This DoD Proposal Preparation Workshop will provide in depth understanding of the DOD SBIR/STTR programs and discuss how to find and pursue non-dilutive SBIR/STTR funding from DOD. It will also be especially helping for those who may plan to submit to the DoD 24.3 round of topics released in early December. You will receive specific “how-to’s” for each step of the process as well as some DoD SBIR/STTR background to set the stage. Workshop will include:

• Background on the SBIR/STTR program within DoD
• How to assess your win probability for these topics
• Questions to ask the Topic Author and why this interaction is important
• Preparing the Technical Volume: macro to details
• Commercialization and Technology Transition Strategies
• Effective Reviews prior to submission

Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Location: 1880 Pratt Drive , Suite 2018, Blacksburg, VA
Cost: $25 per person (includes coffee, bagels, lunch and training materials)
REGISTER: www.virginiaipc.org/events

 

Customer discovery is one of the most important and least expensive ways to accelerate your pathway to market. This session will be lead by the Virginia SBDC’s Innovation Commercialization Assistance Program (ICAP) team and will cover:

 

 

• What is customer discovery?
• How is customer discovery connected to getting funded?
• What is the difference between customer discovery and sales?
• How to effectively conduct customer discovery interviews.
• What working with ICAP looks like and how it supports startups long-term.

Funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Cost: FREE
REGISTER: www.virginiaipc.org/events

For more details on VIPC-hosted events, workshops, and webinars check out their event calendar in Q4!