March 27, 2006
Wyoming SBIR/STTR
Initiative (WSSI) Newsletter
No. 4-06
(Past Newsletter Issues)
The March 27, 2006 Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative (WSSI) Newsletter is available in its entirety at http://www.uwyo.edu/sbir/newsletter/nwsltr_060327.htm.
This monthly newsletter is published by the Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative (WSSI). Please visit our website at www.uwyo.edu/sbir for complete program information (including links to participating federal agencies, support agencies, conferences, archives of this newsletter, etc.) Contact WSSI@uwyo.edu to be added to or removed from the Distribution List for this newsletter.
SOLICITATION COUNTDOWN
WSSI Phase 0:
due 5:00 p.m., 4/1/06; 5 days – submit proposal to
WSSI@uwyo.edu
NIH SBIR/STTR (Grants) (including CDC, FDA): due 4/1/06; 5 days
DHS/HSARPA SBIR/STTR:
due 4/10/06; 15 days
DoD STTR: due 4/14/06;
19 days
DOT SBIR: due 5/1/06; 35
days
EPA SBIR: due 5/24/06; 59 days
NSF SBIR/STTR: open 5/13/06;
due 6/13/06; 99 days
2006 SBIR/STTR
SOLICITATION RELEASE SCHEDULE – All Agencies
DON’T MESS WITH KIDS
A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying
to make the matter clearer, she said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the
blood would run into it and I would turn red in the face, wouldn’t I?"
"Yes," the class said.
"Then why is it that when I am standing up the blood doesn't run into my feet?"
A little fellow in the back of the room shouted, "Cause your feet ain't empty."
CONTENT
1.0 USDA SBIR Specialist to Present at
Fifth Annual WSSI State-wide Conference
2.0 Nominations Closed for WSSI BUSCH
and Champion Awards
3.0 March Phase 0 Award Winners
4.0 EPA Solicitation has Topic on Rural Relevance
5.0 Upcoming
Conferences/Trainings/Seminars/Workshops
5.1 WSSI State Conference - April 19 In Cheyenne
5.2 Senator Enzi's Inventor's Conference April 20 & 21 In Cheyenne
5.3 Spring 2006
National SBIR/STTR Conference May 15-18
6.0 Acknowledgements And Publication
Information
1.0 ANDREW WILSON, USDA SPECIALIST, TO PRESENT AT WSSI CONFERENCE
The USDA is a preferred SBIR agency to many of Wyoming’s SBIR program
participants. A quick look at the SBIR topics on the USDA SBIR website explains
the agency’s popularity
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/sbir/sbir_topics.html - all of the topics
relate to areas of particular interest to residents of the rural West. Everyone
with an interest in these topic areas has a rare opportunity to discuss their
innovative concepts one-on-one with Andrew Wilson, a USDA SBIR Program
Specialist. In this position, he provides support for all 12 topic areas
currently funded by USDA-SBIR. A major focus of Andrew’s work is the development
of outreach strategies that aim to provide greater awareness of the benefits to
agricultural and rural communities across the nation as a result of the
partnership between USDA-SBIR and the over 1800 companies that have received
grants.
Andrew has extensive experience in agriculture and, in particular, with small
farms. From 1994-1997, Andrew worked as a Sustainable Agriculture Volunteer for
the United States Peace Cops in Senegal, West Africa. After completing his
service, he worked on a project in Senegal targeting the development of
production techniques for vegetables and fruits designated for export to
European Markets. Between 1999-2001, Andrew managed a commercial hydroponic
greenhouse in New Jersey and was responsible for the year-round production of
over 16 different herb crops. In 2002, Andrew managed an organic farm in
Pennsylvania that has been providing produce to the Washington D.C. area for
more than 30 years. In 2004, Andrew received his Master’s Degree in Entomology
from the University of Delaware and subsequently began a position as the
Agricultural Research Technician for the USDA’s Plant Germplasm Quarantine
Office in Beltsville, MD. In August 2004, Andrew moved to his current position
with the SBIR program.
2.0 NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED FOR THE 2006 WSSI BUSCH AND CHAMPION AWARDS
The nominations for the 2006 WSSI Busch and Champion Awards are now closed. Two Busch award nominations were received but neither were considered to be eligible. Busch awards are given to those small businesses that have successfully taken their SBIR projects into the commercial marketplace. Four Champion Award nominations were received and all four individuals were found deserving as a result of their extraordinary support of and service to the WSSI mission of assisting Wyoming residents and small businesses to participate in the SBIR/STTR program. These four WSSI Champion awards will be presented at the WSSI Conference Awards Banquet at the Cheyenne Holiday Inn on the evening of Wednesday April 19, 2006.
3.0 MARCH WSSI PHASE 0 AWARD WINNERS
Congratulations to our March WSSI Phase 0 award winners
Crile Carvey Consulting, Inc.
Principal Investigator: Crile Carvey
Email: crile@crile.com
Phase 0 Title: System for Designing, Manufacturing, and Deploying Low
Cost Railroad Grade Separations
Phase I Target: DOT
Panamax35 LLC
Principal Investigator:
Eliot Case
Email: emc@panamax35.com
Phase 0 Title: Modular Driver Fatigue Multi-Sensory Alerting System
Phase I Target: DOT
Wyoinnovations
Principal Investigator: Margaret Shaw
Email:
wyoinnovations@yahoo.com
Phase 0 Title: Visual Hearing
Phase I Target: NIH
4.0 EPA SOLICITATION HAS TOPICS OF RURAL RELEVANCE
The just released EPA SBIR Solicitation http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2006/2006_sbir_phase1.html (proposals due May 24) is of heightened interest to those of us in the ‘Heartland’ with one of the four topic sectors having the title “Environmental Problems in America’s Heartland”. Here is a complete list of the 2006 EPA SBIR topics:
A. Great Lakes Environmental Problems
1. Improving the
Great Lakes
2. Control of Air
Pollution
3. Monitoring and
Remote Sensing
4. Green
Buildings
B. Environmental Problems In America's
Heartland
1. Mining and
Mine Waste Management
2. Lead Paint
Detection and Removal
3. Agriculture
and Rural Community Improvement
4. Management of
Animal Feeding Operations
C. Drinking Water And Wastewater Management
(EPA Office of Water)
1. Drinking Water
Treatment and Monitoring
2. Pollution
Indicators for Beaches and Recreational Waters
3. Water and
Wastewater Management
D. Critical EPA Research Topics
1. Innovation in
Manufacturing for Environmental Protection
2. Nanotechnology
3. Engine and
Vehicle Emissions Reduction
4. Solid and
Hazardous Waste
5. Homeland
Security
5.0 UPCOMING CONFERENCES/TRAININGS/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS
5.1 WSSI STATE CONFERENCE - APRIL 19 IN CHEYENNE
The 2006 WSSI State Conference will be held April 19 in Cheyenne. For full conference information and on-line registration instructions, go to http://uwyo.edu/sbir/confinfo.html
5.2 SENATOR ENZI'S INVENTOR'S CONFERENCE APRIL 20 & 21 IN CHEYENNE
The next WSSI State Conference will be held April 19 in Cheyenne in conjunction with Senator Enzi's Inventor's Conference which will follow on the 20 and 21. Mark your calendar now and watch the WSSI newsletter for updates!
5.3 2006 SPRING NATIONAL SBIR/STTR CONFERENCE
Mark your calendars for the 2006 Spring National SBIR/STTR Conference
Louisville, Kentucky,
Monday, May 15, 2006 to Thursday, May 18, 2006. For full conference information,
go to http://www.sbirworld.com/ky/
6.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND PUBLICATION INFORMATION
TO BE ADDED TO OR REMOVED FROM THE DISTRIBUTION LIST FOR THIS NEWSLETTER, SEND NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER, AND EMAIL ADDRESS TO WSSI@uwyo.edu
Prepared by: Kelly Haigler Cornish, WSSI Outreach Coordinator, 307.766.2520, 307.760.2094 or toll free in Wyoming, 866.703.3280, WSSI@uwyo.edu, and Gene Watson, WSSI Program Manager, 307.742.7162, ewatson@wyoming.com.
This newsletter is published monthly as part of the Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative (WSSI). The mission of the Initiative is to increase the number of federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program awards to Wyoming. The Wyoming Business Council (WBC) funds the initiative which is administered by the University of Wyoming Research Office. Please contact Gene Watson (see contact information above) with your comments.
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