National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR/STTR Accelerator Information Session: Tuesday, April 6, 9 – 10 AM. Register Here!
Access $1.75M for your transformative project with strong commercial potential. The NSF SBIR/STTR programs focus on transforming scientific discovery into products and services with commercial potential and/or societal benefit. The NSF has more than $250M in the Fiscal Year 2021 to fund high-risk, high-payoff projects across the spectrum of science, technology, engineering, and manufacturing. The NSF requires the submission of an NSF Project Pitch before a firm is invited to submit a full proposal. Based on your approved NSF Project Pitch, your firm is automatically approved in the NSF SBIR/STTR Cohort to receive individual and customized coaching to help you prepare a high-quality proposal.
The cohort topics include:
- NSF SBIR/STTR General Overview
- Electronic Registrations
- Biographical Sketches
- Proposal Elements
- Broader Impacts
- Intellectual Merit
- Project Description
- Project Summary
- The Elevator Pitch
- The Commercial Opportunity
- The Innovation
- The Company/Team
- The Technical Discussion/R&D Plan
- Budget, Subaward Budgets, and Budget Justification
- Indirect Cost Rate Determination
- Collaborators and Other Affiliations
- Facilities, Equipment and Other Resources