The NSF (National Science Foundation) SBIR/STTR Program office provides grants. The topics in the Funding Opportunity Announcements are very broad allowing for investigator-initiated latitude. Participants in this webinar will be introduced to the Project Pitch, how to select the best Topic Area, how to engage with the NSF Program Managers, a review of proposal preparation guidelines; a discussion of the four submission windows, a discussion of the evaluation criteria, the importance of selecting the right principal investigator and a proposed time line for proposal preparation.

Speaker(s): Dra. Jenny Servo, President of Dawnbreaker About the company: For 30 years Dawnbreaker has provided a wide range of services for small advanced technology firms as well as, State and Federal agencies involved with the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR). Dawmbreaker has provided commercialization assistance services to companies with funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Department of the Navy (DON), and the Department of Energy (DOE) for over 15 years. In this capacity Dawnbreaker has worked with over 8,500 SBIR/STTR awardees which cumulatively went on to achieve over $3B in Phase III funding.