Proposal and Grant Assistance Because of the importance of research and development grants to New Jersey companies, both the Commission on Science an Technology and the Small Business Development Center offer proposal and grant assistance. The Commission on Science and Technology sponsors several venture development programs in order to support the start-up and growth of small technology companies. He will review and comment on draft proposals and aims for a 24 hour turn around. Mike will also help companies market their technology to SBIR participating agencies. He will try to identify agencies and contact people which may be interested in the technology.
Entrepreneurs can then try to schedule a meeting with the appropriate agency representatives.
It has been known to happen that following one of these meetings, the agency's next solicitation has included a topic directly related to what the entrepreneur was working on. In addition, the Small Business Development Center offers free SBIR proposal writing assistance.