Are you currently submitting an NSF STTR or SBIR proposal? Small Business Technology Transfer Program Phase I (STTR) NSF 20-528 or Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I (SBIR) NSF 20-527 are available to assist researchers in transforming scientific discovery into products and services with commercial potential and/or societal benefit. Anytime you apply under the STTR or SBIR funding announcements, MSU OSP will need the project PI to provide responses to the following questions. Being prepared with project specific responses to these questions will help expedite the proposal development process.
- Are you performing a substantive portion of the project or is your involvement limited to analytical support?
- Do you anticipate intellectual property (IP) as a result of your involvement in this project?
- Do you anticipate the use of any background IP to complete the work?
- Do you know of any conflict of interest issues related to your involvement in this project?
- Do you know of any MSU faculty or staff that own a portion of the Company?
- Do you know of any Non-disclosure Agreements (NDA) or Material Transfer Agreements (MTA) or Confidentiality Disclosure Agreements (CDA) or Data Use Agreements (DUA) related to your involvement in the project?
- Where will MSU’s portion of the project take place? (MSU? Small Business?)
- Who will be the PI at the Small Business?
- Will any MSU employees be performing work at the Small Business?
Please note that the IP questions are related to MSU’s work, not necessarily the project as a whole.
In addition to these responses, a draft Statement of Work will also need to be provided and reviewed by OSP. Having this information ready will help DER to move the PI more quickly through the proposal submission process. If you have additional questions regarding SBIR or STTR, please email DER at proposals@egr.msu.edu.
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