January 11, 2007
Wyoming SBIR/STTR
Initiative (WSSI) Newsletter
No. 01-07
(Past Newsletter Issues)
The January 11, 2007 Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative (WSSI) Newsletter is available in its entirety at http://www.uwyo.edu/sbir/newsletter/nwsltr_070111.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., 2/1/07; 21 days – submit to
WSSI@uwyo.edu
NOAA
SBIR: Due 1/17/07; 6 days
DoD
2007 STTR: released on 1/22/07; due 3/21/07; 69 days
2006 SBIR/STTR
SOLICITATION RELEASE SCHEDULE www.zyn.com
– All Agencies
We apologize for the delay
in publishing this newsletter edition - we will get back on our 'last Monday of
the month' schedule on 1/29/07
Wyoming SBIR $$$ awards for
CY2006 totaled $4,144,000, 13% above the national per capita average – the sixth
consecutive year above the national average. Congratulations to all of our
awardees: Alces Technology, Inc., Jackson, $600,000; Hewitt Ladd LLC, Jackson,
$100,000; Kennon Aircraft Covers, Inc., Sheridan, $80,000; Mountain Meadow Wool
Co., Buffalo, $296,000; Square One Systems Design, Jackson, $1,600,000; Wickman
Spacecraft & Propulsion Co., Casper, $1,468,000.
The annual Nih SBIR/sttr conference will be held on February 26/27 at the
tuscany suites in las vegas, nevada.
Spread over two-consecutive
days, attendees will learn the
“ins and outs” of the NIH SBIR/STTR program, the
funding opportunities available to small business researchers, and how the NIH
SBIR/STTR program can be a valuable resource to help start and/or grow your
company. As in the past,
topics at the
conference
are focused toward those who
have never participated in the SBIR/STTR programs as well as those who are more
seasoned, since the material is timely and reflective of new opportunities,
updates, and changes (e.g., electronic submission, gap funding programs,
commercialization assistance programs, and more!) The agenda, registration
and other conference information are available at the conference website: (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/SBIRConf2007/index.htm) Early registration is encouraged as space is limited.
GRO-Biz will be hosting the Government Procurement Opportunities for Small
Business Conference February 21 & 22nd, 2006. The event will be held at the Best
Western Ramkota Hotel in Casper. For complete information, go to http://www.gro-biz.com/seminars.htm
or contact: The Wyoming Technology
Organization (WTO) and the Wyoming Technology Business Center (WTBC) invite you
to participate in Part 2
of their Internet Marketing Series with Nathan Potter, Marketing Manager for
IDES in Laramie. The seminar is titled “INTERNET MARKETING STRATEGIES TO
INCREASE YOUR VISIBILITY ON THE WEB! – PAY PER CLICK SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING.”
For information, go to
www.wyomingtechnology.org under NEWS on left margin.
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN LIFTED
from Rick Shindell’s website
http://www.zyn.com/sbir/bnews.htm - Rick is an sbir hero!!!
RAND
Releases Study on DoD SBIR
(1/03/07) - The
RAND Corporation's
National Defense Research Institute (NDRI) has released its comprehensive
study Evaluation and Recommendations for Improvement of the Department of
Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The study, funded
by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), looked at the DoD's SBIR
success related to the agency's goals and metrics; how their SBIR program
relates to the DoD's broader national security mission and how their SBIR
program can become more responsive to the broader national security mission.
Although the
report finds many beneficial properties to the SBIR program, it also raises the
question of whether the DoD SBIR program might be perceived more as a tax and
burden to the DoD rather than a research and development resource to be
leveraged.
RAND makes the 184
page study as well as a 14 page summary available on their web site at
www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB490/
·
Are SBIR Topics Wired/Rigged?
·
Jere W. Glover named SBIR Gateway's SBIR Person of the Year for 2006
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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
ewatson@wyoming.com with your comments. END
CONTENT
1.0 Wyoming CY 2006 SBIR $$$ Awards Exceed National Per Capita
Average
2.0 NIH Annual SBIR/STTR Conference in Las Vegas - February
26/27
3.0 GRO-BIZ Federal Procurement Conference in Casper - February
21/22
4.0 WTO & WTBC Marketing On-line Seminar - January 18
5.0 News from "SBIR GATEWAY" - A Fine Site!!!
6.0 Acknowledgements And Publication Information
1.0
Wyoming 2006 SBIR/STTR Awards Again Exceed
National per capita average
2.0
nih announces 9th annual sBir/sttr conference - february 26/27 in las vegas
3.0 gro-biz
federal procurement conference in casper - february 21/22
GRO-Biz (WY PTAC)
1400 E College Drive
Cheyenne, WY 82007
307-637-5029 (Phone)
307-632-6061 (Fax)
grobiz@wyoming.com
www.gro-biz.com4.0 WTO & wtbc
schedule part ii of their internet marketing series - January 18
5.0
News from "sbir gateway' -
a fine site!!!
SBIR
Insider
(12/31/06) - The
12-31-06 issue of the SBIR Insider has been released.
Inside this issue:
SBIR
2006 Year in Review (12/31/06) - The SBIR Gateway has published its annual SBIR Year
in Review with links to important documents. It is available at
www.zyn.com/sbir/articles/year2006review.htm 6.0
acknowledgements and publication information