Pittsburgh Firm RE2, Inc. Wins Another SBIR Phase I Award

A Pittsburgh Firm RE2, Inc. was recently awarded an Army Phase I SBIR Grant to Research Robotic Door Opening Technology - http://www.resquared.com/. They are an excellent example of how local technology companies can leverage the SBIR program to achieve tremendous growth and success.

NASA SBIR/STTR Solicitations to be released on July 7th

NASA SBIR/STTR Solicitations will be released on July 7th, and will have a deadline of September 3rd. Find more info at: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=31618

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USDA SBIR Soliciation Topics Currently Open

The US Department of Agriculture is currently seeking SBIR proposals in the following topic areas. The deadline for proposals is September 3rd. Learn more at: http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/sbir/sbir_topics.html
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) SBIR Topics

* 8.1 Forests and Related Resources
* 8.2 Plant Production and Protection - Biology
* 8.3 Animal Production and Protection
* 8.4 Soil and Water Resources
* 8.5 Food Science and Nutrition
* 8.6 Rural Development
* 8.7 Aquaculture
* 8.8 Biofuels and Biobased Products
* 8.9 Marketing and Trade
* 8.11 Animal Manure Management
* 8.12 Small Mid Size Farms
* 8.13 Plant Production and Protection - Engineering

House Committee Passes Their Version of the new SBIR Re-authorization

The House Small Business Committee just passed a version of the SBIR authorization that would put NO caps on VC owned company participation in the SBIR program. Now, both the Senate and House have to have floor votes on their own respective bills. Assuming they both pass, it will set the stage for the negotiation of the final bill to be sent to the President. The House bill would also increase Phase I's to $250k, and Phase II's to $2 million, as well as create a $27.5 million Phase III pot to further catalyze commercialization. However, they did not include any funding allocation increases to the program, which would mean significantly less grants available to innovative small businesses. Check out the following article for more info:

http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2009/06/25/two-bills-to-redo-sbir-program-clash-on-vc-inclusion/