Dr. Earl R. Smith II

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) encourages you to learn more about how grant funding can help your small business or institution advance your innovative research ideas to the commercialization stage.

NASA SBIR AND STTR 2010 Program Solicitations

Ray Anderson tells a personal story with a broad meaning. This video is well worth watching and thinking about.

Rory takes a very refreshing look and the difference between what the media focus on and what matters to the rest of us. This is human vision with a sense of humor. Watch and enjoy.

This is a very powerful talk by Ethan Zuckerman. It will challenge the way you look at the internet and the so-called information age.

This week the U.S. Chamber sent a document to Capitol Hill with a number of proposals for lawmakers to consider that, if enacted, will provide more capital for small and mid-sized businesses to grow the economy and create jobs. Many of the proposals have bi-partisan support and are contained in existing pieces of legislation in both the House and Senate.

Key technology areas in the next administration will be those that enable the government performance, healthcare, environmental, and homeland security priorities shared among the Presidential candidates. According to a recent report from INPUT, the authority on government business, these policy areas show promise for contractors looking to tighten solution portfolios because they rely so heavily on technology.

The first national teleconference Subcontracting Opportunities for Katrina Disaster Relief and Reconstruction” will be held, Thursday, September 15, 2005 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time. It covers timely and critical issues relating to subcontracting opportunities for emergency and reconstruction services, materials and products at the federal and state levels.

Governor David A. Paterson today signed four ground-breaking bills into law, including legislation that will establish a level playing field for Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs) in New York State.

You spend an extraordinary amount of time and effort putting together an excellent proposal for the government. You feel great about your changes of award. But then . . . you receive notice that the contract was awarded to another company. How do you decide whether you should challenge (or “protest”) the agency’s decision?