[ONLINE] Funding Product Development with SBIRs/STTRs

[If your business has been impacted by COVID19, please visit Maryland’s business resource page: https://businessexpress.maryland.gov/coronavirus]

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program provide opportunities for businesses to engage in Federal R&D and – with the right information and a solid strategy – offer a tool for funding product development.

Whether you’ve invested the time and effort to engage with federal agencies through these programs in the past, have never heard of them, or have been reluctant to try, we will offer information, guidelines, and tips for successfully approaching and engaging with potential federal partners.

In this session, we’ll cover:
 Basic information about SBIRs and STTRs
 Agencies that offer these programs
 How to get started
 Time & resource commitments
 Strategies

Our guests for this event have deep expertise writing successful SBIR/STTR proposals for a variety of federal agencies as well as experiencing selecting proposals for funding.

 Ron Kaese, TEDCO; Ron facilitates TEDCO’s SBIR workshop
 Feng Tao, Founder & Principal Consultant at Kanri Technologies, LLC and NIH SBIR reviewer
 Nao Gamo, recent SBIR Awardee and Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer at NeuroSonics Medical

This MeetUp is for anyone who is interested in seeking funding to develop their product, generally interested in how the SBIR and STTR programs work, or is curious to learn about opportunities to partner with the Federal Government. We’ll leave plenty of time for Q&A so bring your questions and curiosity!

Note that we intend to tape this MeetUp. By joining, you consent to your image and/or voice being recorded (you may, of course, block your camera and mute your mic and just join us to listen! We’re more than happy to have you).

After RSVPing, attendees will be able to view the link to participate in this online discussion.

Visit Ron’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronald-kaese-4027047/

Visit Feng’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/feng-tao/
To learn about how TEDCO helps MD businesses grow: https://www.tedcomd.com/

Visit Nao's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nao-gamo-6109b225/

To learn more about DefTech: https://deftechmd.net/

To see the nearly 2,000 patents available for license from DoD labs in Maryland: https://defpatmd.net/md_dod_ip_patents/patents_list_icons/

To learn more about the DefTech team, visit our LinkedIn profiles:
Gary: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garypevans/
Kim: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimconwellmozingo/
Griffin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/griffinstlouis/

To watch past MeetUp events, visit our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQtqhdWjuYm-mDRY8f-dKDw?

Thank you, ThisIsEngineering, for the photo: https://www.pexels.com/@thisisengineering