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

SBIR related, Federal Funding, SBIR Contracts, SBIR Grants

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...

Using the DoD Topic Description to Do Your Homework

DOD

If you are interested in winning SBIR/STTR proposals from Department of Defense, you probably know the importance of talking to the Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) or Topic Author during the “open period” before you write your proposal*. You will want to ask any...

Who Needs SBIR/STTR Training Anyway??

BBC General, Proposal Writing, SBIR related, SBIR/STTR training, STTR related

One of the first things we advise our clients or prospective clients to do as they look forward to preparing a competitive SBIR/STTR proposal is to give themselves a leg up by starting off with some training. Lots of people don’t think they need training before...

Top 10 Brilliant Ideas and Stupid Mistakes: Secrets of Phase II Proposal Success

Uncategorized, Proposal Writing, SBIR related, Federal Funding, SBIR Contracts, SBIR Grants

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...