SPEAKERS

Henry Ahn
Program Director, SBIR/STTR, Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships
NSF (National Science Foundation)

Colleen Gibney
SBIR Deputy Project Manager
USAMRMC (invited)

Todd Haim, Ph.D.
Chief of the Office of Small Business Research
NIH NIA (National Institute on Aging)

Mike Pieck, Ph.D.
Business Development Manager
NIH NHLBI (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Vladimir M. Popov, Ph.D.
Business Development Manager
NCI Frederick National Lab

Victor Prikhodko
Business Advisor
NIH NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

Maureen (Cusick) Thomas
Outreach Coordinator, Translational Research and Office of Small Business Research
NIH NIA (National Institute on Aging)

Amir Rahbar, Ph.D., MBA
Program Director
NIH NCI (National Cancer Institute)

SCHEDULE

8:00 a.m. – Networking and Registration

8:30 a.m. – Welcome

8:35 a.m. – SBIR/STTR Funding Opportunities at the National Institutes of Health

- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

- National Institute on Aging

- National Institute on Drug Abuse

- National Cancer Institute

9:45 a.m. – Partnership Opportunities with NCI Frederick National Lab

10:00 a.m. – BREAK

10:20 a.m. – SBIR/STTR Funding Opportunities with the National Science Foundation (NSF)

11:00 a.m. – BREAK

11:15 a.m. – SBIR/STTR Funding Opportunities with DoD Health Technology Components

11:45 a.m. – Lunch

12:45 p.m. – (1:1 Room Set)

1:00 p.m. – Writing Your Specific Aims Page OR 1:1 Meetings* (available simultaneously)

1:30 p.m. – Writing Your Phase II Commercialization Plan OR 1:1 Meetings* (available simultaneously)

2:00 p.m. – Writing Your Specific Aims Page OR 1:1 Meetings* (available simultaneously)

2:30 p.m. – Writing Your Phase II Commercialization Plan OR 1:1 Meetings* (available simultaneously))

3:00 p.m. – 1:1 Meetings* (NIH only)

4:00 p.m. – Adjourn

*NOTE: You must pre-register and state preference for 1:1 Meetings. 1:1 Meetings are 15 minutes. NSF available 1-2, USAMRMC available 1-3, NIH available 1- 4.