New Podcasts on Research Grants and Application Tips for Small Businesses

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Icon for the NIH All About Grants PodcastIn the two latest episodes of All About Grants, Dr. Matt Portnoy, Program Coordinator for NIH’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) Research programs, joins us to talk about NIH research funding for small businesses. In the episode “Research Grants for Small Businesses” Dr. Portnoy reviews the research funding opportunities available for small businesses and the registrations necessary to apply for funding. In “Writing your Application – Tips for Small Businesses”, Dr. Portnoy shares application advice and resources targeted to help the small business community write successful grant applications.

Listen to the latest podcasts using the links below or visit the All About Grants podcast website for additional topics.

  • Research Grants for Small Businesses (MP3 and transcript)
  • Writing your Application – Tips for Small Businesses (MP3 and transcript)

3 Comments

  1. Thank you very much. This was very helpful. Judging by the number of hurdles I need to jump before I can apply for SBIR, this seems very challenging to me (if at all possible).

  2. Matt, it used to be that eligibility requirements were required to be met at the time of the award, not necessarily at the time of application submission. Has this changed with electronic submission? How much of the registration, certification, etc process must be done at the time of submission?

    1. Institutional (small business) eligibility, Principal Investigator, and program requirements eligibility continue to be required at the time of award, not submission, as they always have been. Electronic grant submission (since 2005 for SBIR/STTR grants) is not relevant. However, the Small Business Administration (SBA) instituted new requirements with the Reauthorization Act requiring companies to register at the SBA Company registry before application and submit proof of registration with their application submission. Additionally, SBA requires that (for NIH SBIR only) companies that are majority-owned by venture capital operating companies (VCOCs) submit a 3 question VC certification at time of application to NIH. Our new solicitations at sbir.nih.gov have instructions on these new requirements.

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