Small Business Funding Opportunities at NINDS

Date: 04/02/2014
Time: 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: 111 Snell Library
Speaker: Stephanie Fertig, PhD, Research Project Manager, NIH/NINDS

There are numerous funding opportunities at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) for small businesses and those working with small businesses. This talk will discuss some of these opportunities and provide tips for the application process.

Stephanie J. Fertig is the research project manager for small business programs in the Office of Translational Research at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Ms. Fertig manages both the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, which are congressionally mandated set-aside programs specifically for small business concerns. Prior to her position in the Office of Translational Research, she was a member of the Repair and Plasticity cluster in the NINDS Division of Extramural Research, where her primary scientific interests included neural engineering and neuroprosthesis, as well as traumatic brain injury.