OpportunityTitle: Small Business Technology Transfer Program Phase I Solicitation FY-2012
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: *Organization Limit: Proposals may only be submitted by the following:    -           Only firms qualifying as a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/definitions.jsp#sbc&quot;&gt;small business concern&lt;/a&gt;are eligible to participate in the STTR program. Socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and women-owned small business concerns are particularly encouraged to participate. For an STTR Phase I Proposal, a minimum of 40% of the research, as measured by the budget, must be performed by the small business concern and a minimum of 30% of the research, as measured by the budget, must be performed by the collaborating research institution.      Proposals from joint ventures and partnerships are permitted, provided the entity created qualifies as a small business in accordance with this solicitation. Proposing firms are also encouraged to take advantage of research expertise and facilities that may be available to them at colleges, universities, national laboratories, and from other research providers. Such collaborations may include research subcontracts, consulting agreements or the employment of faculty as senior personnel and of graduate or undergraduate students as assistants by the small business.           *PI Limit:&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black&quot;&gt;The primary employment of the Principal Investigator (PI) must be with the small business concern at the time of the award. A PI must spend a minimum of two calendar months on an STTR Phase I project. Employment releases and certifications of intent shall be required prior to award. Primary employment is defined as 51% employed by the small business.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #e6eefb; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
Description: The Small Business Technology Transfer program stimulates technological innovation in the private sector by strengthening the role of small business concerns in meeting Federal research and development needs, increasing the commercial application of federally supported research results, and fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically disadvantaged and women-owned small businesses.The Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) requires researchers at universities and other non-profit research institutions to play a significant intellectual role in the conduct of each STTR project. These researchers, by joining forces with a small company, can spin-off their commercially promising ideas while they remain primarily employed at the research institution. The program is governed by Public Law 112-17.NSF seeks to help reach the nation&apos;s future broadband goals and the larger objective of alleviating growing pressure on limited radio spectrum resources. Innovative approaches, technologies, and policies are required to enable more flexible and efficient access to the radio spectrum. The stakes are high in technology development as the country that develops the key intellectual property to enable the efficient use of the spectrum and adopts new and effective spectrum regulations is expected to have strong competitive advantages in the manufacturing of new communications systems, and increased productivity in using this technology. For information reference section A.10.
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CloseDateExplanation: Full Proposal Deadline(s):  December 16, 2011 Please do not submit proposals prior to October 17, 2011, otherwise the proposal will be returned without review.