September 28, 2009
Wyoming SBIR/STTR
Initiative (WSSI) Newsletter
No. 08-09
(Past Newsletter Issues)
This Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative (WSSI) Newsletter is available in its entirety at http://www.uwyo.edu/sbir/newsletter/nwsltr_090928.htm
It 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., 10/1/09; 3 days – submit to
WSSI@uwyo.edu
HHS/NIH/PHS
2010.1 SBIR Contracts: due 11/9/09; 42 days
DOT 09.2 SBIR Contracts (to be released 10/01/09):
due 11/16/09; 49 days
NSF STTR Grants:
due 11/17/09; 50 days
DOE SBIR/STTR Grants:
due 11/20/09; 53 days
NSF SBIR Grants:
due 12/03/09;
66 days
HHS/NIH SBIR/STTR
Grants: due 12/05/09; 68 days
2009 SBIR/STTR SOLICITATION RELEASE SCHEDULE – All Agencies;
Courtesy of ZYN Systems at
www.zyn.com
CONTENT
1.0 Congratulations To Our September Phase 0 Award
Winners
2.0 IMPORTANT NOTICE! Temporary Changes to Phase 0 Program Rules
3.0 The Continuing, Continuing Saga of the SBIR Program
Reauthorization
4.0 Attend the 2009 National SBIR
Conference in Reno - November 2-5
5.0 Acknowledgements and Publication Information
1.0 Congratulations to our July/August phase 0 winners
Apollo Telemedicine, Inc.,
Sheridan
Principal Investigator: Tom Richards
Email: trichards1445@msn.com
Phase 0 Title: Apollo Telemedicine
Phase I Target: NIH
PEthnoBotanicals Inc., Jackson
Principal Investigator: Paul Cox
Email: Paul_Cox@comcast.net
Phase 0 Title: Use of Novel Natural Products to Formulate Personal care
Products That Repel Mosquitoes and Ticks
Phase I Target: NIH
Square One Systems Design, Inc., Jackson
Principal Investigator: Bob Viola
Email: viola@sqr-1.com
Phase 0 Title: Improved Control for UGV Manipulators
Phase I Target: DoD Army
2.0 Important Notice: Temporary changes to Phase 0 Program Rules
Over the past three months there has been a substantial increase in the number of phase 0 proposal submissions and subsequent awards (a total of 11) – that is the good news. However, this unexpected increase, along with a mandated state-wide budget cut for the July 2009–June 2010 fiscal year, projects that Phase 0 program funding will be depleted well before the end of the fiscal year – that is not good news.
The WSSI has the discretion to adjust Phase 0 program funding on the basis of availability of funds and is obliged to do so in instances such as this. Consequently, beginning with the october 2009 phase 0 cycle, Phase 0 awards will be limited to $3,000, and the “one-award-per-calendar-quarter” rule will become a “one-award-per-two-successive-calendar-quarters” rule. (example: any phase 0 awardee in the current oct/nov/dec calendar quarter will not be eligible for another Phase 0 award until the Apr/may/jun quarter.)
These temporary rule changes, effective until funding realities allow them to be rescinded, are not intended to discourage SBIR program participation – Phase 0 program participation is not a requirement for sbir participation.
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3.0 The Continuing, Continuing Saga of SBIR Program Reauthorization
It has been one year since the Congressional authorization of the SBIR Program would have lapsed if not for the “Continuing Resolution” (CR) band-aid. The House and Senate bills are now undergoing the conference reconciliation (“sausage making”) process, and will not succeed within the next three days, thus requiring yet another CR (fourth or fifth?) before the end of the month. Will it happen?
4.0 Attend the 2009 National SBIR Conference in Reno - November 2-5
While these are challenging times for the global economy, the energy industry is thriving as federal agencies and investors seek out technologies and opportunities with promising futures. In the coming decades, the five pillars of clean energy — solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal and biomass technologies — are intended to form the cornerstone of many U.S. economies. Highlighting renewable energy and energy-efficient technologies, the 2009 National SBIR/STTR Conference will bring together federal agencies — U.S. Department of Defense, Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, Department of Commerce, Department of Education, Department of Transportation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Small Business Administration (SBA), Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Agriculture — as well as venture capital and angel investors, large companies, small businesses, lenders, researchers, university and federal laboratory representatives and other experts who provide assistance to or are interested in doing business with early-stage and advanced-stage ventures. For complete conference information, go to http://www.unr.edu/sbir-sttr2009/
A limited number of travel scholarships are available for Wyoming small businesses; please contact Kelly at WSSI@uwyo.edu for more information.
5.0 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND PUBLICATION INFORMATION
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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 ewatson@wyoming.com with your comments.
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