Innovation Funding Training Series

Want to lean more about the SBIR/STTR Program? Visit our SBIR 101 page.

Attend one or all of the trainings, which include:

NIH Specific Aims Workshop

CTCFebruary 27, 2025 | 8:30AM | CTC Workshop at Research Park-Madison, WI, MG&E Innovation Center, Room 50, Madison

Topic: Start-up Assistance

Join us for a 1/2 day event in which CTC technology and SBIR consultants will teach you strategies for writing key areas of your NIH SBIR/STTR proposal. We will be specifically focusing on Specific Aims.

This is an invite only event for CTC clients, so to be considered please reach out to ...

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Fee: No Cost



NSF Project Pitch Workshop

CTCMarch 11, 2025 | 8:30AM | UWM Innovation Center

Topic: Start-up Assistance

Join us for an interactive half-day workshop in which CTC technology and SBIR consultants will teach you strategies for writing key areas of your NSF Project Pitch, which is required for all NSF submissions. We want to help you prepare the most competitive proposal you can!

This is an invi...

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NIH Presubmission Panel Review

CTCMarch 11, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization

Topic: Start-up Assistance

Do you plan to submit to NIH in April? Please register with CTC to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review. CTC, in collaboration with a panel of expert reviewers, will simulate the NIH review process to help you improve your SBIR/STTR proposal ahead of the April deadline. This registr...

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SBIR 101 Webinar

CTCMarch 18, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization

$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the largest seed fund in this brief overview (and how we can help for free).

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfe...

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SBIR 101 Webinar

CTCApril 22, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization

$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the largest seed fund in this brief overview (and how we can help for free).

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfe...

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Fee: No Cost



SBIR 101 Webinar

CTCMay 20, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization

$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the largest seed fund in this brief overview (and how we can help for free).

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfe...

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Fee: No Cost



SBIR 101 Webinar

CTCMay 20, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization

$4.5 Billion dollars in product development is available, maybe to you! Learn more about how you might tap the largest seed fund in this brief overview (and how we can help for free).

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfe...

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Fee: No Cost



NSF Presubmission Panel Review

CTCJune 10, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization

Topic: Start-up Assistance

Do you plan to submit to NSF in July? Please register with CTC to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review. CTC, in collaboration with a panel of expert reviewers, will simulate the NSF review process to help you improve your SBIR/STTR proposal ahead of the September deadline. This regi...

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Fee: No Cost



NIH SBIR/STTR: Proposal Preparation Intensive

CTCJuly 10, 2025 | 8:00AM | UWM Innovation Center

For basic research advancing beyond the academic realm into product development, the NIH provides non-dilutive federal funding through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The NIH SBIR/STTR programs award over $1.25 billion in ...

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DOD SBIR: Proposal Preparation Workshop

CTCAugust 7, 2025 | 9:00AM | CTC Workshop at Research Park-Madison, WI, MG&E Innovation Center, Room 50, Madison

This Department of Defense-focused workshop provides detailed instruction on preparing a proposal to meet the requirements of the DOD, including both technical and commercialization plans and navigating the submission process. Presented by DOD SBIR/STTR expert, Monique Branham, the program w...

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Fee: No Cost



NIH Presubmission Panel Review

CTCAugust 12, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization

Topic: Start-up Assistance

Do you plan to submit to NIH in April? Please register with CTC to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review. CTC, in collaboration with a panel of expert reviewers, will simulate the NIH review process to help you improve your SBIR/STTR proposal ahead of the September deadline. This reg...

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Fee: No Cost



NSF Presubmission Panel Review

CTCOctober 7, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization

Topic: Start-up Assistance

Do you plan to submit to NSF in November? Please register with CTC to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review. CTC, in collaboration with a panel of expert reviewers, will simulate the NSF review process to help you improve your SBIR/STTR proposal ahead of the November deadline. This r...

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Fee: No Cost



NSF Presubmission Panel Review

CTCOctober 14, 2025 | 12:00PM | Online
Facilitated by: Center For Technology Commercialization

Topic: Start-up Assistance

Do you plan to submit to NSF in November? Please register with CTC to participate in our free Presubmission Panel Review. CTC, in collaboration with a panel of expert reviewers, will simulate the NSF review process to help you improve your SBIR/STTR proposal ahead of the September deadline. This ...

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Fee: No Cost


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