The Department of Defense provided over $2 Billion in R&D Funding to small innovation businesses last year.
Wondering if DoD funding is a fit for R&D efforts? Tune in to find out!
Date: April 22, 2025
Time: Noon to 4:30PM
Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3371066811492091996. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar
Key Take-Aways:
How to communicate with technical points of contact before a solicitation is released, in the hope that a fitting solicitation will be offered in the future
- Identification of the appropriate DoD agency—drill down to the operational unit
- Identification of individuals within the operational unit—background research and outreach
- How to maximize the opportunity to speak to an End User 1:1
How to identify solicitations when they are released
- The DoD solicitation cycle is new for 2025—15 releases
- How to vet these topics in a timely manner—is there a topic of interest?
Communication during pre-solicitation period.
- Background research prior to contacting the topic author—if the topic author is noted
- Questions to ask the topic author
- How to proceed when no topic author is identified
- Critical to speak to an End User to learn more about the operational Use Case
Proposal guidance—what is DoD looking for in strong proposals and how does this compare to other SBIR/STTR funding agencies.
- How to scope your Technical Objectives and Statement of Work to stimulate interest at the agency
- Efficient proposal preparation process—save time and money while submitting a compliant and compelling proposal
- Write to the Evaluator—make it easy for them to score your proposal
Commercialization discussion – what does this look like in a DoD proposal.
- How to assess commercialization potential—versus fundamental research
- How to research the “as-is” versus the “to-be”—and use this information to improve your win probability
- How to source and obtain a technology transition partner—and what to expect of them in Phase I
- How much market research is needed for the commercialization section of the proposal
Guidance on open topic opportunities at DoD
- Understand the win rate for open topics versus focused topics
- How to improve the chances of winning an open topic
Questions: Email John Ujvari at jujvari@sbtdc.org
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