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| Aug 5, 2010 | SBIR/STTR Phase I Proposal Preparation Workshop | Orlando, FL | | TRDA's workshop helps businesses develop higher quality
proposals that
can lead to higher company win rates.
Facilitator: Sharon Ballard - EnableVentures, Inc.,
Support for this program is provided by the National
Aeronautics and
Space Administration
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| | Contact: Bonnie O'Regan - boregan@trda.org | 321-872-1050 | | | | Aug 10, 2010 | New England - How To Win SBIR Awards (TM) | Worcester, MA | This professional workshop trains senior personnel how to
create "win
cultures" and evoke desired responses in SBIR/STTR
reviewers of applications (how to WIN) at all 11
agencies.
Just a few of the major topics covered in this 9.5-hour
event include how to:
- conduct pre application investigations & marketing
- deal with important variations among the 11 agencies
- understand SBIR/STTR from the applicant's perspective
vs. the
government's
- pick winnable topics / avoid loosers
- plan effective bid strategies
- ID & acquire needed bid information
- differentiate yours from other applications
- deonstrate project management acumen
- handle government contract/grant issues, budgets &
cost accounting
- deal with/protect your IP rights under SBIR/STTR
- and much, much more.
This workshop will include direct consulting on your
specific application
while the class listens -- so bring your
toughest questions.
Instructor & 100-page workbook provided by the
SBIR Resource Center(R),
Seating is limited to 25 persons -- pre registration
required.
sbir.us/course.html
Contact: John Davis - SBIR@sbir.us (410) 315-8101
HOSTS:
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
Burns & Levinson, LLP
NDIA New England
-- Significant discounts are available to sponsor
affiliates. --
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| | Contact: John Davis - sbir@sbir.us | 410-315-8101 | | | | Aug 12, 2010 | Crafting Federal Cost/Budget Proposals (SM) | Worcester, MA | |
WPI, NDIA New England
and Burns & Levinson LLP will co-host
this federal contractor's event
in Worcester, MA (discounts provided to members/affiliates of hosts).
This workshop equips entrepreneurs and project managers (not accountants)
to craft the one common foundation in ALL proposals, THE BUDGET. The focus
is on building a "smart" and legal document under the rules of federal law.
Thus, it includes a special module to equip you to properly estimate those
all important INDIRECT COST RATES (Overhead, G&A, F&A) and another to help
prepare contract winners for the financial audits.
When you make the decision to apply for government work, you place every
subsequent action you take in that regard under federal law -- people have
gone to jail for not understanding/following these laws. When you submit,
you are not only binding your firm to do business in a certain way, but
you’re also testifying, under penalty of law, that everything in your
application, including the budget, was carefully and properly crafted, is
accurate and that all assertions made therein are true.
Be sure you know how to not just avoid trouble, but to use your budget to
evoke positive responses in its reviewers (look smart, appear to be
efficient, differentiate yourself from the competition, help the technical
reviewers choose you, prepare to run your contract/grant successfully,
etc.). Much more than just an obligatory piece of paper with numbers on
it, the budget can heavily affect your chances of winning -- in a number of
ways.
This event is led by a career project manager & professional proposal
expert -- NOT an accountant. You will learn the practical and useful side
of federal contract cost accounting in everyday language, not accountant
speak.
Note that, although not SBIR-specific, this workshop is just two days after
the 10 Aug. How To Win SBIR Awards(SM) event (see above) - discounts are
provided for attending both events.
For information, or to register, click here.
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| | Contact: John Davis - sbir@sbir.us | 410-315-8101 | | | | Aug 24 - 25, 2010 | SBIR - Win More Grants! The Whole SBIR Story | Albuquerque, Santa Fe, NM | SBIR/STTR Phase I & II Proposal Preparation (Day 1 - Albuquerque) will lead
you through a simple but effective 4-step process for developing
competitive proposals. SBIR/STTR Commercialization (Day 2 - Santa Fe) will
cover basics of innovation commercialization and lead you through 10 tasks
in preparing a commercialization plan. The day will end with a panel of NM
firms that have successfully commercialized their technologies and
collectively generated $10+ M in revenue from the process.
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| | Contact: Metta-Marie Stahl - metta-marie.d.stahl@lmco.com | 505-843-4143 | | | | Aug 26 - 27, 2010 | SBIR Phase I Writing Workshop Renewable Energy Orientation | Scottsdale, AZ | | The SBIR/STTR Phase I Proposal Writing Workshop is sponsored by the
AZSBDC Network. The Venture Catalyst SBIR/STTR Phase I Workshop is an
exclusive eight-hour session targeting early-stage, first-time or
unsuccessful writers of SBIR/STTR Phase I proposals. It offers
participants a structured SBIR/STTR grant-writing methodology
demonstrated to be highly successful.
The Renewable Energy Orientation will cover funding opportunities from
multiple government agencies with a special emphasis on the Department of
Energy. This half day orientation is beneficial for those companies that
have a renewable energy focus and will help with writing a more specific
and structured SBIR grant at the Friday, August 27th workshop.
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| | Contact: Jessica Groeneveld - Jessica.Groeneveld@asu.edu | 480-884-1804 | | | | Sep 13 - 17, 2010 | Beyond Phase II Conference | San Antonio, TX | | The Beyond Phase II Conference showcases the SBIR
Program’s
Phase II
awardees’ technologies and provides a forum for
commercialization
opportunities. The event brings together current SBIR
Phase
II companies,
key technology and acquisition personnel from government,
and industry to
enable the transition of SBIR-funded research and
development into
products for military, government and private sector
commercial markets.
Additional details will be published soon.
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| | Contact: Sara Willis - conference@esncc.com | 703-412-3653 | | | | Sep 16, 2010 | SBIR/STTR Phase I Proposal Preparation Workshop | Boca Raton, FL | | TRDA's workshop helps businesses develop higher quality proposals that
can lead to higher company win rates.
Facilitator: Sharon Ballard - EnableVentures, Inc.,
Support for this program is provided by the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
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| | Contact: Bonnie O'Regan - boregan@trda.org | 321-872-1050 | | | Sep 28 -
Oct 1, 2010 | Advanced Invention to Venture | Little Rock, AR | | Advanced Invention to Venture (AI2V) is a highly
acclaimed, four-day
intensive workshop that provides instruction, exercises,
pitching and
coaching, complete with real-time feedback from coaches
and investors.
This AI2V workshop is sponsored by the National Collegiate
Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), the Arkansas
Small Business and Technology Development Center, and the
University of Arkansas at Little Rock College of Business.
The AI2V workshop is targeted to
university faculty/student teams and high-technology
entrepreneurs who
are committed to commercializing their technologies.
Workshop
participants will also have the option to participate in
extended, coach-
guided follow-on exercises to prepare them for longer
investor pitch
sessions.
For more information about this AI2V workshop, visit
www.invention2venture.org/arkansasai2v/
.
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| | Contact: Rebecca Norman - rxnorman@ualr.edu | 501.683.7714 | | | | Oct 7, 2010 | SBIR/STTR Phase I Proposal Writing Workshop | Fayetteville, AR | | Small businesses receive more than $2 billion in federal
grants and
contracts each year through the Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR)
and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
The Phase I
Proposal Writing Workshop being offered by Arkansas Small
Business and Technology Development Center can help
research-based businesses move from SBIR/STTR
applicants to awardees.
This interactive, eight-hour workshop is for early-stage,
first-time or
unsuccessful writers of SBIR Phase I proposals. Instructor
Sharon Ballard
will focus on two areas key to winning SBIR funding: the
work plan and
the commercialization plan. Participants will receive
guidance in
researching government organizations, topics and financial
and
administrative requirements and will explore some specific
steps to
attract commercialization partners, even at the Phase I
stage of the SBIR
Program.
Participants will walk away with the essential elements of
their Phase I
proposals outlined and with a stronger understanding of
next steps to
take in developing their SBIR/STTR proposals.
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| | Contact: Rebecca Norman - rxnorman@ualr.edu | 501.683.7700 | | | | Nov 8 - 10, 2010 | National SBIR Fall 2010 Conference | Oklahoma City, OK | | The 2010 SBIR/STTR National Conference will be held
November 8th – 10th
at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Whether you are
responsible for doing research or making the sale,
innovation depends on
recognizing opportunities and making connections. This
event will offer
R&D project managers and technology based businesses the
opportunity to
meet with federal agency representatives, prime
contractor/corporate
organizations, service providers for all areas of the
nation,
universities and federal labs.
Additional details will be published soon.
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additional
information for this conference is released?
If so, please enter your email address below and
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| | Contact: Sherry Roberts - sherry@sbirok.org | 405-213-1969 | | | | Nov 8 - 10, 2010 | 2010 ONR Naval S&T Partnership Conference | Arlington, VA | | The Naval Science and Technology Partnership Conference’s
unique format
provides numerous opportunities for dialogue with ONR’s
subject matter experts. Whether in Pitch a Principal
appointments or
technology breakout rooms, our signature Information
Exchange
or on the exhibit hall floor, attendees engage directly
with principals
pushing the edge of naval technology with their innovative
research.
A $1M Challenge
ONR will accept on-site applications for the Chief of
Naval Research
Challenge. Selected awardees will share $1 million in
research funding
aligned with ONR’s key research areas.
The purpose of this conference is to:
- Introduce and advance awareness of ONR's S&T strategy
and program
initiatives
- Present science and technology program challenges and
discuss
possible technology solutions
- Broaden our science and technology partnership base
and explore new
ideas with participants
This year’s event will present valuable insights on key
topics:
- Autonomous Systems
- Directed Energy and Hypervelocity
- Warfighter Performance
- Information Dominance
- Total Ownership Cost Reduction
- Expeditionary and Irregular Warfare
- Power & Energy
- Doing Business with ONR
For information about the technical program visit the 2010
ONR Naval S&T
Conference web site at
www.onr.navy.mil/en/Conference-Event-
ONR/science-
technology-partnership.aspx
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| | Contact: Teresa Denchfield - tdenchfield@navalengineers.org | n/a | | | | Apr 11 - 13, 2011 | National SBIR Spring 2011 Conference | Madison, WI | | The 2011 National SBIR Spring Conference is coming to
Madison, WI on April 11-13,2011.
Program Managers and representatives from participating
agencies will provide insight into how to work with their
respective agencies and answer your own special questions
during the one-on-one networking opportunities.
Already participating in the SBIR? The program is always
changing, and this is your opportunity to learn new
information and about options available.
Participating SBIR Federal Agencies & Departments will
include:
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce/NOAA/NIST
- Department of Defense: Air Force,
Army, Missile Defense Agency, DARPA, Navy, Office of the
Secretary of Defense, U.S. Special Operations
Command
- Department of Education
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health & Human Services:
NIH, CDC, and FDA
- Department of Transportation
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Aeronautics & Space Administration
- National Science Foundation
- Small Business Administration
Additional details will be published soon.
Do you want to be notified when
additional
information for this conference is released?
If so, please enter your email address below and
you will
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available.
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| | Contact: Pat Dillon - info@wisconsinsbir.org | 608-263-0398 | | |
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