PROGRAM SOLICITATION
NSF 13-598
REPLACES DOCUMENT(S):
NSF 13-547
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National Science Foundation
Directorate for Engineering Industrial Innovation and Partnerships |
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. proposer's local time):
December 04, 2013
Proposals submitted outside the window of November 4, 2013 - December 4, 2013 will be returned without review. Proposer's time is defined as the time zone associated with the company's address as registered with NSF at the time of proposal submission.Synopsis of Program:
The Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program stimulates technological innovation in the private sector by strengthening the role of small business concerns in meeting Federal research and development needs, increasing the commercial application of federally supported research results, and fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses.http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13598/nsf13598.htm
The STTR Program requires researchers at universities and other non-profit research institutions to play a significant intellectual role in the conduct of each STTR project. These researchers, by joining forces with a small company, can spin-off their commercially promising ideas while they remain primarily employed at the research institution. The program is governed by Public Law 112-81 (SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011).
This STTR Phase I solicitation aims at encouraging the commercialization of previously NSF-funded fundamental research (NSF funding lineage). It is highly desirable that the core innovation described in the submitted proposals can in some manner be linked to fundamental research funded by the NSF. This lineage must be documented in the Project Description section of the proposal. (See Proposal Preparation Instructions for more information.)
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