Ann Arbor Company is an “Engine” for Growth with Tips to Share on SBIR Success

SBIR Success Story, SBIR Case Study, SBIR Grants, SBIR related

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...

SBIR/STTR Awards: Free Money?

SBIR Grants Management

We often hear, and say ourselves, that SBIR/STTR funding is “free” money. While the funds are non-dilutive, requiring no repayment, we should clarify that SBIR/STTR awards are certainly not a “gift”. When a grant has been awarded the recipient...

Think (again) about Your NIH SBIR/STTR Application Title

SBIR/STTR Application Titles

You may have already written the title of your SBIR/STTR Project, but now is a good time to take another look at what you have, and make sure that it really tells the story of your project. The title of your project is important and if you’re funded you will be living...

How do I know if NIH is interested in funding my project?

SBIR Grants, SBIR Contracts, Federal Funding, 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...

Be kind to your SBIR/STTR proposal reviewer; formatting matters

SBIR Formatting

While quality content and impactful science is the basis of a strong SBIR/STTR proposal, one of your primary goals in putting your proposal together is making it easy for the reviewer to read. You want the reviewers reading your proposal to be happy, yes, happy. Happy...