- Funding is for startup companies
- Funding goes to the company, who hires the professor / university
- STTR is for tech transfer offices
- R21 and others are research grants for professors
- License a technology, partner on SBIR grant
- Work with professor on research
- Multiple commercialization programs
- What is the best slot for the application?
- Is this a scanning technology or a
cancer technology? - Get ideas on focus areas
- Know your program managers / they are online
- Talk with them
- Get connected with them
- $150K / 6 months – Phase 1
- $1M – 2 years – Phase 2
- Phase 3 is not an option
- University costing is with overhead
- iCorps program – $50K for marketing / biz dev
- 7% Profit – use for anything, $5K for biz dev