The NIH Sept. 5 Deadline Nears: Time to Check Your Registrations

SBIR related, NIH, SBIR registrations

The NIH advises that it can take up to six weeks to complete all of the registrations necessary to submit your SBIR/STTR proposal through Grants.gov to the NIH. If you haven’t already completed this process for a September submission, you should start now. Be...

Make Your NSF Project Pitch “Pitch” Perfect

NSF Project Pitch, NSF SBIR/STTR

The new, required NSF Project Pitch allows startups and small businesses to get quick feedback at the start of their application for Phase I funding. Startups or entrepreneurs who submit a three-page Project Pitch* will know within three weeks if they meet the...

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...