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NSF debuts Fast-Track grants

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SBIR Road Tour shares helpful insights for innovators

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DOD SBIR Open Topic 2024 – AI/ML

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Proposals, Budgets, Customer Discovery—OH MY!

HI—it’s me again! That’s right, your friendly SBIR Ready pusher. Four crazy videos, and a few dozen blog posts on DoD funding, I have tried to explain why you should join us for the upcoming March 2021 SBIR Ready DoD program. Is it too much to put in the plug now to complete our NOW SHORTER letter of intent so we can help get started?

The Approach: Spotlight on Brightstar Wisconsin Foundation Inc.

In this installment of The Approach, the spotlight is on Todd Sobotka Investment Committee Chair of the BrightStar Wisconsin Foundation. Read more….

Department of Defense Topic Pre-Release 12/8/2020

We are excited to see that the next DoD SBIR BAA (21.

Energy Imperatives for the Dept. of Defense

The Department of Defense hosted their annual Defense TechConnect event, virtually.

SPACE! Your Funding Frontier…

NASA released their SBIR/STTR solicitation on November 9 with a due date of January 8, 2021 at 5PM.

Accessing Federal Funds for Your Product Ideas

CTC participated in UW Madison Startup Week November 12th, and hosted Mike Hendrickson from BrainXell for a conversation on the SBIR/STTR Program, how to access the program and how BrainXell has moved forward thanks to those federal funds.

AFWERX Style: What’s an Assumption?

The AFWERX program is like a startup program within the Department of Defense SBIR/STTR framework.

Tips on Navigating DOD’s DSIP

We at the CTC have recognized the great opportunities for our Wisconsin companies with the Department of Defense SBIR program.

5 Tips for Winning NIH SBIR Proposals

In a recent Quick Chat, I talked with Tom Schwei, a financial professional who has more than 25 years of experience working with Wisconsin-based life science companies.

COnovate (formerly SafeLi) Named Wisconsin Innovation Award Winner

Congratulations to SafeLi — a CTC client, and SBIR Advance awardee, for receiving a 2020 Wisconsin Innovation Award SafeLi, based in Shorewood, discovered Graphene Monoxide, a nano-material that may enable enhanced safety for the use of lithium-ion batteries.