NSF SBIR/STTR, SBIR Grants
The NSF released their 2022 solicitation document January 13, 2022 and there are a few noteworthy changes from the past solicitations: NSF increased the SBIR/STTR Phase I funding amount to a maximum of $275,000 to better support the nation’s startups and small...
NIH, NIH Contracts, SBIR Grants, SBIR related, STTR related, technology development
All SBIR/STTR-eligible companies interested in NIH should be aware that the agency offers additional funding and assistance programs to small businesses aside from the standard Phase I, Phase II, and FastTrack opportunities. We recommend that you first discuss any of...
SBIR Grants, SBIR related, STTR related
SBIR/STTR proposals are usually not developed by one person. As the saying goes, it takes a village. Depending on the size of your company, you might assign several team members to take responsibility for different sections of the proposal. But making sure...
SBIR Case Study, SBIR Grants, SBIR related, SBIR Success Story
In April, BBCetc client, Genomenon, a leading genomic research company, was honored with a Best of Show award at the Bio-IT World Conference & Expo in Boston. The prestigious award recognizes the best of innovative life sciences industry product solutions, in this...
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...
Business Development, Commercialization, marketing strategy, SBIR Grants, SBIR related, social capital, STTR related, technology development
BBCetc thanks H.S. Dracones LLC for providing this guest article Technology transition is rarely a linear path. Between concept and commercialization there is a virtual chasm, a disconnect between the world of research and the world of application. Many important and...
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...
