DO’s and DON’Ts of NSF Proposal Preparation and Submission

NSF SBIR/STTR, NSF Project Pitch, Uncategorized

If you have received a positive response on your NSF Project Pitch, you are now in full proposal prep mode. With that in mind Jerry Hollister, our DOD guru, has prepared the following do’s and don’ts to help keep CommercialHistoryTemplate (2) you in track. Remember,...

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 SBIR/STTR, NSF Project Pitch

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...

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...