Overview

Join us for this interactive discussion on SBIR/STTR grant writing. The panelists will share their experiences and resources for writing winning grant proposals. Both novice and advanced grant writers will benefit from attendance.

The session will explore opportunities that will:  

• provide support for knowledge mobilization and mentoring for MSU community 
• encourage researchers to utilize MSU and external resources for support
• discuss the criteria for success in the grant seeking enterprise.

Highlights include a keynote presentation by Allen Tien, President and Chief Science Officer, mdlogix, Baltimore, MD, who has won over a dozen SBIR/STTR grants; and Kris Bergman, Managing Partner and Co-owner, Biotechnology Business Consultants & Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting, Chelsea, MI, a state subsidized company devoted to assisting small businesses capture SBIR and STTR grants from the various funding agencies.

The event includes a panel discussion forum along with a reception.

For any questions related to the event, please contact Ike Iyioke, ike@msu.edu or Tom Hollon, hollont@msu.edu, OSVPRI, 517-355- 0306.

Panelists

KRISTINE BERGMAN
Managing Partner and Co-owner Biotechnology Business Consultants & Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting, BBCetc
Chelsea, MI

JOHN COLLINS, Jr. Director Healthcare Life Sciences, Dell EMC, Washington D.C.

PIERRE GOOVAERTS, PhD
Chief Scientist, BioMedware Inc.
Ann Arbor, MI

TOM HOLLON, PhD
Grant and Proposal Consultant, MSU Office of Research and Innovation.

DAVID KEREN, MD, PhD
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Inherited Risk Evaluation Tool [InheRET]
Ann Arbor, MI

MUHAMMAD RABANAWAZ, PhD
Assistant Professor, MSU School of Packaging and Department of Chemistry (Adjunct)

ALLEN Y. TIEN, MD, MHS
Keynote Speaker - President and Chief Science Officer mdlogix, Baltimore, MD and Clinical Associate Professor, Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry at West Virginia University School of Medicine

BRAD FINGLAND, PhD
Director, Venture Creation at Spartan Innovations (subsidiary of the MSU Foundation)

Agenda

2:00 - 2:15 Check in

2:15 - 2:30 Light Reception

2:30 - 2:45 Introduction by Tom Hollon, PhD

2:45 - 2:50 Presentation by Brad Fingland, PhD

2:50 - 3:00 Presentation by Kristine Bergman

3:00 - 3:10 Presentation by John Collins, Jr.

3:10 - 3:45 Keynote Speech by Allen Tien, MD, MHS

3:45 - 5:00 Panel Discussion and Q & A

Resource/Support Tables

Spartan Innovations

Red Cedar Ventures

MSU Innovation Center

Michigan Small Business Devt. Center

Biotechnology Business Consultants & Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting

Sponsors:

Office of the Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation

MSU Center for Interdisciplinarity

Spartan Innovations

Red Cedar Ventures