government agency. Submission Closes February 23, 2009. More information at: www.zyn.com/sbir/sttr_partnering.htm.
North Carolina STTR Success Story
Chapel Hill video production company, Cirque Productions, has partnered with the UNC Chapel Hill Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (HPDP) as part of a new Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) grant. The project, which is funded for one year by the National Institutes of Health ($133,000) with matching state funds administered through the NC Board of Science and Technology ($75,000), involves the development of an innovative web-based toolkit designed to facilitate implementation of federally required wellness policies (WPs) in middle schools. The project also involves the development of a commercialization strategy for underwriting the cost of the toolkit by local businesses.
To date, implementation of federally-mandated school wellness policies remains a significant challenge for schools. While websites with information about WPs have proliferated since the mandating of these policies in 2006, there are few existing tools that can be directly applied in the school and classroom setting and that engage teachers, families, cafeteria staff, and administrators as well as children; the STTR web-based toolkit will be designed to do just that.
Click here to learn more about the toolkit, Cirque Productions, and UNC's HPDP...
Machine Shops
Many Phase 1 and Phase 2 projects require building of prototypes. A few machine shops that have been utilized by local SBIR awardees are:
Accu-Tool Corporation
2490 Reliance Avenue
Apex, North Carolina 27539
919.363.2600 phone
919.363.2669 fax
www.accutool.net
Current Enterprises, Inc.
125 International Dr # J
Morrisville, NC 27560
(919) 469-1227
Durham TechShop
www.durham.techshop.ws
SBIR Proposal Writing Basics: Principal Investigator Math
Gail & Jim Greenwood, Greenwood Consulting Group, Inc.
Copyright © 2009 by Greenwood Consulting Group, Inc.
"I will be the Principal Investigator on our SBIR/STTR projects. As the PI, I have to spend at least half time on each project. So how can I be the PI on more than 2 SBIR/STTR awards at once?"
We hear that question quite frequently in our SBIR/STTR work. There are several fallacies contained therein which makes the question irrelevant or (at least) not as important as other things one should be asking about using SBIR/STTR to further their company. Let's address some of those fallacies.
First, there is an implicit assumption that the proposing company is going to win lots of SBIR/STTR awards, and they will all occur at the same time. With the odds of a Phase I award being about 1 in 6 (i.e., for every 6 Phase I SBIR proposals that are submitted, only one will be awarded), there's no certainty that a company that submits 2 or 3 or even 7 proposals will win more than one of them. And, with the agencies having proposal deadlines (and therefore award dates) all over the calendar, a company fortunate enough to win multiple SBIR/STTR projects likely will not be working on them at the same exact time. So have an idea how you would deal with this "problem," (and the agency may want to know your plan), but the chances are it will not occur. Read more...
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