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Proposal Development Support – SBIR/STTR
The Center for Biotechnology is offering one-on-one SBIR/STTR proposal development counseling and iterative grant writing services to companies – application for next cohort is June 5th!
Companies that have completed our intensive 2-day workshop (or similar program) and/or have previously submitted an unsuccessful SBIR/STTR proposal in the past are eligible to apply. Services provided under this program are awarded through a competitive application process and include a weekly “best practices” proposal development webinar followed by iterative review of section drafts to guide stepwise development of the proposal from start to finish.
Companies selected for this follow-on counseling will be required to contribute $250 and will receive up to 10 hours of iterative proposal development services valued at $2000. These services will be subsidized by the Center for Biotechnology through the Downstate New York SBIR Assistance Program.
Interested companies should apply online no later than June 5, 2020. The application can be found here: https://forms.gle/5m9kAN8nUnzEyXyi9.
Contact Kate Hutchinson kate.hutchinson@stonybrook.edu with questions.
Fundraising eGuide for Life Science Companies
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, Brex has compiled a list of resources to help support the Life Sciences industry during this health crisis.
Their most recently published eGuide highlights fundraising strategies for life science companies in the current landscape. PDF available here: Fundraising eGuide for Life Science Companies
NIDA/ NIH Challenge “Start a SUD Startup”
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has announced the 5th “$100,000 for Start a SUD Startup” Challenge. The Challenge goal is to support research ideas that would further an understanding of Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and that are intended to be the foundation for the development of successful new startups. NIDA expects that the contest will enable participants to test the premise that their research idea can be fostered into a biotech startup, and that eventually the newly created startups will contribute to the pool of innovative small business companies that can successfully compete for NIDA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding.
The Challenge will offer up to ten awards of $10,000 each and technical expertise and mentoring from NIDA scientific research entrepreneurship experts. The Challenge total purse is up to $100,000.
Submission Due Date: May 26, 2020, 5:00 p.m. ET.
Judging Period: May 27, 2020 to June 15, 2020.
Winners Announced: June 22, 2020.
View full details about the challenge here: https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/2020-1000000-start-a-sud-startup-challenge/
SUNY Startup Summer School
SUNY Startup Summer School (S4) provides faculty, students, and staff with the knowledge and networks that will enable them to commercialize breakthrough technology. S4 offers virtual accelerated entrepreneurial education and training for participants, including proposal development, to help them secure the initial funding needed to get their technology to market
Topics touched upon in startup school include company formation, commercialization and go to market strategies, introduction to SBIR/STTR, grant winning and grant budgeting basics, follow on capital sources and more.
Applications are being accepted now through May 22, 2020. Full details and enrollment forms here.