NSF SBIR/STTR Proposal Prep Workshop

The NSF SBIR/STTR program focuses on transforming scientific and engineering discoveries into products and services with commercial and societal impact. The deep technologies they fund show promise but their success hasn’t yet been validated. Each year, NSF awards over $230M annually in research and development funding to about 400 startups across the US in almost any technology category. This workshop provides instruction on how to plan and write a competitive SBIR/STTR proposal to the National Science Foundation.

Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement between VIPC and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

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Presented by: Jerry Hollister, BBC ETC

Cost: Virginia Based Companies and Virginia University Personnel $30; -All Others $50 per person.

Schedule:
8:30AM: Check-In/Coffee/Bagels

9:00AM: SBIR/STTR ABC’s and Overview of NSF program -- Reviewing registrations necessary for submission, strategies for targeting your proposal to meet the reviewers’ expectations, how to approach each section of the proposal and more.

11:00AM: BREAK

11:15AM: Project Description Elements -- Review the key elements of an NSF proposal. Discuss how to present your Technical Objectives for reviewers to understand your research plan to prove feasibility. Learn about the importance of the commercial plan and how to prepare a compelling commercial plan.

12:45PM: Lunch break – LUNCH PROVIDED

1:30PM: Other key elements of the Phase I -- Budget, bio sketches, facilities, collaborators, and tips on navigating the submission process.

3:30PM: Final Q&A

4PM: ADJOURN

Host or Publisher Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation