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Eligibility for NIH SBIR Program: The Highlights

Eligibility for NIH SBIR Program: The Highlights

The Small Business Innovation Research program is an exciting and competitive opportunity for US-owned and operated small businesses to participate in federal research and development with a goal of commercialization. Winning an SBIR award can increase the value of...

Choosing a Grant Writing Partner

Choosing a Grant Writing Partner

The Why Finding the Right MatchYou’ve decided to work with a grant writing partner to help secure funding — it’s a great idea, and one that equals financing success for many organizations! But to make that success happen, you need to make the right choice in who your...

Essentials of Winning an SBIR Grant

Essentials of Winning an SBIR Grant

Winning SBIR grants do not dilute a company’s equity and still provide you with funding. To win an SBIR grant, start-ups and small businesses must create a winning application – here’s how!

COVID-19 Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Programs

COVID-19 Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Programs

COVID-19 Peer-Reviewed Medical Research Programs The U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) is accepting applications related to COVID-19 research to the 2020 Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) under the Congressionally Directed Medical...

What’s in: $2 Trillion COVID-19 Federal Stimulus

What’s in: $2 Trillion COVID-19 Federal Stimulus

This $2.2 trillion relief package is the largest in American history.  Included are direct payments, an expansion of unemployment insurance, and loans for small businesses. Below, we list a combination of realtime feedback from sources inside the Federal Government...

Sub-Awards!

Sub-Awards!

Guest blog by Malcolm A. Meyn, PhD,  lead biotechnology consultant at ZForm, LLC. Subawards matter! The addition of an academic partner to an SBIR proposal can add credibility to a company’s investigative team. These partners bring expertise and are often able to...

Grant Timelines: What Happens and When (Part I)

Grant Timelines: What Happens and When (Part I)

Taken as a whole the SBIR process can seem daunting, but when it’s broken down into its steps and phases, it becomes a lot more manageable. It is key to give yourself enough time to properly create a competitive SBIR application, and understanding the timeline helps....

Traits of Winning Grant Writers

Traits of Winning Grant Writers

Grant writing isn’t something just anyone can do, or more likely wants to do. It takes skill, tal-ent, and experience…put together in one package that makes a grant application more likely to succeed. When you’re considering working with a grant writer, you want to...

NSF’s New Approach – Project Pitch

NSF’s New Approach – Project Pitch

As of March 2019, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is making changes to how it handles Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) proposal submissions, introducing a pilot program to replace the recommended existing...

Effectively Working with a Grant Writing Partner

Effectively Working with a Grant Writing Partner

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...