[Shoba]

Does NSF provide a list of Allowable & Unallowable INDIRECT Costs? NIH seems to have a well laid out webpage for this, but NSF seems to refer to FAR part 31, which is crazy loo…ong and complicated. Is there a more comprehensible NSF Allowable Indirect Cots list available somewhere?
Thanks.

[Shoba]

Hi EGC
In case one small biz is providing services to the other small biz, there would not be any IP conflict. Alternatively there could be a clear written understandng on IP ownership established in advance. In either of those cases, can the two small businesses apply together, and how would the budget sharing work out?
Thanks
Shoba

[Shoba]

Wout – Thank you for your reply.
When you say “As for ownership between the Small Business and the University, this will depend on the ownership guidelines from the University and in what capacity the University is involved with the IP management.” – does that apply only to an STTR?
I thought an SBIR indicates the small business owns the SBIR data?

Thanks & regards

[Shoba]

Hello
Does NSF Phase I SBIR have TABA funds?
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[Shoba]

Hello
How particular is NSF on a PI having a Ph.D.?
For instance, NIH policy states the SBIR does not need to have a PhD but the reality is that the reviewers absolutely want to see a PI with a PhD.

Similarly, though NSF says the SBIR PI does not need to have a PhD – will the NSF reviewers have the same NIH-reviewers type of expectation of a PI with a Ph.D. ?

Thanks

[Shoba]

Hi EGC
Does NSF SBIR permit foreign collaborators or CROs? I know NIH doesnt, but wasn’t sure of NSF.

Also, does EGC plan to publish a book for preparing NSF grants, and if so, when?

Thanks
Shoba

[Shoba]

Hi
When an employee is part-time, why can’t they be W2 (preferable W2-hourly rather than standard W2)? Are you suggesting part-time employee can only be 1099?

Thanks
Shoba

[Shoba]

Hello
Thank you for your reply. Can you tell me if the Project Pitch can include images/figures or deos it have to be only text? The instructions merely say number of words per section but do not specify if any figures can be included.

Thanks,
Shoba

[Shoba]

Hello
Thanks for all the helpful replies. It appears that STTR rules are different for NSF vs. NIH.

1) Unlike NIH STTR, it appears the NSF STTR PI cannot be a university professor – am I correct? The NSF STTR PI has to be an employee of the smallbiz. A senior university prof will not do that. Then would the uni prof be a Co-I or an additional PI ?

2) Does NSF allow additional investigators to create a solid team? The solicitation is confusing. It only talks about a PI with no mention of Co-Investigators, etc. How does one show a ‘team’ with just 1 PI?

3) NSF STTR allows only 50% for the university (vs 60% in NIH STTR) – am I correct?

Thanks
Shoba

[Shoba]

Your book on NIH SBIR proposals is very good. Do you have simialr one for NSF SBIRs?
Thanks

[Shoba]

Hello – I’m following up on the May 1st message exchange above. I’m still trying to understand how NSF proposals would be written differently from an NIH proposal given that both are so similar. For example, if one was to write a proposal for a novel point of care device for molecular diagnostics, what would one emphasize in an NSF proposal vs. an NIH proposal?

It sounds like both NSF & NIH accept engineering improvements and testing the device with clinical samples, which implies that essentially the same proposal would be submitted to both agencies (apart from the different app formats of course). How would this be presented to NSF vs NIH?

Thanks for your advice.

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