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SBIR-STTR Assistance Center (SSAC)

If you are a technology-oriented business with less than 500 people and a new discovery or innovative concept that needs to increase your research and development dollars, USTAR's SBIR-STTR Assistance Center may have help for you.

The SBIR-STTR Assistance Center (SSAC), located at Salt Lake Community College - Miller Campus in Sandy, Utah is the State's Small Business source for information and assistance with SBIR and STTR grant location, preparation and submission. 

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Science Technology Transfer (STTR) federal grant programs offer non-equity position, competitive grants for just this purpose. There may be $150,000 to $1,000,000 available to help you bring your technology to reality or the next generation.

Through the SBIR/STTR Assistance Center, qualified businesses can gain assistance with all elements of the SBIR-STTR process to including:

• Searching and matching your concept with agency solicitations
• Pre-registering with Grants.gov and agencies
• Editing and writing assistance
• Submission
• Training opportunities on how to find agency solicitation as well as tricks and nuances to winning SBIR-STTR proposals

Please contact the SBIR-STTR Assistance Center for further information, to sign up for SBIR 101 or for further information.

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Russ Farmer, Financial Expert lead a one-day seminar educating companies on the nuances and requirements of the accounting aspect of the SBIR-STTR awards September 22, 2011. Sponsored by the SSAC and Salt Lake Community College - Miller Campus, 20 participants, primarily SBIR-STTR recepients attended the workshop, coming away with useful knowledge for their current and future grants. Mr. Farmer was impressed with the participants, most of which were from the private sector with a few university interests. Attendees rated the session 'Excellent', with the following comments:

• "Excellent speaker- I was very happy with the high quality of the presenter and the information."
• "This seminar was extremely helpful as I had all the pieces but didn’t know how they fit together. Thank you for the clarification.
• "Speaker was very knowledgeable, good speaker. Well done with a bit of humor."
• "I would definitely recommend this seminar to Technology Commercialization Officer at Utah Universities! They would use this information for future start-up companies seeking SBIR funding.
• "Perhaps spend more time going over indirect allocations."
• "Simpler presentation on business accounting would be helpful for some participants." (We put it all in!)

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Available and Upcoming Solicitations

You may also look at these along with recently past solicitations at: http://www.zyn.com/sbir/bnews.htm#ed08-1.

Partner/Collaborator Comments:

"Establishing the center creates better access to funding opportunities for Utah small businesses," Ted McAleer, USTAR Executive Director, said. "The center's staff will provide the needed skills and experience to assist small businesses with finding appropriate SBIR/STTR opportunities and writing successful grants."

SSAP representatives are available to help small technology oriented businesses learn if their discovery/innovation concepts can be matched to federal agency SBIR/STTR R&D topics.