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DOE Fall FY26 SBIR/STTR Topics Released

DOE has finally released its FY26 Fall Opportunity under the newly redesigned SBIR/STTR program.

Founder Factory Win: Making the Next Connection Count

A single strategic connection can move promising Wisconsin innovations closer to market.

Big Ideas Need Great Teams

Three engineers, a physicist, an experienced CEO, patent attorney and a physical therapist walk into a bar….

June 11, 2024

DoE offers ‘vouchers’ to work with national labs

Agency Specific, Business Impact, Commercialization Support, DOE, SBIR Support, SBIR/STTR Benefits, Writing Tips

Have you ever wanted to work with a national lab? Are you working on a thorny energy-related problem? Maybe you should consider the Department of Energy’s upcoming American-made Challenge.

April 1, 2024

A Quad Chart and its use

Business Impact, Commercialization Support, Events, FAST, SBIR Support, SBIR/STTR Benefits, Writing Tips

A Quad Chart in its most basic form is a single slide or table that is used to summarize a project or program.

January 18, 2024

DoE offers $100,000 cash prizes to businesses that can solve agency challenges

Agency Specific, Awards, Business Impact, Commercialization Support, DOE

The Department of Energy has issued several challenges available for small and mid-sized businesses to participate in to win cash prizes of up to $100,000 per round to solve thorny Energy-related problems.

October 9, 2023

What are appropriate lengths for the sections in an NIH Phase I?

Agency Specific, Business Impact, NIH, SBIR/STTR Benefits, Success Rates, Writing Tips

The NIH Phase I application requires you to write and upload a Research Strategy document that cannot exceed 6 pages in length.