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Basic principles that you will need to use in your proposal document to gain credibility.

You will find here a brief explanation about how an innovation evolves in a company from start to finish and the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) table, frequently used for setting the maturity of innovation projects.

You will find here some important details about the different options and agencies participating in the SBIR granting programs, including budget, calendar, etc.

We will review the requisites, the effort and the details about what you can ask and what you will need to prepare to apply to an SBIR grant.

A brief explanation of the requisites to apply to SBIR.

A description of the different types of innovation that you can develop and what steps are typically expected from the perspective of innovation experts. This guide will give you an overview of how to write your own story about the development of your product or service.

Some information about what to do and what to avoid in the preparation of a proposal.

A thorough list of all documents and online forms that you will be asked to provide to apply to the grant, including the preliminary Project Pitch document. In this lesson we will start analyzing in detail the Project Pitch as well.

Example of the first box of the Project Pitch - "The Technology Innovation".

The description of the second box of the Project Pitch - "The Technical Objectives and Challenges".

Example of the second box of the Project Pitch - "The Technical Objectives and Challenges".

The description of the third box of the Project Pitch - "The Market Opportunity".

Example of the third box of the Project Pitch - "The Market Opportunity".

The description of the fourth box of the Project Pitch - "The Company and Team".

Example of the fourth box of the Project Pitch - "The Company and Team".

Conclusion of the Project Pitch preparation.

Relevant general information to start preparing your proposal and a thorough review of the first document - The Project Summary.

A review of the next two documents to submit - The "References cited" and the "Biographical sketches" sections.

A thorough analysis of what you should include in this dense part of the application.

A detailed analysis of what you need to include in the other sections of the application: "Current and pending support", "Collaboration and other affiliations information", "Facilities, equipment and other resources" and "Supplementary documents". And, finally, some advice about how to submit all documentation to the Fastlane portal.

Introduction to the preparation of the Project Description document for Phase I application and analysis of the first section - The Elevator Pitch.

An example of how to write the Elevator Pitch.

Explanation of how to write an outstanding Commercial Opportunity section of the Project Description document for Phase I application.

Description of the Innovation section of the Project Description document for Phase I application.

How to write the Company and Team section of the Project Description document for Phase I.

A guideline to fill in the relevant section of the Project Description document for Phase I, called "Technical discussion and R&D plan".

Ending of the lesson, with conclusions about what we have seen.

Structure and content of the Project Description document for the Phase II application and budget scheme that you need to consider for your project, attending to the general payment scheme set by SBIR.

General information to prepare the Commercialization Plan for Phase II application and first lecture about how to write the Market Opportunity section of the document.

Continuation of how to write a great Market Opportunity section.

Example of Market Opportunity section of the Commercialization Plan for the Phase II program application.

How to write the Company and Team section of the Commercialization Plan to apply to Phase II program.

Example of Company and Team section of the Commercialization Plan for Phase II application.

Detailed information about how to write the "Product / technology and competition" section of the Commercialization Plan document for Phase II.

Example of the Product / Technology and Competition section of the Commercialization Plan document for Phase II.

How to write the last section of the Commercialization Plan to apply to the Phase II program - The Finance and Revenue Model.