Discussion will focus extensively on a recommended process for developing a competitive Phase I proposal. The National Science Foundation, in association with the Dept. of Defense and the Small Business Admin., is sponsoring this national SBIR conference. An additional focus of this conference will include information pertaining to EPSCoR states and rural areas. Phase II grant applications are also available online . This usually results in a proposal that lacks a high level of coherence, and does not present a logical and convincing story.
Objectives are the end points envisioned for the proposed project.
Objectives are desired end points for the proposed project. Analogies would be the goal line in a football game, and the mountain peak a climber plans to ascend. Objectives are achieved, or they are not. They are not performed or carried out. They do not yield results or data.