business innovation research

WASHINGTON (Press Release – December 27, 2011) – The U.S. Small Business Administration is seeking nominations for awards honoring the critical economic role small businesses play in federally funded research and development through SBA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

(University of North Carolina School of Medicine) G-Zero Therapeutics, an RTP company started in 2008 based on technologies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been awarded a $3 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research Grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.The grant will fund commercialization of technology developed by UNC professor of medicine and genetics, Norman Sharpless, M.D., to protect patients from cellular damage caused by radiation or cancer chemotherapy.

(Office of Naval Research) More than 700 attendees joined the Navy's Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer team to seek out entrepreneurial opportunities at an industry event April 10-13 in Madison, Wisc.

DARA BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: DARA) 10.2% HIGHER; announced today that SurgiVision, Inc., a privately held company of which DARA owns 1,613,258 shares and warrants to purchase an additional 405,000 shares, has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA to market their ClearPoint system in the United States for general neurological interventional procedures.

Washington, DC (PRESS RELEASE – May 4, 2010) — The United States Senate unanimously agreed to extend the Small Business Administration (SBA) and vital programs that fall under the Small Business Administration Act and the Small Business Investment Act, such as the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

The programs, which have been operating under a temporary extender and were set to expire on April 30, 2010, will continue with a three-month extension through July 31, 2010.

Washington (PRESS RELEASE – February 2, 2010) — The United States Senate today approved an extension of several of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) programs through April 30, 2010.

This includes the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, which without the extension would expire.

Upon passage of the extension, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., issued the following statement:

Washington, DC (PRESS RELEASE – November 27, 2009) — NASA has selected for development 368 small business innovation projects that include research to minimize aging of aircraft, new techniques for suppressing fires on spacecraft and advanced transmitters for deep space communications.

Chosen from more than 1,600 proposals, the competitively selected awards will address agency research and technology needs.

The awards are part of NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research, or SBIR, and Small Business Technology Transfer, or STTR, programs.

(American Chemical Society) News media and scientists interested in finance, entrepreneurships and the chemical sciences are invited to join an American Chemical Society Small & Medium Business Webinar on tips and strategies to find Environmental Protection Agency Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) priority funding for environmental technology projects.

Scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 24, 2-3 p.m. ET, the webinar will feature April Richards, Deputy Director of the SBIR Program for EPA.

(University of South Florida Health) A Small Business Innovation Research Grant from the National Institutes of Health has been awarded to scientists affiliated with Natura Therapeutics Inc., and the University of South Florida to study TeaMem, a compound derived from green tea.

This is the third NIH-funded grant received by the researchers for exploration of therapeutic uses of TeaMem, investigating both the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's using a mouse model.

CALGARY, Alberta (PRESS RELEASE - April 21, 2009) - Just when tough market conditions mandate that businesses get closer to their customers to ensure market relevance, Cambrian House is releasing its latest edition of the Chaordix(TM) crowdsourcing platform to equip enterprises for open innovation.

Luminaries like Don Tapscott have deemed crowdsourcing a prerequisite of modern business, and Chaordix helps companies gain competitive advantage by harnessing input from crowds including employees, partners, consumers and the public.