Conference and Workshops SBIR/STTR Workshops in Kentucky; Deadline Mar. 26, 2009 
  

  

SBIR/STTR Conference and Proposal Preparation Workshops in Kentucky

(2009 Spring Series)

 

Online registration is required. Agendas for each event and online registration are available at:  http://ksef.kstc.com. 

 

Why Attend:

  • About $2.5 Billion in Federal SBIR-STTR Program are available for grants to small firms for high-risk R&D and product development
  • Learn how to:

1.      Meet the agency-specific requirement to avoid rejection without review and improve the content quality

2.      Identify significant differences between preparing a SBIR-STTR Phase I and Phase II proposal and other grant proposal

3.      Increase your odds of winning a SBIR/STTR grant in a highly competitive federal program

  • Opportunity to ask your individual questions in-person to the federal agency program manager and workshop speaker
  • Need assistance to prepare your proposal? Proposal development grants are available to qualifying KY businesses
  • Kentucky SBIR/STTR Matching Funds(1:1) Grant Program for KY businesses
  • Federal Program Managers come to Kentucky ONLY once a year at this time

 

2009 Spring Events Schedule:

February 5 |Phase I Proposal Preparation Workshop (Speaker: Bob Berger, Robert Berger Consulting, Santa Fe, NM) — All agencies

8:00 AM - 4:45 PM (Lexington, KY)

 

February 17 - 18| NIH Focus - Phase I proposal Preparation Workshop (Speaker: Lisa Kurek, Biotechnology Business Consultants LLC, Ann Arbor, MI)

8:00 AM - 4:45 PM [Day 1]; 8:00 AM – 11:30 AM [Day 2] (Louisville, KY)— Including review of what’s new in the NIH 2009 proposal submission

 

March 26|Kentucky SBIR/STTR Conference (Participating Federal Agencies include DoD-Army, DoD-Air Force, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Transportation, NIH, NSF, USDA) — Regionally publicized

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (Lexington, KY)

 

Organizers

   Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation

   Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation