Secrets of NIH SBIR and STTR Grant Applications

When the going (funding) gets tough, the tough go shopping (for grants and contracts). As NIH success rates enter single digits and venture capital funding diminishes, academic investigators and small companies collaborate to obtain federal small business funds (SBIR and STTR). Participate in a workshop led by Gregory Milman, Ph.D., Director of the Office for Innovation and Special Programs in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Dr. Milman manages the $100 million NIAID small business programs and is acclaimed for his advice on NIH grant preparation and research funding.

Hear the secrets of the $700 million NIH SBIR and STTR programs. You can read Dr. Milman’s “ Advice on NIH SBIR and STTR Presentations ” for a preview. But, you really should hear it straight from the horse's mouth! This will be time well-spent if it helps you obtain research funds.

Hear a panel of local SBIR and STTR award winners talk about their experiences, including:

• Gilbert N Miller Executive VP Artielle Immunotherapeutic, Inc.
• Cathy Epley CEO Vesticon
• Lynn Stevenson VP Design Medix.

Gregory Milman, Ph.D., is Director of the Office for Innovation and Special Programs in the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). He manages the $100 million NIAID small business programs and is acclaimed for his advice on NIH grant preparation and research funding.

Dr. Milman was Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the University of California, Berkeley from 1970-1976, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Immunology at Johns Hopkins University from 1976-1988, and visiting Professor in Honors at the University of Maryland College Park from 1997-2000. In 1985, he obtained NIH SBIR funding to start a biotechnology company focusing on viral diagnostics. From 1988-1999, Dr. Milman managed the NIAID $70 million basic AIDS research program. He established the NIH Centers for AIDS Research (CFARs) and the NIH AIDS Reagent Program. From 1997 to 2000, Dr. Milman organized the NIH Bioengineering Consortium (BECON) and acted as its first Executive Secretary. In 2000, Dr. Milman was on the NIH staff in President Clinton's White House Office of Science Policy.

Dr. Milman has served on the Board of Directors of the Biotechnology Industry Organization Council of Biotechnology Centers, the Maryland Governor's Commission on the Development of Advanced Technology Business, and the Advisory Board for the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) Advanced Technology Program (ATP).