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Organizations and Services Online Resources

 

Federal Grant / Contract Assistance (SBIR/STTR)
Federal Grant / Contract Assistance
The MI-SBTDCTM provides workshops and assistance to technology businesses in finding and identifying SBIR/STTR and other federal grant/contract opportunities; preparing, reviewing, and submitting proposals; and post award negotiations and reporting.

Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) General Information

Small Business Technology Transfer Research Program (STTR) General Information

SBIR Assessment Tool

Preparing Your SBIR/STTR Grant Proposal

Federal Grants/Contracts Websites and Search Tools

SBIR/STTR Workshops and Seminars

Technology Tri-Corridor SBIR Emerging Business Fund (Michigan SBIR/STTR Phase I matching program)  

 

SmartZones
SmartZones
SmartZones are designated regions throughout Michigan intended to stimulate the growth of technology-based businesses and jobs.

Michigan SmartZones

More Information: http://medc.michigan.org/smartzones


 

Michigan Life Science Corridor
Michigan Life Science Corridor
In 1999, Michigan underscored its long-term commitment to reaching the top five bio-states by creating the Michigan Life Sciences Corridor, a billion-dollar initiative funded from the state's settlement with the tobacco companies.

More Information: http://medc.michigan.org/lifescience


 

Online Resources
Intellectual Property Guide
Intended to help small businesses and inventors in the development of their inventions and in the maintenance of their intellectual property rights.
http://www.sbtdc.org/pdf/IPguide.pdf

United States Patent and Trademark Office
Includes search capabilities for patents, forms, weekly data, PTO fees, legal materials, statistics, copyright information and other patent and trademark information.
www.uspto.gov
 
National Bureau of Economic Research
Information on almost 3 million U.S. patents granted between January 1963 and December 1999, all citations made to these patents between 1975 and 1999 and additional information.
          www.nber.org/patents/

Intellectual Property Organization
Site serves owners of patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.
www.ipo.org

IBM Patent Server
Includes USPTO and trademark information from 1971.
http://www.delphion.com/ 

NIST Standard Reference Database
Includes information on chemical elements and compounds.
http://www.nist.gov/ 

American Intellectual Property Law Association
Includes information on patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition and other areas of intellectual property.
www.aipla.com 

European Patent Office
Includes patent information in French, English or German.
www.european-patent-office.org/index.en.php

Franklin Pierce Law Center
Guide to intellectual property sites.
www.ipmall.fplc.edu 

Bell Labs Museum & Lucent Technologies
Displays innovations in the communications, science and technology industries.
www.lucent.com/ 

PubMed
Includes search system for biomedical literature citations and links to journals.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/medline.html 


 

Organizations and Services
Michigan Technology News
          www.mitechnews.com/technews
 
SSTI
www.ssti.org

GLIMA
www.glima.org/glimaaffiliate

Great Lakes Venture Quest
www.glventurequest.com

Venture Capital Resources
www.vfinance.com
www.vcaonline.com

Digital Detroit
www.digitaldetroit.org

New Enterprise Forum
www.nef.bizserve.com

IT Zone
www.annarboritzone.org

SW Michigan First
www.southwestmichiganfirst.com/

SmartZones
medc.michigan.org/smartzones/

Life Science Corridor
www.ns.msu.edu/lifescienceinfo.htm

Michigan Universities Commercialization Initiative
www.muci.org

          PreFlight Powertips
          
www.preflightpowertips.com

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Accelerating Michigan Entrepreneurs - Virtual Incubator
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