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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/ Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Seminar
Friday, September 08, 2017, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM PDT
Category: Training

  

 

 

Free Money for Your R&D
America's largest seed fund wants to support your innovation, research, or new technology!

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Seminar

DATE: Friday, September 8, 2017

TIME: 9:00AM – 2:00PM (includes lunch and tour)

LOCATION:  Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), University of Washington
1013 NE 40th Street
Seattle, WA 98105 
 

COST: PNDC Member Price:  $90 
Non-Member Price: $125 

Are you a small business?
Does your company have a new product in development?
Do you need Research & Development support?

You may qualify for R&D funding! 

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) & Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs encourage domestic small businesses to engage in Federal Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) that has the potential for commercialization.
 Central to the program is an expansion of the public/private sector partnership to include the joint venture opportunities for small businesses and non-profit research institutions.
Translation: free money for your R&D!

This seminar will focus on the Department of Defense SBIR/STTR programs, including current SBIR/STTR topics being solicited by the defense agencies.

  • Keynote Address by Mr. David Sikora, Acting Program Administrator, DoD SBIR/STTR Programs
  • Overview of the current DoD pre-release RFPs 
  • Advice on preparing a winning SBIR/STTR proposal
  • Tour of UW Applied Physics Lab, supporting research and development partnerships with the business community

Featured speakers:

Mr. David Sikora, Acting Program Administrator, DoD SBIR/STTR Programs
Mr. Sikora administers the DoD’s SBIR/STTR program. The mission of the DoD SBIR/STTR program is to help small businesses, non-profit organizations, and research institutions quickly create and deliver cost-effective innovations that will sustain America’s technological superiority over adversaries.


Robert Miyamoto, University of Washington has been with the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington for 37 years and is currently the Director for Defense and Industry Programs at the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington.  He has also been an Affiliate Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington.  His research interests include oceanography, acoustics, signal processing, autonomous control, ocean instrumentation, multimedia, medical countermeasures, and human-system interactions.  He maintains an active research program including current and past research with US R&D laboratories (e.g., Naval Oceanographic Office, Naval Underwater Warfare Center, SPAWAR systems center, Naval Air Warfare Center), the Office of Naval Research, the Defense Applied Research Program Agency (DARPA), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Washington State Sea Grant, Industry, and the National Science Foundation. 

Leon Wolf, Independent Consultant Specializing in SBIR/STTR
Leon Wolf is an independent grant writing consultant specializing in SBIR, STTR, and technology proposals. He has helped over 100 companies and organizations prepare Phase I and Phase II SBIR/STTR and other grant proposals, including Department of Defense, Homeland Security, and NSF, as well as most of the eight other SBIR agencies.

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