SBIR/STTR: What University Staff Should Know

Time: Noon - 1:30 p.m. EDT
Location: Online
Presenters:
J.P. Kim (NIH), Kory Hallett (NIH/NCI), Stephanie Fertig (NIH/NINDS), Lili Portilla (NIH/NCATS)

Universities and other nonprofit research institutions continue to face challenges finding funding and technology development opportunities for their organizations. Partnering with small businesses can generate synergies for leveraging greater opportunities, especially when technology managers take the helm to navigate their university and researchers to a successful collaboration. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, also known as America's Seed Fund, are some of the largest sources of early-stage capital for technology commercialization in the US. These programs allow US-owned and operated small businesses to engage in federal research and development that has a strong p