{"id":43915,"date":"2020-04-06T14:12:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T18:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/?p=43915"},"modified":"2020-04-06T14:12:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T18:12:06","slug":"dear-colleague-letter-request-for-sbir-sttr-phase-i-proposals-addressing-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/2020\/04\/06\/dear-colleague-letter-request-for-sbir-sttr-phase-i-proposals-addressing-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Colleague Letter: Request for SBIR\/STTR Phase I Proposals Addressing COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/files\/2020\/02\/NSF.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43503\" width=\"357\" height=\"71\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Message from the NSF Directorate of Engineering:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Division of Innovation and Industrial Partnerships (IIP) of the Engineering Directorate invites US-based small businesses to submit Phase I proposals focused on the development and deployment of new technologies, products, processes, and services with the potential to positively impact the nation\u2019s and world\u2019s ability to respond to the  COVID-19 crisis. Areas of research that might be considered include, but are not limited to: artificial intelligence, digital health, diagnostics, distributed ledger, environmental technologies, medical devices, pharmaceutical technologies, disinfection and sterilization,  and filtration and separations. Interested proposers are invited to submit to the NSF <a href=\"https:\/\/seedfund.nsf.gov\/\">Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)<\/a> Phase I Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All active NSF SBIR\/STTR awardees, and other interested US-based small businesses are eligible to submit a Phase I proposal. Please reference the <a href=\"https:\/\/seedfund.nsf.gov\/apply\/\">NSF SBIR and STTR Phase I solicitations<\/a> for more details regarding eligibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Small businesses who are interested in submitting NSF SBIR or STTR Phase I proposals in response to this DCL must follow the guidelines outlined in the <a href=\"https:\/\/seedfund.nsf.gov\/apply\/\">NSF SBIR and STTR Phase I solicitations<\/a>, including the submission of a required Project Pitch. Companies who  already have an active SBIR\/STTR award with NSF may submit a new Phase I proposal relevant to this DCL but must also submit a Project Pitch first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When submitting a Project Pitch:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Select \u201cCOVID-19\u201d as the SBIR\/STTR topic area on the <a href=\"https:\/\/nsfgov.secure.force.com\/sbir\/\">Project Pitch form<\/a><\/li><li>Reference the word \u201cCOVID-19\u201d and this Dear Colleague Letter (NSF 20-065) in the \u201cDescribe the Technology\/Innovation\u201d field. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As time is of the essence to address the global threat posed by COVID-19, companies who receive an invitation to submit a proposal (based on an invited COVID-19 Project Pitch) should then submit their NSF SBIR\/STTR Phase I proposals through Fastlane. Follow the NSF SBIR and STTR Phase I solicitation guidelines <em>with the following additional guidance:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The term \u201cCOVID-19\u201d must be in the proposal title.<\/li><li>Small businesses <strong>are encouraged<\/strong> to facilitate an expedited submission and review by submitting a project description closer to the nine-page solicitation minimum (the maximum is fifteen pages).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As is the case for all NSF proposers, the proposing organization is required to have an active registration with the System for Award Management, (at <a href=\"https:\/\/sam.gov\/\">SAM.gov<\/a>) to register in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.research.gov\/\">Research.gov<\/a> and prepare a full proposal. SAM.gov registration is not needed to submit a Project Pitch but can take days or weeks to obtain. Interested small business should plan accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">REVIEW INFORMATION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Proposals submitted to the NSF SBIR\/STTR Phase I Program in response to this DCL will be reviewed according to the NSF and NSF SBIR\/STTR  merit review criteria as outlined in the solicitations (<a href=\"https:\/\/seedfund.nsf.gov\/resources\/review\/peer-review\/\">Intellectual Merit, Broader Impacts, and Commercial Impact<\/a>). NSF is committed to expediting review, with the hope of awards within six weeks of proposal receipt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CONTACT PERSONNEL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions about this DCL should be directed to <a href=\"mailto:sbir@nsf.gov\">sbir@nsf.gov<\/a> or to the cognizant SBIR\/STTR Program Director on your current SBIR\/STTR award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dawn M. Tilbury<br>\n    Assistant Director<br>\n    Directorate for Engineering<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Message from the NSF Directorate of Engineering: Dear Colleagues, The Division of Innovation and Industrial Partnerships (IIP) of the Engineering Directorate invites US-based small businesses to submit Phase I proposals focused on the development and deployment of new technologies, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/2020\/04\/06\/dear-colleague-letter-request-for-sbir-sttr-phase-i-proposals-addressing-covid-19\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4195,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43919,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43915\/revisions\/43919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/researchnewsinfo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}