SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA 

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP FORUM

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

John Emond

Innovative Partnerships Program

NASA Headquarters
LEVERAGING RESOURCES

ACCESS TO 

 UNIQUE EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

 TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

THROUGH LICENSES, SOFTWARE USE AGREEMENTS, 

PARTNERSHIPS AND OTHER COLLABORATION

 COLLABORATION ALSO PROVIDES EXPERIENCE 

 USE OF ORGANIZATIONS TO LEVERAGE AND EXPLORE 

RESOURCES AND FUNDING OPPORTUNTIES SUCH AS SEED 

FUNDING, INCUBATOR ASSISTANCE, ETC.:

• CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY www.cit.org

• VIRGINIA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP 

www.yesvirginia.org

• HAMPTON ROADS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP 

www.hreda.com
LEVERAGING RESOURCES

• HAMPTON ROADS RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS includes a cluster 

focus on bioscience: www.hamptonroadsrp.org

• HAMPTON ROADS TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL includes a web site for 

incubator opportunities www.hrtc.org

• VIRGINIA BIOTECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION www.vabio.org

FEDERAL LABORATORY CONSORTIUM

• NATIONAL ORGANIZATION www.federallab.org

• MID-ATLANTIC REGION www.flcmidatlantic.org

UNIVERSITIES/ACADEMIA

• Eastern Virginia Medical School www.evms.edu

• Old Dominion University www.odu.edu

• College of William and Mary www.wm.edu
SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH/SBIR

SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER/STTR

SBIR/STTR COMPETITIVE FUNDING PROGRAMS TO FOSTER 

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT WHILE PROMOTING SMALL BUSINESS 

DEVELOPMENT: WWW.SBA.GOV

SBIR

o Company size limited to 500 employees

o American owned and independently operated

o Three phase awards

 Phase I award of $100K, 6 month feasibility assessment

 Phase II award of $750K, up to 2 years to expand Phase I 

results; R&D work performed and effort to commercialize

 Phase III “graduation” into marketplace. No further SBIR 

funding but non-SBIR procurement advantage for 

government contracting without further competition.
SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATIVE RESEARCH/SBIR 

SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER/STTR

STTR COLLABORATION ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY

o Company size limited to 500 employees

o American owned and independently operated

o Partner with non-profit research institute

 Phase I award up to $100K for one year to explore feasibility

 Phase II award up to $750K for up to two years to develop 

R&D and commercial plan

 Phase III “graduation” no further STTR funding but nonSTTR procurement advantage for government contracting 

without further competition.

NASA SBIR PROGRAM CONTACTS

Ray Turcotte (rheal.p.turcotte@nasa.gov) NASA Langley Research 

Center contact

John Emond (john.l.emond@nasa.gov) for contact to the 

SBIR/STTR HQ program
NIH SBIR CURRENT SOLICITATIONS

www.grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm

• COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR RESEARCH IN NEUROSCIENCE, 

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH

oClose Date 1/8/2011 Solicitation: PA-07-424

• LAB TO MARKETPLACE: TOOLS FOR BIOMEDICAL AND 

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH

oClose Date: 5/8/2011 Solicitation: PA-08-114

• LAB TO MARKETPLACE: TOOLS FOR BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL 

RESEARCH

o Close Date: 1/8/2011 Solicitation: PA-08-071

• INNOVATIONS IN BIOMEDICAL COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE

oClose Date: 9/8/2012 Solicitation: PAR-07-160
 CENTER FOR COMMERCIALIZATION

OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

 DOD PARTNERSHIP EFFORT: ACADEMIA, GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY

 “Fast track” enabling technologies for DOD and Homeland 

Security defense needs, First Responders, commercial marketplace.

Two sites: San Diego and Southern California/San Bernardino.

 Though based in California, solicitations are open nation-wide.

 Funding levels relatively small, $75K, but offer networking 

opportunity with a much larger base of potential opportunities

 Topic areas include surveillance, robotics but also life sciences:

• Combat Casualty care * Diagnostics

• Vaccines * Devices

• Therapeutics * Biological Threat Detection

 CCAT San Bernardino Office of Tech Transfer & Commercialization 

Email: ottc@csusb.edu web site:www.ccatsocal.org or www.csusb.edu

 CCAT San Diego Center Commercialization of Advanced Technology

Email: ccat@foundation.sdsu.org web site: www.ccatsandiego.org
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 

STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY TIP

2010 TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION PROGRAM (TIP) TO 

INSPIRE REVOLUTIONARY MATERIALS ADVANCES

o Competition for high risk, high reward research funding involving 

manufacturing and biomanufacturing: materials advances and 

critical processes

o ~$25M is available for first-year funding for 25 new TIP projects

o Open to single companies or through joint ventures

 Up to $3M over three years for single company projects

 Up to $9M over five years for a joint venture
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 

STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY TIP

o Research focus in three areas

 Material advances, addressing how materials are moved from 

laboratory to full production

 Predictive modeling, modeling and computation to streamline 

production scale-up of new materials by predicting their 

performance

 Critical process advances, novel production techniques to 

improve processing new materials or improve production of 

existing materials

o Due date July 15, 2010 11:59 pm

 Proposals can be sent electronically through Grants.Gov

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program 11.613

 On Paper to National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology 

Innovation Program, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 4750, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-4750
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF 

STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY TIP

 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SOURCES FOR COMPETITION:

o Government Grants Web Site: http://www.grants.gov

o TIP WEB SITE: http://www.nist.gov/tip/cur_comp/index.cfm

o White paper on manufacturing and biomanufacturing available on 

TIP web site: http://www.nist.gov/tip/cur_comp/index.cfm

o 2010 TIP proposal preparation kit, 

http://www.nist.gov/tip/cur_comp/index.cfm

o Technology Innovation Program, www.nist.gov/tip
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 

RESTORATIVE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY 

FOR WOUNDED WARFIGHTERS

DOD GULF WAR ILLNESS CLINICAL TRIAL

o Close Date 8/4/2010, Solicitation: W81XWH-10-GWIRP-CTA

DOD GULF WAR ILLNESS INNOVATIVE TREATMENT 

EVALUTATON

o Close Date 8/4/2010, Solicitation: W818XWH-10-GWIRP-ITEA

DOD PH/TBI COGNITIVE REHABILITIATION FOR TRAUMATIC 

BRAIN INJURY CLINICAL TRIAL AWARD

o Close Date 9/7/2010, Solicitation: WH1XWH-10-PH-TBI-RP-CR-CTA

USA MEDICAL RESEARCH & MATERIAL COMMAND BROAD 

AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT

o Close Date 9/30/2010, W81XWH-BAA10-1 

 DOD ORTHOPAEDIC REHABILITIATION CLINICAL CONSORTIUM

o Close Date: 10/29/2010, Solicitation: W8XWH-10-PRORP-ORCCA
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

WWW.NIH.GOV

QUANTITATIVE IMAGING FOR EVALUATION OF RESPONSES TO 

CANCER THERAPIES

o Close Date: 09/07/2011, Solicitation: PAR-08-225

 QUICK TRIALS FOR IMAGING AND IMAGE-GUIDED INTERVENTIONS: 

EXPLORATORY GRANTS (R21)

o Close Date: 4/11/2011 Solicitation: PAR-08-147

 NON-INVASIVE METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND PROGRESSION OF 

DIABETES, KIDNEY, UROLOGICAL, HEMATOLOGICAL AND DIGESTIVE 

DISEASES AND HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS

o Close Date: 5/7/2010, Solicitation: PA-09-181
OTHER EXAMPLES OF BIOMEDICAL SOLICITATIONS

• DOD PEER REVIEWED CANCER RESEARCH 

PROGRAM, TRANSLATIONAL NEW INVESTIGATOR

oClose Date: 10/20/2010, Solicitation: W81XWH-10-

PRCRP-TNIA 

• NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION BIOPHOTONICS, 

ADVANCED IMAGING AND SENSING FOR HUMAN 

HEALTH

o Close Date: 9/23/2010, Solicitation: PD-10-7236

• GENERAL WEB SITE FOR FEDERAL GRANTS

HTTP://WWW.GRANTS.GOV/ 
CONCLUSION:

MULTI AND SINGLE AGENCY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES EXIST

SBIR/STTR IS A BROAD, MULTI-AGENCY BASE FOR FEDERAL 

GOVERNMENT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO SMALL BUSINESSES 

AND UNIVERSITIES

NETWORKING IS KEY TO TRACKING AND RESPONDING TO 

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND 

DEVELOPMENT. ATTAIN AND SUSTAIN LINKS TO:

 FEDERAL AGENCIES/LABS

 UNIVERSITIES MOTIVATED TO COMMERCIALIZE EMERGING 

TECHNOLOGY FROM ACADEMIA AND WHO SEEK TO PARTNER

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN SERVE AS A 

BRIDGE CONNECTING FEDERAL AND UNIVERSITY LABS AND THE 

PRIVATE SECTOR