Robert Berger
Published: 2004-11-01
Total Pages: 128
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The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs provide a wonderful opportunity for small, technology-based businesses to receive research and development grants from the Federal government while they retain all rights to the technology. However, in order to win awards in these highly competitive programs, small businesses must convince reviewers that there is an important technical problem worth solving, that there will be significant benefits if the problem is solved, that the approach to solving it is innovative, that the research team is up to the task, and that the technology has commercial potential. There is a right way and a wrong way to write these proposals. The book begins by understanding who reviews these proposals and what they are looking for. The book provides a step-by-step approach to proposal preparation, clearly showing how all proposal components fit together. It will demystify the proposal preparation process for small businesses that have been unsuccessful in the past or that have barriers to proposal writing"--P. 3.