Web Seminar: Funding your Venture with Federal SBIR and STTR grants

Date: 01/23/2013
Time: 4:40 pm
Location: 335 Shillman Hall
Speaker: Dr. Ben Schrag, NSF Program Director

Ben Schrag joined the National Science Foundation as a Program Director in the areas of advanced materials and nanotechnology in May 2009. Prior to this, he worked as Director of Research and Development at Micro Magnetics, where he led a development effort to commercialize a new family of high-performance magnetic microsensor products for demanding consumer and military applications. During this time, Ben also served as a visiting scientist at Brown University and as the Principal Investigator on a number of federal grants and contracts, including NSF Phase I and Phase II Small Business Innovation Research projects and an Advanced Technology Program award from NIST. He received his B.A. in Physics from Reed College, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from Brown University.