The Center for Technology Commercialization (CTC) hosted BBC etc for a special training on accessing the Department of Defense (DoD) funding.
June 19, 2020
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June 8, 2020
Plumb Pharma wins 2020 Governor’s Business Plan Contest
Congratulations to Plumb Pharma — CTC client and SBIR Advance awardee — on winning the 2020 Governor’s Business Plan Contest! Plumb Pharma of Madison has developed a platform technology for super-extended-release medications that extends release 3-5 times longer than current medications.
June 5, 2020
SeedLinked obtains critical funding
Congratulations to SeedLinked — a CTC client, SBIR Advance awardee and 2019 Governor’s Business Plan Contest “Bright New Idea” winner — upon receiving a critical investment from TitletownTech, a $25 million venture fund led by Microsoft and the Green Bay Packers.
June 1, 2020
DOD Opportunities for SBIR and other Research Funding.
Wisconsin has some of the best success rates in the country for NIH and NSF SBIR awards (see 2019 articles NIH & NSF), and Wisconsin has multiple large DOD contractors that are manufacturing strategically important military equipment.
May 28, 2020
Extend Your Cash Runway with the R&D Tax Credit
Your $1M in SBIR funding could be worth about $50,000 in refundable R&D tax credits according to John Berry, Business Development Specialist at Hull & Knarr, a financial services firm that specializes in this sort of thing.
May 20, 2020
Navigation for Wisconsin DOD SBIR/STTR Hopefuls
A severely underutilized SBIR funding opportunity in Wisconsin is the program available from the Department of Defense (DoD).
May 18, 2020
This is a Great Time to Reach Out to Investors
Even without a pandemic, entrepreneurs can feel exposed.
May 12, 2020
Thinking About Doing Business with the Government? Don’t Do it Alone.
A CTC startup client recently asked me how my former company became a vendor for the federal government.
April 16, 2020
An Afternoon with the FDA – Webinar Recap
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Commercialization Accelerator Program (CAP) [NIH CAP], Larta Institute, and the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) presented “An FDA Afternoon” online webinar on March 31.
March 27, 2020
Let’s Go Wisconsin! NSF Calls for COVID-19 SBIR/STTR Proposals
Over the past two weeks we’ve seen Wisconsin businesses and innovators stepping up to create much needed masks and diagnostics.