The Office of Research & Innovation (OORI) SBIR/STTR Planning Award intends to establish and bolster USC’s ongoing technology transfer and commercialization efforts. This will be accomplished by supporting faculty partnered with a small business to plan and prepare for submitting a competitive SBIR/STTR application to a federal funding agency. In either case, the proposal application to a federal agency will be submitted by a small business, and not USC. Thus, SBIR/STTR Planning Award applications are expected to include an explicit partnership between one or more USC faculty and an eligible small business. This could be a faculty spin-off or start-up company, or an existing small business with whom the USC faculty has or wishes to develop a relationship. Use of funding under this program to support USC faculty as they spin-off or start-up a new company is strongly encouraged. USC faculty do not have to certify eligibility of their small business until the time of award, and most Federal agencies allow submission of an application prior to establishing the business that will receive the award.
Applicants may only submit one proposal application award cycle as the corresponding PI. Applicants may serve as co-PIs or collaborators on more than one proposal application per award cycle.
For additional information, and to download the Request for Proposals, please click here.
If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your proposal or have additional questions, please contact the Research Initiatives&Infrastructure team at rii@usc.edu.
This portal requires information about the PIs and Co-PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.
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The Office of Research & Innovation (OORI) SBIR/STTR Planning Award intends to establish and bolster USC’s ongoing technology transfer and commercialization efforts. This will be accomplished by supporting faculty partnered with a small business to plan and prepare for submitting a competitive SBIR/STTR application to a federal funding agency. In either case, the proposal application to a federal agency will be submitted by a small business, and not USC. Thus, SBIR/STTR Planning Award applications are expected to include an explicit partnership between one or more USC faculty and an eligible small business. This could be a faculty spin-off or start-up company, or an existing small business with whom the USC faculty has or wishes to develop a relationship. Use of funding under this program to support USC faculty as they spin-off or start-up a new company is strongly encouraged. USC faculty do not have to certify eligibility of their small business until the time of award, and most Federal agencies allow submission of an application prior to establishing the business that will receive the award.
Applicants may only submit one proposal application award cycle as the corresponding PI. Applicants may serve as co-PIs or collaborators on more than one proposal application per award cycle.
For additional information, and to download the Request for Proposals, please click here.
If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your proposal or have additional questions, please contact the Research Initiatives&Infrastructure team at rii@usc.edu.
This portal requires information about the PIs and Co-PIs in addition to department and contact information, including the 10-digit USC ID#. Please have this material prepared before beginning this application.