Six reasons strong SBIR applications lose that have nothing to do with the data, plus this year's NIH changes and a Jan 5 timeline.

Three common SBIR and STTR misconceptions that can lead to structural mismatches, partnership problems, and avoidable grant delays.

Choosing between SBIR and STTR? Use these six questions to determine which funding mechanism fits your research, technology, and university partnership.

But don’t worry, your academic training still comes in handy. Academic grant writing is a real skill. If you've done it, you know how to build a literature review, construct a hypothesis, justify your aims, and write to a study section. That experience is not worthless in the biotech world. But if you walk into an SBIR application expecting it to feel like an R01, you are going to be confused, then frustrated, then possibly staring at a competitive score wondering what happen

The criteria didn't change. What reviewers expect from your answers did. If you've spent any time in academic research, you already know how to write a grant. You know how to build a hypothesis, justify your aims, write to a skeptical reviewer, and structure a complex document under deadline pressure. That experience is real and it absolutely transfers. But if you've recently spun out a startup, or you're staring at your first SBIR score wondering what went wrong, there's som