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12th Annual NIH SBIR/STTR Conference

Submitted by: John Ujvari on Apr 22, 2010 at 2:31 pm Tagged with: Equity, Funding, grants, NIH, Research, SBIR, Seed Funding, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, STTR Source: North Carolina SBTDC

Who: A great learning experience for anyone interested in small business technology grants especially from the National Institute of Health (NIH). This includes:

Small businesses wanting to develop novel technology products
Highly motivated small business entrepreneurs and research managers
Small businesses interested in new NIH SBIR/STTR initiatives
University researchers interested in partnering with small businesses on collaborative R&D projects
Large companies interested in developing strategic alliances with successful SBIR/STTR awardees
Organizations and consultants providing support to interested SBIR/STTR applicants

What: Attendees will learn the ins and outs of the NIH SBIR/STTR program, the funding opportunities available to small business researchers, and how the NIH SBIR/STTR program can be a valuable resource to help you start and/or grow your company. With nearly $690M available this year exclusively for small businesses to perform innovative research and R&D in the biomedical/behavioral sciences, you won't want to miss this event!

When:June 2-3, 2010

Where:Raleigh Convention Center

Why: These types of grants are essential to getting a high tech business started in today's difficult funding climate. In addition more an more angel and venture firms are considering receiving a grant of this type as a key verification step in their due diligence process. Said another way, if you want to get a startup funded in the sciences, many investment groups won't even look at the deal without a previous peer reviewed grant. So learning how to be successful in getting these grants is extremely important.

For more information about the conference and to register visit: http://www.sbtdc.org/nihsbir2010/