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SBIR FOCUS

Our Company

Alien Technology Transfer is an international company with presence in US, Europe and India. We are an independent innovation management advisory specialized in public project financing, project management and accounting in the field of high-tech products and services. We are a comprehensive team of PhDs, business analysts and grant reviewers, dedicated to supporting you through every step of the SBIR journey and helping your project obtain the grant.

Free Consultancy and Funding Opportunity Assessment

Funding Opportunity Assessment (FOA), provided by Alien Technology Transfer on the fit and potential towards public funding.

It is important to understand whether you are actually eligible and whether your current stage of development allows you to shape R&D objectives that are a good fit for SBIR and only for promising SBIR application, we will suggest you to invest resources and follow up the process together with us. Therefore explicit feedback is provided by Senior Project Financing Consultant completely for free.

The SBIR Program

The US Federal Government is offering US-based Small Businesses an average overall grant of $1.25 million for NSF and almost $2 million for NIH applicants as seed capital for early stage R&D activities. It does it through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, a dedicated grant scheme which aims at financing R&D of cutting-edge technologies to develop commercially viable innovations. SBIR funds will help you bring your experimental proof of concept to full commercialization at the global scale.

Selected Federal Agencies

Among the different several governmental agencies participating to the SBIR Federal Program, we specialize in

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
(NSF: http://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/)

and NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
(NIH: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm),

due to their higher prestige and brand awareness, higher budget available and flexibility of the application type.

SBIR PROGRAM PHASES

PHASE I – INITIAL R&D EFFORT TO ASSESS THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY of the proposed innovation, and its commercial potential. You have access to a $256K grant to spend on product/process design, engineering, formulations, first prototype construction and testing, in-vitro experiments, and in case of applying to NIH – preclinical trials.
PHASE II – CONTINUED RESEARCH FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT. You have access to $0.7- $1M grant when applying to NSF and $0.7- $1.7M applying to NIH to spend on product development activities like final prototype optimization, in-field pilot tests with end-users, and in case of NIH also clinical trials.

What is the best fit for a SBIR application?
What federal reviewers look at?

Significance and innovation of the project – how innovative it is, its value proposition and societal impact.
Approach – R&D plan, how scientifically sound it is and how it fits the time and budget of the SBIR funding scheme. Are the activities enough scientifically and/or technically challenging?
The SBIR project team and its environment – the Principal Investigator (i.e. the coordinator of the scientific activities) and the technical team in charge of the proposed R&D; the company Management team; network (e.g. existing customers; scientific advisors and Key Opinion Leaders; stakeholders/partners); Company highlights (accomplishments; previous grants and investment rounds); facilities to conduct the proposed R&D.
The economic impact – customer segments, growth potential, and revenue streams.

Our Business Model and Services

Our pricing is completely success-fee based for the high potential projects, which we confirm after the free of cost Funding Opportunity Assessment we perform for our client projects.

PHASE 0 – It includes all the preparatory activities needed to get you into Phase I:

Comprehensive project analysis;
Tailoring proposed project objectives;
Phase I proposal writing and submission;
Registration and maintenance of required accounts;
Support in the Relationship Management with the Federal Program Manager;
Assistance in the preparation of the Grant Agreement.

PHASE I:

Support of management of critical communication with the Federal Program Manager;
Review of the technical report;
Set up and support with the Payment Management System;
Support with the accounting services.

PHASE 00 – PREPARATORY FOR PHASE II. It includes all the preparatory activities needed to get you into Phase II:

In depth project analysis;
Support in the development of the work plan;
Phase II proposal writing and submission;
Pre-award activities;
Support in relationship management with Federal Program Managers before and during the Phase II;
Set up and support with the Payment Management System;
Support with the accounting services during the Phase II

Next Steps

Collect and send us the necessary information on the project(s) we agreed upon.

You should send us a business plan or an equivalent document that covers the following topics:

description of the innovation; benchmark with competitors and state-of-the art solutions; list of patents owned by the company and status (i.e. pending/granted);
the current stage of development of your innovation and a breakdown of the project activities and the estimated funding needed; partners needed to perform the project objectives;
description of the envisaged business model;
funding raised so far (private investment and grants) and/or if you are already generating revenues;
overview of the company, a description of the team, CVs of key team members, a potential Principal Investigator (that should be an employee of the company for 51% of the time in case of award), and the company’s shareholding structure;
list of any projects already funded by US governmental programs.