On February 29th CTC hosted an in-depth workshop assisting 5 small businesses, some with MCW affiliation, to prepare a very important part of an NIH SBIR/STTR proposal.
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Stem Pharm enters exciting collaboration with Verge Genomics
Congratulations to Stem Pharm – a CTC client, SBIR Advance awardee and Wisconsin Innovation Award winner – on their recently announced collaboration to develop a disease model to validate novel targets identified by Verge Genomics for Parkinson’s disease (PD).
What are appropriate lengths for the sections in an NIH Phase I?
The NIH Phase I application requires you to write and upload a Research Strategy document that cannot exceed 6 pages in length.
Support from NIH for Academic and Small Business Innovators
The NIH SBIR/STTR program has $1.3 Billion in seed funding available to small businesses to support R&D efforts.
Access NIH’s Application Assistance Program
We would like to bring your attention to a recent NIH program that provides SBIR applicant assistance to small businesses who have not been funded with an SBIR, even if you’ve previously applied.
ATTENTION NIH HOPEFULS!
The Applicant Assistance Program (AAP) is a free 10-week NIH program that supports businesses that have not received NIH SBIR/STTR funding before, through mentoring and customized assistant.
WI AI Summit Day 1 Recap!
Day 1 of the WI AI Summit hosted four expert panels discussing artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML).
Not all NIH grants are created equal!
CTC hosted BBCetc, SBIR experts, for a well-attended webinar on January 17th.
COnovate secures financing to accelerate and scale
Congratulations to COnovate — a CTC client, SBIR Advance awardee and 2020 Wisconsin Innovation Award winner — upon securing key SAFE financing from a remarkable partnership led by Tundra Angels, Wisconsin Venture Partners and Jennifer Abele.
NSF and NIH I-corps elevate innovators
We often talk about and recommend that our clients get involved in the I-Corp programs that some of the federal agencies have. The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are the common ones our clients tend to gravitate to.