Application Tips & Resources to Help Secure SBIR & STTR Funding hosted by NCATS

Description

Are you looking to commercialize an innovation in health or biotechnology? You might be eligible for funding support and resources through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Wisconsin institutions.
 
Join us Wednesday, May 19, 2021, from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. ET for a webinar and discussion session on small business funding. The event is hosted by the NIH research institutes the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in collaboration with the Wisconsin Center for Technology Commercialization, which provides one-on-one assistance to early-stage emerging technology businesses throughout Wisconsin. Representatives from four Wisconsin research institutions will also be available for breakout sessions on their specific programs and resources.

NCATS Director of Strategic Alliances Lili Portilla and NCI SBIR/STTR Program Director Kory Hallett will give an overview of and answer questions about the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Innovation Research programs and associated resources. The SBIR/STTR programs offer non-dilutive funding and resources to help small businesses advance and commercialize promising biotech and life sciences research technologies. In this presentation you will hear:

• An overview of the SBIR/STTR programs as well as other resources available to early-stage researchers and entrepreneurs
• Best practices and guidance on preparing your SBIR/STTR application
• Available open SBIR/STTR funding opportunities

• University of Wisconsin – Madison
  • Andrew Richards, Director of Discovery to Product (D2P), University of Wisconsin – Madison
  • Todd Strother, Ph.D., Senior Technology Consultant, Center for Technology Commercialization (CTC)
• Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Kevin Boggs, MBA, Ph.D., Director, Office of Technology Development, Medical College of Wisconsin
  • Amit Gode, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, CTSI, Director, Strategic Clinical Research and Academic Initiatives, Medical College of Wisconsin
• Marquette University
  • Kalpa Vithalani, PhD, Executive Director of Technology Transfer, Marquette University
• University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
  • Brian Thompson, MSME, MBA – President, UWM Research Foundation / Director, Lubar Entrepreneurship Center, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
  • Jessica Silvaggi, PhD – Director of Technology Commercialization, UWM Research Foundation, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee