Small Business Technology Transfer Program Phase I Solicitation FY 2014 | Apply Online

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• The National Science Foundation in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Small Business Technology Transfer Program Phase I Solicitation FY 2014" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 47.041 Engineering Grants.
• This funding opportunity was created on Dec 24, 2014 and posted on Mar 7, 2013.
• Applicants must submit their applications by This opportunity has been archived.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2024.)
• The funding agency has allocated a total of $11,250,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $225,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 50 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
• Organization Limit Proposals may only be submitted by the following Only firms qualifying as a a hrefhttp://www.ecfr.gov/cgi bin/retrieveECFRgpSID79b80c770d80d139e4ad800fb1eff912n13y1.0.1.1.17rPARTtyHTML#131.0.1.1.17.1.273small business concern/aare eligible to participate in the STTR program. Socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and women owned small business concerns are particularly encouraged to participate. For an STTR Phase I Proposal, a minimum of 40 of the research, as measured by the budget, must be performed by the small business concern and a minimum of 30 of the research, as measured by the budget, must be performed by the collaborating research institution. Proposals from joint ventures and partnerships are permitted, provided the entity created qualifies as a a hrefhttp://www.ecfr.gov/cgi bin/retrieveECFRgpSID79b80c770d80d139e4ad800fb1eff912n13y1.0.1.1.17rPARTtyHTML#131.0.1.1.17.1.273small business concern/ain accordance with this solicitation. Proposing firms are also encouraged to take advantage of research expertise and facilities that may be available to them at colleges, universities, national laboratories, and from other research providers. Such collaborations may include research subcontracts, consulting agreements, or the employment of faculty as senior personnel and of graduate or undergraduate students as assistants by the small business. PI Limit The primary employment of the Principal Investigator (PI) must be with the small business concern at the time of the award. A PI must spend a minimum of two calendar months on an STTR Phase I project. Employment releases and certifications of intent shall be required prior to award. Primary employment is defined as 51 employed by the small business. NSF considers a fulltime work week to be normally 40 hours and considers employment elsewhere of greater than 19.6 hours to be in conflict with this requirement.

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