Successfully timing an NIH SBIR grant application makes all the difference between success and having to reapply or, worse, missing your chance for funding. Typically there are three SBIR deadlines per year with a review and award schedule to match. If you start your...
Both the principal investigator (PI) of a grant and the program official or officer (PO), who advises and monitors awarded grants, hold key roles. A strong relationship between the two is vital. SBIRs are crucially different than R01 and other academic grants in this...
How can you trust a partner to get up to speed on your technology and write a grant that is as good as, if not better than what you could do yourself? Securing non-dilutive funding with the help of a partner is an act of trust, but it should be one informed by a...
Grant Engine is here to help life sciences companies access grants, but that’s not why we exist. Our calling is to do our part to save lives and extend human health. Working with life sciences companies, we help build organizations, beyond the point of earning...
If you use the right strategy, your life sciences organization doesn’t have to go through funding one grant application at a time. Writing a grant application takes time, but it’s worth it to get the funding you need and the valuation and impact that comes along with...
It may be a small portion of the NIH budget, but it represents a big opportunity. As we have previously written, 3.2% of all NIH funding must go to small businesses. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs...
The bigger the pie, the larger the slices that go around. An increase to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget means more funding for everyone relying on these grants and awards. On June 26, 2018, a US Senate appropriations subcommittee approved a spending...