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.
June 1, 2020
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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 27, 2020
The Department of Defense is implementing new cybersecurity measures
If you’ve not heard, the Department of Defense is implementing new cybersecurity measures.
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.
April 7, 2020
Did you know?! Other Topics funded via the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.
Now is the time for innovation!
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.
March 17, 2020
What is NCATS?
Occasionally, we work with companies that have a medical or health related technology that doesn’t exactly fit into one of the more well-defined areas, like cancer research or diabetes treatment.