Your Specific Aims page is a critically important component of your SBIR/STTR application and typically the first page reviewers read. Yet, this one page is often the most difficult section to write! You need to “hook” the reviewers from the start as well as provide key information about your technology, the innovation and your team. This session reviews how to structure your Specific Aims page in a meaningful way. Presented by: JoAnne Goodnight, former NIH SBIR Program Director This session is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. TIME: 10:30AM-Noon COST: Virginia based companies/Va. University FREE; All Others $50 REGISTER HERE

The Peer Review process at the National Institutes of Health is unique -- fully understanding this process can improve your chances of success in SBIR, STTR and other peer reviewed grant submissions to NIH. This session discusses the peer review process at NIH and tips on how to craft your proposal with the reviewers in mind. Presented by: JoAnne Goodnight, former NIH SBIR Program Director This session is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. TIME: 10:30AM-Noon COST: Virginia based companies/Va. University FREE; All Others $50 REGISTER HERE