Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

Jun 01

STTR Awardee Highlight: Clinical Sensors Awarded Over $1.5M in NIH Grants to Advance Nitric Oxide Diagnostic for Sepsis

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Tony

By Barry Teater, NCBiotech Writer Clinical Sensors Inc., a small diagnostic device company in Research Triangle Park, has won two grants totaling more than $1.5 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support the development of its point-of-care … Read More →

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Jan 20

TIBBETTS AWARD GOES TO MORRISVILLE BASED ATTAGENE

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Tony

MORRISVILLE, NC- ATTAGENE, a Research Triangle Park-based life science company, has received the prestigious Tibbetts Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration. According to the U.S. SBA, the Tibbetts Award honors Small Business Innovation Research program participants “that have created … Read More →

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May 24

Notice of Proposed Amendments to SBIR and STTR Policy Directives

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Tony

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Amendments to SBIR and STTR Policy Directives. April 7, 2016. The Small Business Administration is proposing to revise the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program Policy Directives to combine the two … Read More →

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May 03

SBA Releases FY2015 Small Business Procurement Scorecard Marking Federal Agencies’ Contracting Achievements

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Tony

Release Date: Thursday, April 28, 2016 Contact: Tiffani S. Clements (202) 401-0035 Internet Address: http://www.sba.gov/news Three Federal Agencies Receive A+ Rating on Procurement Scorecard WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration today released its annual Small Business Procurement Scorecards, which provide … Read More →

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Mar 03

Women-Owned Small Businesses Can Now be Awarded Sole Source Federal Contracts

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Tony

By David L. Hayden, Of Counsel at Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan, LLPEffective December 31, 2015, contracting officers can make sole source awards to Women-Owned Small Businesses (WOSBs) and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSBs). See FAR 19.1506.

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Jan 28

New Report Focuses on North Carolina Innovation

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Tony

The North Carolina Board of Science, Technology and Innovation details how vibrant university-based research, robust high-tech business formation and a large manufacturing industry are making North Carolina fertile ground for innovation and entrepreneurship in a new report published December 18. … Read More →

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