Grants Workshop: Session I

08/20/2009 08:30:00 AM - 08/20/2009 12:00:00 PM

CED’s Grants Workshop, in partnership with Small Business & Technology Development Center (SBTDC), is a three-part program focused on starting and growing a company via local and federal grant funding. The program provides entrepreneurs with the relevant knowledge and resources needed to attract grant funding in today’s tough business environment.

The program series is designed to offer value to entrepreneurs across diverse industry sectors. The first session is focused on connecting with local and federal granting sources. The second session will provide tips on preparing a grant proposal, identifying funding sources and an entrepreneur’s perspective on grants. The third session will offer one-on-one consulting sessions with expert grant writers and specialists.

Session I Agenda:

8:00 – 8:30 Registration
8:30 – 8:35 Welcome
- CED & SBTDC
8:35 – 9:00 SBIR/STTR - Overview
- John Ujvari, SBTDC
9:00 – 9:30 Department of Defense (DOD)
- Michael J. Caccuitto, US Army Research Office
9:30 – 9:45 BREAK
9:45 – 10:15 NIH & NIEHS
- David Balshaw, Ph.D., NIEHS
10:15 – 10:35 NCIDEA Grants Program
- Lister Delgado, NCIDEA
10:35 – 11:00 NC Biotech Center Grants and Loans
- John Richert, NCBC
11:00 – 11:30 NC One North Carolina Fund & Green Business Fund & State Sponsored Matching Grants Program
- John Hardin, NC Board of Science and Technology
11:30 – 12:00 Wrap-Up& Networking

Date:
Thursday, August 20, 2009

Time:
8:30 am – 12:00 pm

Location:
CED Entrepreneurship Center
100 Capitola Dr, Ste. 106
Durham, NC 27713

Fees per session:
$25 Member / $45 Non member
$35 Member / $55 Non member (onsite)

To Register:

Session I - 8/20/09 - Registration is now closed

About the Featured Speakers:

Michael J. Caccuitto
US Army Research Office

Michael Caccuitto serves on the staff of the Army Research Office (ARO) in Durham, NC as the Division Chief for Technology Integration and Outreach. Under his purview are Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program activities for ARO, STTR Army-wide, funding of Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Institutions (HBCU/MI), and Youth Sciences Programs. Prior to assuming his current role in July 2009, Mr. Caccuitto served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) as the Administrator for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs for the Department of Defense (DoD). In this role, he was responsible for policy, oversight and administration of the programs which have a combined budget of over $1.3 billion across the Department. From February 2000 through February 2005, Mr. Caccuitto served on the staff of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy working a variety of industrial base issues, focusing particularly on innovation, emerging supplier access to DoD, and financial analysis supporting merger and acquisition review. Before joining the OSD staff in February 2000, Mr. Caccuitto was involved with starting a small business focusing on internet-enabled academic publishing. He also served for nine years an officer in the US Air Force in a variety of research & development, acquisition program management and staff roles, in active duty and reserve capacities. He remains in the Air Force Reserve assigned to the staff of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. He holds masters degrees from the Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a bachelors degree from the University of Rochester.

John Ujvari
SBIR Program Specialist, North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC)

John Ujvari is the SBIR Program Specialist with the North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC). His primary responsibilities include counseling clients on the effective use of this federal funding program and supporting and promoting SBIR educational opportunities throughout the state via numerous outreach efforts. These efforts include the publication of a monthly SBIR-focused newsletter, planning and execution of training events statewide, meeting clients one-on-one and reviewing proposals prior to submission. He also leads the SBTDC's MBA summer internship program. Since joining the SBTDC in 2001, SBIR and STTR awards in North Carolina have increased 5-fold. During his tenure at the SBTDC, he was awarded the State Star Award by the Association of Small Business Development Centers and the Tibbetts Award by the Small Business Technology Council. John earned his MBA degree from Wake Forest University's Babcock Graduate School of Management with concentrations in business development, marketing and IT management. During the MBA program he was a consultant with two start-up firms where he led the business development process, managed technical resources and directed product development and rollout efforts. Prior to returning to graduate school, John held the position of Research Associate at Westat, a contract research firm in Rockville, Maryland. He was integrally involved in a number of large-scale NIH and NCI contract studies, primarily as a technical liaison between clients and database developers. John earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia.

David Balshaw, Ph.D.
Program Administrator, Center for Risk & Integrated Sciences, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Dr. Balshaw is a Program Director in the Center for Risk and Integrated Sciences (CRIS), part of the Division of Extramural Research and Training at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, one of the US National Institutes of Health. CRIS is focused on the coordination of research on the development and application of emerging technologies, approaches, and resources to enable biomedical research pertaining to environment-related disease etiology and risk. Central to this mission is the translation of science from engineering through clinical and public health applications and the advancement of integrated and team science both nationally and internationally. Dr. Balshaw is the primary scientist responsible for emerging technologies with particular emphasis on high data-content techniques to define the response to environmental exposures and innovative approaches to improving exposure and risk assessment. His activities include leadership roles in the NIEHS DISCOVER and NIH Genes, Environment, and Health Initiative Exposure Biology Program, as well as several aspects of NIH Roadmap. Dr. Balshaw, who received training in Pharmacology and Biophysics from the University of Cincinnati and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a key individual responsible for planning, directing and administration of NIEHS-funded translational research programs in (1) bioengineering, integrated systems and computational methods to understand complex systems; (2) development of novel sensor technologies for comprehensive environmental exposure assessment; (3) validation of emerging biomarkers of exposure, susceptibility and effect including development of databases; and (4) application of innovative "omics" research for reducing risk of exposure and disease. His areas of expertise include metabolomics, proteomics, toxicogenomics, nanotechnology, sensor technologies, systems biology, and application of these tools to exposure assessment, disease etiology, and risk reduction.

Lister Delgado
Vice President, NC IDEA

Lister Delgado is Vice President of NC IDEA, holding responsibilities that include deal sourcing, business plan review, and leading and assisting investment due diligence efforts. Lister joined NC IDEA in 2003 after working as a consultant to several technology startups and having worked as a venture associate with the First Flight Fund. Lister initially spent five year as an engineer in the telecommunications field in both software and hardware design. Lister has a B.S. from Brown University, an M.S. from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

John P. Richert
Vice President, Business and Technology Development Program

John P. Richert, a senior executive with more than 25 years of business development, licensing and commercialization experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, joined the North Carolina Biotechnology Center in December 2004. He directs activities that promote economic development in North Carolina by encouraging the start-up and growth of biotechnology companies. He oversees and manages the Biotechnology Center's loan programs, venture capital investments, and technology transfer and business-development activities. Richert received his Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University and his MBA from Fairleigh-Dickinson University. He started his career in the pharmaceutical industry in 1975 as a sales representative for Pfizer Laboratories; upon completion of his MBA he was promoted into marketing at Pfizer. In 1981 Richert joined Schering-Plough Corp. and held positions of increasing responsibility in marketing and business development.

John Hardin
Acting Executive Director, NC Board of Science & Technology

John Hardin is the Acting Executive Director for the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology. The Board advises and makes recommendations to the North Carolina Governor, General Assembly, Secretary of Commerce, and Economic Development Board on the role of science and technology in the economic growth and development of the state. Created in 1963 (the first such organization in the US), the Board has been responsible for the creation of a number of internationally recognized initiatives to catalyze the transformation of the North Carolina economy by leveraging university research, science, entrepreneurship, and technology-based economic development. Hardin’s duties include developing and justifying legislation related to defining statewide research capacity and structure; implementing science and technology-related economic development policy and resource allocations; research, analysis, and review of substantive policy issues and proposals; preparing public policy and budget analyses; preparing and presenting high-level state policy briefings, assessments, and reports to policy makers and external constituencies; conducting strategic planning and making recommendations for technology-based economic development; directing and overseeing strategic initiatives with impact at the state level; and overseeing the administration of grant programs to support technology commercialization by North Carolina small businesses. From 1998 to 2003, he served as Assistant Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs at the UNC General Administration. The division advises and assists the University president in the planning, administrative review, development, promotion, and evaluation of research and sponsored programs within the 16 UNC institutions. From 1998 to 2005, he held an Adjunct Assistant Professor position in the Department of Political Science at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he taught courses on American government, political institutions, and state and local politics. He currently holds an Adjunct Assistant Professor position in the Department of Public Policy at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he teaches courses on American politics, public policy, and policy analysis. His research and teaching interests focus on American politics and public policy, particularly on how legislative and executive institutions simultaneously shape and respond to changing issue agendas. He has published articles in the Journal of Politics the Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, and the Economics of Innovation and New Technologies, book chapters in Policy Dynamics and Pathways to High-tech Valleys and Research Triangles, and several administrative and policy reports for UNC and state government.