IPart News – SBIR/STTR
Information
August 2007
SOLICITATION DEADLINES
2007 SBIR/STTR SOLICITATION
RELEASE SCHEDULE – http://www.zyn.com/sbir/scomp.htm
USDA SBIR: due 9/5/07;
7 days
NASA SBIR/STTR: due 9/6/07; 8 days
DoD SBIR
2007.3: due
9/19/07; 21 days
DoEd
SBIR due
10/22/07; 55 days
HHS/NIH SBIR Contracts:
due 11/5/07; 68 days
HHS/NIH SBIR/STTR Grants:
due 12/5/07 98 days
SBIR/STTR NEWS AND INFORMATION
1) USDA FY2008 SBIR Solicitation Deadline
Reminder
2) NASA SBIR/STTR 2007 Phase I Solicitation
Deadline Reminder
3) DoD SBIR Solicitation 2007.3 Now Open
4) Department of Education (ED) SBIR Program
Opens
5) NIH SBIR CAP Submission Date Extended
6)
NIH SBIR and STTR Program Announcements
7) SBIR
Solicitations Currently Open
8) STTR
Solicitations Currently Open
9) Anticipated
Announcements
10) Upcoming Training Opportunities
1) USDA FY2008 SBIR Solicitation
Deadline Reminder
Closing date for the FY2008
Department of Agriculture (USDA) SBIR solicitation is September 5, 2007. All Phase
I Applications must be submitted via Grants.gov by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
Applications received after this deadline will not be considered for
funding. Be sure to review section 3.0
(Application Preparation Instructions And Requirements) including the checklist
to ensure that your application is complete prior to submission.
For more information about the USDA
SBIR program, visit www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/sbir/sbir.html,
or contact the USDA SBIR office at mailto:sbir@csrees.usda.gov
or (202) 401-4002.
2) NASA SBIR/STTR 2007 Phase I Solicitation
Deadline Reminder
Closing date for the NASA SBIR and
STTR 2007 Phase I Solicitations is Thursday,
September 6, 2007. The electronic
submission of your proposal must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT. No
paper copies should be submitted. NASA
has an Electronic Handbook (EHB) which is designed to help you prepare and
submit proposals using a paperless process, and they “strongly encourage you to
start using the Handbook early in your process of submitting your SBIR and/or
STTR proposals.” For more information
regarding the submission process, contact NASA SBIR Technical Support at (301)
937-0888 or mailto:sbir@csrees.usda.gov.
3) DoD SBIR Solicitation 2007.3 Open
DoD began accepting proposals on
August 20, 2007. The deadline for
receipt of proposals is September 19,
2007. As indicated on the
solicitation main page on the DoD SBIR/STTR website (http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/solicitations/sbir073/index.htm):
“For reasons of competitive
fairness, direct communication between proposers and topic authors is not
allowed starting August 20, when DoD begins accepting proposals for this
solicitation. However, proposers may still submit written questions through the
SBIR Interactive Topic Information System (SITIS), in which the questioner and
respondent remain anonymous and all questions and answers are posted
electronically for general viewing. No direct contact between proposers and the
topic authors is allowed. Written questions to SITIS must be submitted via the
Internet at www.dodsbir.net/sitis.
SITIS service for this solicitation
opens on July 19, 2007 and closes to new questions on September 5, 2007. All
questions and answers will be posted from July 19, 2007 through September 19,
2007. All proposers are advised to monitor SITIS during the solicitation period
for questions and answers, and other information relevant to the topic under
which they are proposing.
For more information regarding the
DoD SBIR or STTR programs, call the SBIR/STTR Help Desk at 866-SBIRHLP
(866-724-7457), or visit the DoD SBIR/STTR Web Site, at http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir.
4) DoED FY 2008
SBIR Program Opens
Department of Education opens its 2008 FY SBIR Program. Approximately $1.125 million is expected to
be available for 15 new Phase I grants having a project period of up to six
months. Awards of up to $75,000 may be made. Applications are due Oct. 22, 2007. Please visit http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2007-3/082207b.html for more information.
5) NIH SBIR CAP
Submission Date Extended
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
recently posted the following notice on their SBIR/STTR News Flash Page (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbirsttr_news.htm):
Submission Date Extended for SBIR
Commercialization Assistance Program (CAP)
The submission date for applications
to participate in the NIH SBIR Commercialization Assistance Program has been extended
to September 4, 2007 (day after Labor Day) and selected participants
will be notified by September 11, 2007. The CAP offers assistance with business
and strategic planning and connects SBIR Phase II awardees with partners,
licensees, and/or investors to help move SBIR-developed products into the
marketplace. It targets those seeking investments or strategic alliances and is
especially helpful with those with clinical products that may take years to
commercialize. A full description of the program is available at http://www.larta.org/nihcap/NIHCAP-ProgramDescription.pdf
(PDF - 326 KB).
6) NIH SBIR and STTR Program
Announcements
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
recently added a Program Announcement (PA) and a Notice that may be of interest
to SBIR participants on the 'Special Announcements for Small Business Research
Opportunities' page on their SBIR web site (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm). This page lists NIH SBIR/STTR-Relevant PAs, Request
for Applications (RFA), and Notices that are taken from the NIH Guide
Electronic Repository of Special Announcements for Small Business Research
Opportunities (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html).
The title, announcement number,
participating Institute(s), web address, and receipt date(s) of the PA and
Notice appears below:
Bioengineering Approaches to Energy
Balance and Obesity (SBIR and STTR)
(PA-07-435 and PA-07-436)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute National Cancer Institute National Institute on Aging National
Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-435.html
and
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-436.html
Application Receipt Date(s): See
announcement.
Small Business Innovative Research
Program (SBIR) Competing Renewal Awards for Drug Development in Mental Health
(NOT-MH-07-118)
National Institute of Mental Health
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-MH-07-118.html
USDA SBIR FY2008 RFA
– www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/sbir/sbir.html
Due September 5, 2007
NASA SBIR and STTR 2007 Phase 1
Solicitations http://sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov/SBIR/SBIR.html
Due September 6, 2007
DoD SBIR Solicitation 2007.3 - www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/
Due September 19, 2007
NIH and CDC SBIR Contracts
Solicitation [PHS 2008-1] n- http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm
Due November 5, 2007
2007-2 DHHS PHS SBIR Omnibus Grants
Solicitation Non-AIDS Related Topics (NIH, CDC, FDA)
Due December 5, 2007
AIDS Related Topics (NIH)
Due September 1, 2007 and January 2, 2008 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm
8) STTR SOLICITATIONS CURRENTLY OPEN
NASA SBIR and STTR 2007 Phase 1
Solicitations - http://sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov/SBIR/SBIR.html
Due September 6, 2007
2007-2 DHHS PHS STTR Omnibus Grants
Solicitation Non-AIDS Related Topics (NIH, CDC, FDA)
Due December 5, 2007
AIDS Related Topics (NIH)
Due September 1, 2007 and January 2, 2008 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm
DOC NIST FY2008 Solicitation - http://patapsco.nist.gov/ts_sbir/
Expected November 1, 2007
Dept. of Energy SBIR/STTR - http://www.science.doe.gov/sbir/
Expected Fall 2007
NSF SBIR/STTR - http://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/
Expected Fall 2007
10) UPCOMING
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
Hershey SBIR Workshop -
September 6
& 7, 2007 -
Hershey Center for
Applied Research (HCAR)
- http://www.hersheyresearch.com/events/training07.html
WORKSHOPS IN
NEIGHBORING STATES
SBIR/STTR Competitive Checklist Workshop, Charlottesville, VA, September 14,
2007. This workshop reviews a "checklist" covering the key
competitive areas of your SBIR and STTR proposal, allowing you to consider
making appropriate modifications before you submit it. Networking and discussions with the
professional SBIR instructor and CIT representatives available before and after
the workshop. A great refresher course, this workshop is ideal for novice and
experienced grant writers who want to make their next SBIR or STTR proposal
more competitive. For more information, visit http://www.cit.org/events/event_desc/09-14-07-sbir.html,
or contact Robert Brooke at 703-689-3080 or mailto:rbrooke@cit.org
NSF
SBIR/STTR Phase I Grantee Workshop,
Mid
Atlantic How To Win SBIR Workshop,