This is not a rigorous treatise on proposal writing or Grantsmanship 101.
March 8, 2023
Presubmission Panel Review
March 7, 2023
Sell Your Team Through Your Biographical Sketch
Why should an SBIR/STTR agency hire your company? While you may have a really innovative technology, it will be your team that does the work.
March 7, 2023
Preparing an Easy to Read Proposal
Making your proposal easy to read An often overlooked aspect of an SBIR proposal involves neglecting to realize your reviewers are people who have to wade through a slew of proposals quickly and efficiently.
October 21, 2019
Sell your team through your biosketch
Why should an SBIR/STTR agency hire your company? While you may have a really innovative technology, it will be your team that does the work. Spending time on the biographical sketch is your opportunity to reinforce your team’s experience and highlight your credentials towards the specific role you will have on this company’s SBIR/STTR project.
January 29, 2019
Planning to submit? What you should be doing NOW!
I often get calls from clients who wish to submit an SBIR/STTR grant with a deadline only a couple of weeks or even days away.
January 29, 2019
Show me the money! The Importance of Budget Preparation.
After spending months planning your experiments and detailing your approach, you are now ready for the budget.
January 16, 2019
Make beginning a 1st draft less daunting with these simple steps
Don’t know where to start?? Follow our guide to building the first draft of your SBIR proposal.
January 2, 2019
Is SBIR/STTR a Fit for Me? Take the T.E.S.T
Is SBIR/STTR a Fit for Me? Take the T.E.S.T Here is a simple test with some Go – No Go criteria to see if SBIR/STTR is a fit for your company.
December 14, 2018
Let’s Talk Significance!
Your SBIR proposal must communicate strong significance, but many proposals I review fall short in this area.
September 13, 2018
Addressing reviewer comments in resubmissions
So you have submitted your SBIR proposal some months ago and are nervously waiting for word on what the reviewers thought of it.