{"id":29484,"date":"2014-04-14T16:50:18","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T20:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=29484"},"modified":"2014-04-14T16:50:18","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T20:50:18","slug":"ut-to-host-seminar-for-submitting-small-business-grant-proposals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/04_14_2014\/ut-to-host-seminar-for-submitting-small-business-grant-proposals","title":{"rendered":"UT to host seminar for submitting small business grant proposals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ohio Aerospace Institute and The University of Toledo are hosting a one-day seminar to offer essential information for crafting competitive grant proposals for U.S. small business program funding.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar will be Wednesday, April 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.  in the Nitschke Technology Commercialization Complex.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar will provide up-to-date information about the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs at the Department of Defense, National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health.<\/p>\n<p>Training will include:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer program basics, including the latest policy changes;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Details of unique agency requirements and how to address them;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 How to find the right solicitation to align with long-term objectives; <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Preparing the components of your proposal for maximum impact;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 And how to approach commercialization planning and connect with commercial partners.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar is funded in part through the Ohio Aerospace Institute\u2019s cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration and is conducted by the BBC Entrepreneurial Training &#038; Consulting. <\/p>\n<p>Ohio Aerospace Institute\u2019s staff will be on hand to answer questions about their small business services and to assist with network connections.<\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oai.org\/networking\/event\/index.html?sc=3\">oai.org\/SBIR<\/a> to register for the event. The cost is $20, which includes lunch.<\/p>\n<p>The UT LaunchPad Incubation Program is offering scholarships to cover the cost for interested UT students, faculty and staff. Contact incubation director Molly Thompson for more information at <a href=\"mailto:molly.thompson@utoledo.edu\"> molly.thompson@utoledo.edu<\/a> or 419.530.6044.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to write grants eligible for U.S. small business funding. Register for a seminar that will be held Wednesday, April 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}