Topic titles for this solicitation are:

• H-SB010.1-001 Rechargeable, High Efficient, High Capacity Energy Storage
• H-SB010.1-002           Rare Variant Detection Using Next Generation Sequencing Technology
• H-SB010.1-003           Precision Information Environments
• H-SB010.1-004           Molecular Recognition for Explosives Detection
• H-SB010.1-005           Synthetic Biometrics
• H-SB010.1-006           GPS Resolution in Denied Location (GRIDLOC)

For full topic descriptions and the contact information of the Technical Points of Contact (TPOC) for each topic, please read the full solicitation.  Proposers are encouraged to contact the TPOC before November 17th to ask technical questions not clearly stated in the topic description (proposers may not ask for advice or guidance on its solution approach, nor submit additional material).  No direct contact may be made with the TPOC after this date.

Proposals will be submitted through the DHS’ secure portal; be sure to register early.

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environment typically associated with top-notch legal advice.  Michael has spent most of his career with some of the largest law firms, including 25 years with King & Spalding  HortenCC has no central offices, no paper files and we use the latest technology to create efficiencies.  As a result, our fees are considerably lower than those charged by firms of comparable ability and quality.  Furthermore, we do not bill on a time basis and thus do not keep track of every “six minutes,” as is the norm in most law firms.

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Created as an easy to deploy, turn-key solution that allows cable and IPTV providers to quickly bolster their content offerings, the Content Marketplace includes best of the web video that is vetted, scouted, licensed, and pre-packaged by genre. Cable and IPTV operators can deploy an entire genre of programming with one click acquisition and are given tools to filter and sort content by programmer, rating and popularity. TV providers are given a host of web-based features not available anywhere else such as the ability to preview content within the publishing and management platform, and dynamic adjustment of settings to ensure the content ingest is aligned with performance of a particular package. This flexibility provides operators with the ability to customize their content offerings by city, system or neighborhood as frequently as they want and as easily as clicking a mouse.

Clearleap will offer professionally packaged content in ten of the highest performing genres of programming, including Comedy, Pop-Culture, Music, Sports, Science & Nature, Lifestyle, and Best of the Web packages with plans to expand into categories such as instructional, travel and cooking in the coming weeks. With hundreds of programs currently available in the marketplace, programmers and content aggregators already signed up include blip.TV, Next New Networks, Revision3, and newly announced, For Your Imagination, The Pentagon Channel, MyOutdoorTV, Uncensored Interview, On the Flipside, Earth Touch, Inside Reel, and Play Sports TV. The Content Marketplace will use the web-based clear|flow™ platform which can be installed and running within hours.

For the past ten years, Sawczuk has served as CEO of Zygogen LLC, an Atlanta-based biotechnology company that advanced the use of zebra fish for drug screening.  Prior to co-founding that company, she served in drug discovery, biotechnology consulting and business development roles for several organizations in the Boston, Research Triangle Park and Southern California.

Sawczuk also served ATDC as a consultant in 1999, assisting bioscience companies and participating in the formation of EmTech Bio, an incubator at Emory University.

At ATDC, she will help companies tap a comprehensive set of services designed to help commercialize innovations, support the launch and growth of technology companies, obtain early-stage commercialization grants and secure Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding from federal agencies.

Among the key resources is the ATDC Biosciences Center, an incubator located in Georgia Tech’s Biosciences Complex.  Life sciences research now accounts for approximately 20 percent of Georgia Tech’s $500 million-per-year research program.

“Through ATDC and the Georgia Research Alliance’s VentureLab commercialization program, we can provide an integrated set of services designed to support the startup and growth of bioscience companies statewide,” said Sawczuk.  “This combination of resources gives Georgia entrepreneurs a strong advantage as they launch and build new companies in the biosciences.”

Sawczuk’s education and entrepreneurial experience give her an ideal background for leading ATDC’s biosciences program, said Stephen Fleming, vice provost at Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute, ATDC’s parent organization.

“We are pleased to have Nina return to ATDC and Georgia Tech to lead our initiatives aimed at expanding the state’s community of bioscience companies,” he said.  “With its research universities, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and established companies, Georgia’s life sciences community has a strong economic impact on the state.”

Sawczuk holds a master’s degree in molecular and cellular biology from Harvard Medical School, an M.B.A. from Duke University’s School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in social and behavior sciences from Johns Hopkins University.

She has served in a variety of positions with Georgia BIO, and as a member of the external review committee for the Georgia Research Alliance VentureLab Program.

This information might help you decide if these highly-competitive federal programs are right for your company.  IF after reviewing, you think your company qualifies, and you are interested in learning more, meet with one of the ATDC Startup Catalysts specializing in SBIR/STTR during their Office Hours for further discussion:

Connie Ruffner
John Mills
Julie Collins

NOTE: We will be adding more documents/help in the future, so check back for new additions.

1. Solyndra (photovoltaics for solar energy panels), five rounds, $285.9 million

2a. Twitter (microblog), 7 rounds, $100 million

2b. WastePro USA (waste disposal and recycling), later stage, $100 million

2c. Facebook (social network), corporate stage, $100 million

3. Tesla Motors (electric cars), 6 or 7 rounds, $82.5 million

4. Pacific Biosciences (gene sequencing), 6 rounds, $67.9 million

5. Canopy Financial (technology to lower costs for corporate healthcare benefits), 3 rounds, $62.5 million

6. Serious Materials (ecofriendly building materials), 3 rounds, $60 million

7. Meru Networks (wireless infrastructure for businesses), 9 rounds, $57.5 million

8. Kosmos Energy (oil and gas exploration in Africa), 14 rounds, $56.5 million

9a. Calypso Medical, (radiation therapy), 6 rounds, $55 million

9b. RuffaloCODY, (fundraising and enrollment management services), 4 rounds $55 million

10. Complete Genomics (gene sequencing and drug development), 4 rounds, $45 million

11. Oraya Therapeutics (robotically controlled treatments for inflammatory eye disease), 3 rounds, $42 million

12a. Direct Flow Medical (aortic tissue valve prosthesis for people with heart disease), 3 rounds, $40 million

12b. Adamas Pharmaceuticals (small molecule drugs for infectious diseases, including influenza A), 3 rounds, $40 million

13. Epizyme, (drugs to treat diseases based on gene functions and mutations, i.e. epigenetics), 2 rounds, $32 million

Full Solicitation will be released on November 2nd, but a list of 42 intended topics is available now. Proposals will be due on January 22nd and Phase I Awards will have a maximum value of $90,000.

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