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sonnel and/or planned ad-

ditions to your staff that

will enable you to success-

fully commercialize your

innovation.

Although Phase I applica-

tions must only address the

elements listed above,

Phase I Applicants are en-

couraged to examine the

more detailed commerciali-

zation plan requirements

for Phase II applications.

Most Phase I applications that

don’t have a commercialization

plan will be administratively

declined without review. Often

this must accompany an esti-

mate of expected revenues or

they may also be declined with-

out review. But these rules are

what make this program a via-

ble innovation engine and job

creator...actual marketplace

goals.

Commercialization plans should

include:

Market Opportunity: Describe

the market opportunity being

addressed. You MUST in-

clude an estimate of your

expected revenues assuming

the technology is successfully

commercialized.

Intellectual Property (IP): De-

scribe the status of patents,

trade secrets, and other steps

you plan to take to protect your

IP for commercialization.

Company/Team: Describe the

capability of your present per-

The 2011 National Small Busi-

ness Innovation Research (SBIR)

Fall Conference will be held on

November 6-9, 2011, in New

Orleans, Louisiana, and it is

anticipated that over 700+ at-

tendees from a variety of federal

agencies and numerous technol-

ogy-based businesses will be in

attendance. This fall's confer-

ence theme is "Small Business

Growth Through Technol-

ogy: Innovate & Create."

The intent of the event is to

educate and connect small

technology-based businesses,

researchers and universities

from all across the United

States with the resources to

help them transform innova-

tive ideas into new products

or services and job growth.

The conference will cover

many aspects of the federal

SBIR/STTR programs

such as getting started,

intellectual property, fi-

nancing, marketing and

business planning.

For information

about the confer-

ence, go to

www.sbirla.org.

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Events and

Conferences

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Useful Links

2011 National SBIR Conference

North Dakota SBIR/STTR R & D Funding for Tech. Entrepreneurs

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SBIR/STTR News

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PNL.gov

Grants.gov

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SOLICITATIONS

SEARCH

ZYN.com

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National

SBIR/STTR Calendar www.zyn.com/sbir/cal/

Useful Links [ also posted on bottom of webpage www.zyn.com/sbir/ ]

Events & Conferences

National SBIR Fall 2011 Conference, Nov 6-9, 2011 * New Orleans, LA | www.sbirla.org

Innovate ND, Business Venture Competition, Nov 14, 2011 deadline | www.innovatend.com

Dept. of Agriculture: USDA SBIR Dept. of Commerce: DOC-NOAA

DOC-NIST

Dept. of Defense: DOD

Air Force

Army

DARPA

DTIC-Defense Technical Information Center

MDA-Missile Defense Agency

DTRA-Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Navy

NGA-National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

SOCOM-Special Operations Command

Dept. of Education: ED IES ED OSERS / NIDDR

Dept. of Energy: DOE

Department of Health & Human Services NIH

Department of Homeland Security DHS S&T Directorate DHS DNDO

Dept. of Transportation: DOT

Environmental Protection Agency: EPA

National Aeronautics & Space Administra-tion: NASA

National Science Foundation: NSF

Small Business Administration: SBA