tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770579694794072792.post3766148000839374915..comments2023-02-26T02:43:39.013-06:00Comments on The SBIR Coach's Playbook ®: NIH Tosses Small Business a Few Crumbs- Fred Patterson -http://www.blogger.com/profile/11611001882358615220noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770579694794072792.post-51775445328024249632009-07-23T08:36:10.646-05:002009-07-23T08:36:10.646-05:00Great article, Fred. I was looking up the RC3 for...Great article, Fred. I was looking up the RC3 for a prospective project. It is nice to get the scoop.Teresa Davidsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-770579694794072792.post-42216210272027856972009-06-04T22:42:06.834-05:002009-06-04T22:42:06.834-05:00Good to have you back, blogging again, Fred. I thi...Good to have you back, blogging again, Fred. I think the best thing for the small business community is to inundate NIH with an overwhelming barrage of high quality research proposals.<br /><br />We need to publicize the program among the many lone (and often lonely) researchers who haven't the slightest idea such early-stage seed-funding even exists, much less that they would be eligible to apply without a university affiliation. (I know. I was among them for five years before I'd heard about SBIR).<br /><br />I think if NIH is really serious about their stated concerns, it would be in their best interest to spend a few dollars, sending brochures (or even emails) to university departments, which graduate far too many PhDs for the piddlingly few faculty positions available.<br /><br />Hey, maybe they could even buy some adds in the Chronicle of Higher Education, so all those hopeful and desperate job seekers would realize there are alternatives to sending out yet another dozen faculty applications this year.<br /><br />I wonder if anyone at NIH reading this might care enough to do that.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02334554920865685561noreply@blogger.com