SBIR/STTR Technical Assistance Program - Professional Consulting Services

小企业创新研究（SBIR）和小企业技术转让（STTR）计划的目标之一是增加私营部门通过联邦SBIR/STTR研发开发的创新商业化。再授权立法一直强调这一目标，要求各机构将拟议项目的商业潜力作为审查标准。为了帮助NIH SBIR/STTR获奖者将他们的产品推向市场，提供以下跨NIH SBIR/STTR援助计划：

One of the goals of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program is to ¿increase private sector commercialization of innovations developed through Federal SBIR/STTR R&D.¿ Reauthorization legislations have consistently emphasized this goal by requiring agencies to include as a review criterion the commercial potential of a proposed project. To help NIH SBIR/STTR awardees move their products into the marketplace, offers the following trans-NIH SBIR/STTR assistance programs: ¿ Commercialization Assistance Program (CAP): Provides assistance with developing and implementing an appropriate business strategy that will help commercialize the products that have resulted from federally funded SBIR/STTR research projects. Slots for seventy five (75) NIH SBIR/STTR Phase II awardees are available each year. ¿ Niche Assessment Program (NAP): Assesses if there are other applications or niches for the SBIR/STTR-developed technology and evaluates the market opportunities, needs and concerns of the end-users, and helps to discover new markets for possible entry. Slots for one hundred twenty five (125) NIH SBIR/STTR Phase I awardees are available each year. Information about these programs is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/tap.htm