More than 160 entrepreneurs attended last week’s BHI Virtual Non-Dilutive Funding Workshop with 1:1 Partnering cohosted by BioHealth Innovation and Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC). Attendees learned about funding opportunities, resources and best practices from program officers at NIH, NSF and the University of Maryland, and also about additional resources and tips for winning applications from experts at MCEDC, the City of Gaithersburg, Maryland Department of Commerce, and BioHealth Innovation. More than 460 partnering meetings were requested. Many took place during the event last week, and others will happen in the near future. Most of the panelists have agreed to share their presentations and panel recordings. These will be available through BHI within the next two weeks. BHI would like to thank the participants who took the time to prepare, present, and/or partner at the event. They include:
- Henry Ahn – Program Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Lynne Stein Benzion – Director, Economic Development, Montgomery County Econ. Dev. Corp. (MCEDC)
- Katie Bratlie – Program Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Christie Canaria, PhD – Program Director, SBIR Development Center, National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Judy Costello – Managing Director, Economic Development, BioHealth Innovation (BHI)
- Stephanie Davis, PhD – Small Business Program Coordinator, NIH Nat’l Heart Lung & Blood Inst. (NHLBI)
- Sharon Disque, Economic Development Manager, City of Gaithersburg, Maryland
- Stephanie Fertig, HHS Small Business Program Lead, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Jonathan Franca-Koh, PhD – Program Director, SBIR Development Center, National Cancer Inst (NCI).
- Armineh Ghazarian – Senior Program Analyst, NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- Colleen Gibney, SBIR Deputy Project Manager, US Army Medical Research & Dev. Command (USAMRDC)
- Luis Gutierrez – Entrepreneur-in-Residence, BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI)
- Todd Haim, PhD – Chief, Office of Small Business Research, NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- Elena Koustova, PhD, MBA – Director, Office of Translational Initiatives and Program Innovations (OTIPI), NIDA SBIR/STTR Coordinator, NIH National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) Office of Director
- Ashwin Kulkarni, COO, miRecule; Associate, BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI)
- Natalia Kruchinin, PhD – SBIR/STTR Program Coordinator, RTSP, DEA, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Carla Merritt, Senior Business Development Representative, Maryland Department of Commerce
- JR Myers, SBIR Project Manager, US Army Medical Research & Development Command (USAMRDC)
- Mike Minicozzi, PhD, Senior Program Officer, DAIT, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Alastair Monk – Program Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Deepa Narayanan – Program Director and Team Lead, NIH National Cancer Institute SBIR Development Center (NCI)
- Rini Pek, PhD – Senior Analyst, BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI)
- Erik Pierstorff – Program Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Victor Prikhodko – Senior Business Dev. Mgr., SBIR/STTR NIH National Inst. of Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- Monique Pond, PhD – Program Director, SBIR Development Center, National Cancer Institute
- Reema Railkar, PhD – Program Manager, SBIR Development Center, National Cancer Institute
- Saroj Regmi, PhD – Health Science Administrator, Office of Small Business Research, NIH National Institute on Aging
- Andrea Renner – Technical Assistance Advocate, US Army Medical Research & Dev Command (USAMRDC)
- Ethel Rubin, PhD – Entrepreneur-in-Residence, BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI)
- Anthony Saleh, PhD – CEO, miRecule
- Ben Schrag,PhD – Program Director, National Science Foundation (NSF)
- John Sullivan – Entrepreneur-in-Residence, BioHealth Innovation, Inc. (BHI)
- Onur Unal, Manager, Life Sciences Projects, Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS), Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (MTech), University of Maryland
Register (no fee) today! www.tinyurl.com/2021SBIR Questions: BHI@BioHealthInnovation.org
NOTE: Different institutes are available to meet at different times during the March 17-19th period.
You will be able to request meetings once you have registered and received the partnering log-in.