Agenda

Attendee Materials Now Available

Speaker biographical sketches are now available

Post-Conference Technology Transfer Workshop Added to Agenda

Wednesday & Thursday, June 22 & 23, 2011: 2-Day Conference

What will you learn?

During this 2-day conference you will learn how to tap into the NIH's Research and Development (R&D) funding resources available explicitly to small businesses that have innovative biomedical or behavioral research ideas with commercial potential.

The program for this year's 2011 NIH SBIR/STTR Conference will offer opportunities to interact with NIH program and grants management staff. A larger variety of topics than ever before will be offered with many focusing on the Congressional goal of SBIR/STTR... commercialization! Check out the Program Agenda (PDF - 376 KB) (as of October 3, 2014) with session descriptors and/or the Agenda Summary Chart (PDF - 120 KB). 

Session Topic Examples:

• Fundamentals of the NIH SBIR/STTR Programs
• Update on the NIH SBIR/STTR Programs
• Center for Scientific Review Receipt and Referral Processes
• Peer Review Process
• Preparing Successful Applications-Tales from the Trenches
• Electronic Submission
• Compliance and Stewardship of Federal Funds
• Indirect Cost Rates and Accounting Systems Workshop
• Identifying Grant and Contract Research Funding Opportunities
• University Partnerships
• Resources and Tools for Success
• Welfare of Animals in Research
• Human Subject Protections
• Commercialization Strategies for Building a Business
• Raising Capital Beyond SBIR/STTR
• Building Corporate Alliances and Partnerships
• Moving From R&D to Manufacturing
• Intellectual Property Protections
• Commercializing Your Healthcare/IT/Media Product
• Multi-media Panel: Commercializing Behavioral Services, Interventions and Products
• FDA Regulatory Requirements
• NIH Technical Assistance Programs
• Leveraging State Resources
• ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS WITH NIH PROGRAM AND GRANTS MANAGEMENT STAFF
• And More!