The Arrowhead Center’s FAST Partnership Program will be hosting a free SBIR/STTR workshop on April 12, 2016 at the NMSU-A Small Business Development Center, Room TE 103, in Alamogordo.
This comprehensive workshop will provide an overview of the SBIR/STTR programs, with an emphasis on those at the Department of Energy (DoE). A four-step process will be presented on how to develop a competitive Phase 1 proposal.
The NM FAST Partnership Program, housed at Arrowhead Center, provides small businesses with:
- Assistance in identifying appropriate solicitations and topic areas
- How-to information on agency registrations and electronic proposal submission
- Guidance on proposal preparation, including assessments of technical objectives and hypotheses and drafting supporting documents (e.g., biographical sketches, resources, and budgets)
- Specifics on the target agency’s requirements for commercialization content in Phase I/Phase II proposals
- Technical reviews and edits of proposals, with feedback
- In addition, NM FAST will provide select first-time awardees micro-funds of $695 to cover the expenses of professional services (e.g. Commercialization Plan Assistance, Development Partner Identification Assistance, Research Partner Identification Assistance, Counsel on Patents and Technology Licensing, and Indirect Cost Rate Advisement) for proposal development.
Registration information can be viewed at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sbir-sttr-phase-1-proposal-development-workshop-with-doe-focus-tickets-20972188380
New Mexico companies will have the chance to have their registration costs to the National SBIR/STTR Conference held in Washington, DC in May reimbursed. The online application form can be accessed here: http://goo.gl/forms/mEacih6gNt
