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A Funding Workshop You Can’t Afford to Miss!
Intensive SBIR/STTR Proposal Prep for NIH

Is your technology company eligible for non-dilutive federal funding through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs? The two programs award over $2.7 billion in R&D funding annually to qualified small businesses developing game-changing technologies.

Thursday, June 6th,

Registration: 8:30 a.m.
Workshop: 9am - 4:30 p.m.

This workshop will provide detailed instruction on developing competitive proposals for the National Institutes of Health’s SBIR/STTR program. In addition to up-to-date information on the SBIR/STTR programs, it covers:

NIH SBIR/STTR program basics
Review criteria and writing to meet the reviewers’ expectations
How to approach each section of the proposal
Budget and commercialization planning
The submission process
Formatting tips

The workshop is conducted by NIH expert, Andrea Johanson, PhD, of the SBIR/STTR consulting firm of BBCetc. Feedback from 15 years of attendees has overwhelmingly endorsed this session as a critical component in successful proposal development.

Location: V20-1000 (School of Pharmacy Building, Seminar Room)

Cost: Free for CU Anschutz Faculty, For companies $110 (lunch will be included for everyone)

About the Presenter: Andrea Johanson, PhD

Andrea is a BBCetc Sr. Principal Consultant with over 25 years of experience in leading international collaborative research projects. Prior to joining BBC in 2006, she was responsible for developing a portfolio of agricultural biotechnology projects at Michigan State University’s Institute of International Agriculture, and for reporting to federal funding agencies about the program. Andrea has also served as an international consultant on a broad range of issues relating to international agricultural development, biotechnology, biosafety, intellectual property rights and technology transfer. She holds a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Reading University, UK, a Masters in Plant Pathology from Cornell University, and a Master of Arts in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University, UK.

About BBCetc

BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting, LLC (BBCetc) works with technology-based entrepreneurs and companies on strategies to advance their R&D efforts to commercialization. The BBCetc team is nationally recognized for its success in helping clients secure federal SBIR/STTR funding. Services include research grant assistance, SBIR/STTR training and proposal development assistance, and grants and contracts management. With expertise in all 11 participating federal agencies, the BBCetc team has reviewed over 3,000 proposals since 2000 and trained thousands more on how to prepare compelling SBIR/STTR proposals and integrate SBIR/STTR funding into their overall funding strategy.