{"id":69953,"date":"2021-01-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/01\/22\/unetech-to-help-with-new-postdoc-grant-program\/"},"modified":"2021-01-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-22T06:00:00","slug":"unetech-to-help-with-new-postdoc-grant-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2021\/01\/22\/unetech-to-help-with-new-postdoc-grant-program\/","title":{"rendered":"UNeTech to help with new postdoc grant program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><P>A new funding opportunity from the National Cancer Institute aims to help post-doctoral researchers advance university innovations into new startup companies.<br \/>\n<P>The <a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/guide\/rfa-files\/RFA-CA-21-001.html\">Small Business Transition Grant for Early Career Scientists<\/a> is part of the Small Business Technology Transfer and Small Business Innovation Research programs, or STTR\/SBIR for short. The stated purpose of the new grant is to help postdocs transition from academia to an entrepreneurial enterprise.<br \/>\n<P>An advantage for UNMC cancer researchers is the added resource of UNeTech, the university&#8217;s startup accelerator and incubator institute. Among UNeTech&#8217;s critical strengths are its resources dedicated to support university entrepreneurs. In particular, those resources include assistance with writing the grant proposal, company formation and mentoring.<br \/>\n<P>&#8220;The transition grant opportunity is proof that NIH really gets the challenges faced by new graduates to start entrepreneurial careers,&#8221; UNeTech&#8217;s Associate Director Joe Runge, JD, said. &#8220;UNeTech exists to take advantage of programs like this, and I am so excited to help brilliant scientists use it to start amazing companies.&#8221;<br \/>\n<P>Proposals for the transition grant program must fit into at least one of the following categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Therapeutics and preventative agents\n<li>Imaging technologies, interventional devices and in vivo diagnostics\n<li>In vitro and ex vivo diagnostics and prognostics<\/ul>\n<p>A transition grant would begin as a Phase I STTR, which would allow the postdoc to continue working at the university while completing proof of concept studies. Those studies then could be used to propel the technology into a small business startup and potentially transition to a Phase II SBIR award. Phase II SBIR grants often are two-year awards that build on the research and development of a Phase I STTR.<\/p>\n<p>The transition grant also would qualify for Nebraska&#8217;s SBIR\/STTR grant-matching <a href=\"https:\/\/opportunity.nebraska.gov\/program\/nebraska-small-business-innovation-research-small-business-tech-transfer-sbirsttr-grant-program\/\">program<\/a> through the Department of Economic Development.<br \/>\n<P>Letters of intent for the new transition grant are due 30 days before the application. The application deadline is March 10. 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