SBIR/STTR Competitive Checklist Workshop
June 4, 2008

This popular workshop reviews a special "checklist" covering the key competitive areas of your pending SBIR and STTR proposal, allowing you to consider making appropriate modifications to make your proposal more competitive.  You need an EXEMPLARY proposal to win SBIR funding – simply providing the minimum inhibits your chances of an award.  This workshop shows how to make your proposal stand out. 

This workshop can also be used as a great refresher course for novice and experienced grant writers.  Event is a “must attend” for any one targeting the June 10 NSF SBIR, June 18 DOD SBIR, or the August 5 NIH SBIR/STTR deadlines.   

Networking and discussions with the professional SBIR instructor and CIT representatives available during the networking lunch. 

SBIR/STTR Competitive Checklist Workshop Topics covered include:

• Have you adequately defined your opportunity?
• Have you appropriately related the issues to the agency’s needs?
• Has the project/research plan been written to meet the reviewer’s needs and designed to take advantage of reviewer habits?
• Have you provided a sufficiently deep technical discussion?
• Will your document convince the reviewer of intent and ability to commercialize?
• Have you showcased your resources to best advantage?
• Is your commercialization plan adequate?
• Have you discussed the “Value Chain” effect sufficiently?
• Summary Statement review
• Commercialization Basics & Necessities
• A take-home “Competitive Checklist” will be provided
  

All attendees are welcome to join us for a special networking lunch where you can speak with other small tech firms, CIT's Federal Funding Assistance Program director, a professional SBIR/STTR consultant, and a representative from CIT's GAP Investment fund.

Location:      
Mason Enterprise Center
4031 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030
Directions:  http://www.masonenterprisecenter.org/directions.html

Cost:          
Virginia-based Small Tech Businesses:  $45
VA University, Non-Profit Researchers, and VA Incubator Tennants:  $30
All others:  $75

Time:          
Noon-1PM:  Networking Lunch (Free to all registrants)
1-4PM: SBIR/STTR Competitive Checklist Workshop

Register:
https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=cit2&formId=43142

Contact:       
Robert Brooke, 703-689-3080, rbrooke@cit.org