Business Development, Commercialization, Federal Funding, technology development
TABA is essentially a mechanism to help you cover commercialization and business costs that otherwise could not be included in your SBIR/STTR proposal. TABA stands for “Technical and Business Assistance”, and was authorized in the 2019 John S. McCain National Defense...COVID-19, Federal Funding, NIH, NIH Contracts, NSF SBIR/STTR, SBIR related
The federal government and scientific community have ramped up efforts to combat the Coronavirus Disease (SARS-CoV-2). There are multiple funding opportunities for small businesses that have technology that could aid in this effort. The available opportunities are...advisory boards, Business Development, Federal Funding
A Technical Advisory Board (also known as a Scientific Advisory Board) can provide significant advantages to your start-up business when you are in the process of seeking funding from equity investment or non-dilutive funding such as SBIR/STTR grants. Most businesses...Federal Funding, SBIR Contracts, SBIR Grants, SBIR related
The Sept. 5 deadline has passed but Jan. 5 now looms, so exactly how do you go about assessing if your project will interest the National Institutes of Health (NIH)? The NIH is one of the ‘easier’ federal agencies to apply to because every year it issues an Omnibus...Federal Funding, NIH Contracts, SBIR Contracts
Many of you are familiar with the Health and Human Services (HHS) SBIR/STTR Omnibus GRANT solicitation. You may be less familiar with the once yearly NIH and CDC SBIR CONTRACT solicitation that was released recently with a closing date of October 22, 2018. Even though...Commercialization, Federal Funding, SBIR Grants, SBIR related, Uncategorized
Martin Zwilling, CEO of Startup Professionals, is one of my favorite bloggers on wide-ranging topics of interest to entrepreneurs and small business owners. One of his recent articles “13 Red Flags to Avoid in Your Investor Funding Pitch” contains solid advice for...Federal Funding, Proposal Writing, SBIR Contracts, SBIR Grants, SBIR related, Uncategorized
Last month, we outlined our top 10 dos and don’ts for getting your Phase I NIH proposal in shape and ready to submit before the April 5 deadline. This month we continue that theme by presenting what we have determined, over years of reviewing proposals, to be our top...