BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Phoenix X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Phoenix BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1419@azbio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200129T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200129T133000 DTSTAMP:20200106T230210Z URL:https://www.azbio.org/events/alzheimers-aging-small-business-funding-w ebinar SUMMARY:Alzheimer’s/Aging Small Business Funding Webinar - Webinar - 29 J an 20 12:30 DESCRIPTION:\n\nRegister/ Join Us for the Alzheimer’s/Aging Small Busines s Funding Webinar on Jan. 29 at 2:30 p.m.\n\n \;\n\nNIA Small Business Funding: Accelerating Alzheimer's and Aging Research\n\n\nWednesday\, Jan uary 29\, 2019\, 2:30-3:30 p.m. ET (12:30- 1:30 PM AZ/MTN)\n\n \;\n\nJ oin the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Agin g \;(NIA) Office of Small Business Research (OSBR) and AZBio\, Bio CT\ , and SoCalBio on January 29 at 2:30 p.m. ET \; (12:30- 1:30 PM AZ/MTN ) for a webinar on small business funding opportunities to advance your re search to commercialization.\n\nThrough the Small Business Innovation Rese arch (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs\, NIA ’s OSBR provides more than $100 million annually in set-aside\, non-dilu tive funding\, and resources to support small businesses looking to commer cialize. The small business programs support eligible companies and entrep reneurs creating innovative therapeutics\, devices\, and diagnostics that address aging\, aging-related diseases\, and the special needs of older Am ericans.\n\nWe invite entrepreneurial researchers\, small businesses\, and research organizations to learn how to tap into NIA’s SBIR/STTR program s that can help accelerate research on Alzheimer’s disease (AD)\, AD-rel ated dementias\, and other diseases of aging.\n\n \;\n\nRegister today  \;for NIA Small Business Funding: Accelerating Alzheimer's and Aging Research on Wednesday\, January 29\, 2020\, 2:30-3:30 p.m. ET. (12:30- 1:3 0 PM AZ/MTN)\n\nThe webinar will feature:\n\n An overview of the SBIR and STTR programs and benefits of funding\n Key NIA focus areas to advance y our research to commercialization\n Tips for submitting a successful appl ication\n Upcoming opportunities and deadlines\n Other resources and pro grams\n\nSpeaker\n\nTodd Haim\, Ph.D.\n\nChief of the Office of Small Busi ness Research\n\nNational Institute on Aging\n\nNational Institutes of Hea lth\n\nDr. Todd Haim was appointed Chief of the Office of Small Business R esearch at National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the end of FY2018. \; He will oversee the development and evolution of this exciting new office with the goal of improving both the quantity and quality of the SBIR/STTR applications. \; His previous position was Program Director at the Nat ional Cancer Institute’s SBIR Development Center\, where he evaluated an d managed SBIR &\; STTR grants and contracts focused on the development of novel cancer therapeutics\, preventative agents\, and drug discovery t echnologies.  \;At NCI\, Todd played a key role in the planning\, desi gn\, and leadership of several center initiatives\, including serving as c oordinator of the NCI Investor Forum\, helping to implement relevant works hops\, draft targeted solicitations\, and facilitate external partnerships . Prior to starting in the SBIR Development Center\, he was a Research Ass ociate and Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Haim staffed the Committee on Science\, Engineering and Public Policy (COSEPUP) and his efforts centered on follow -up activities to the 2005 “Rising Above the Gathering Storm” report r elated to various innovation initiatives and evaluation programs. Previous ly\, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Pfizer in which he actively led Pfizer’s research efforts in a collaboration with Washington Univer sity School of Medicine in St. Louis that illustrated a mechanism for alte red cardiac contractility due to excess fatty acids. Dr. Haim graduated fr om Albert Einstein College of Medicine in January 2007 with a PhD in biome dical research and obtained a certificate in technology commercialization from John Hopkins’ Carey Business School in 2011. He has received severa l prestigious awards and honors including the 2014 NCI Leadership Developm ent Award\, a 2014 and 2017 NIH Director’s Award and the NJ Governor’s Award for Volunteerism in the Field of Health.\n\nWho Should Attend?\n\nI ndividuals from the following groups are encouraged to attend:\n\n Small biotech and/or health care technology businesses\n Academic researchers\n Technology transfer organizations\n Women-owned and minority small busi nesses as well as entrepreneurs from socially and economically disadvantag ed backgrounds\n\n \;\n\nUpcoming Funding Opportunities \n\n \;\n\ nNIA OSBR has open opportunities for small business funding now\, includin g the Omnibus Solicitation and several targeted opportunities.\n\n \;\ n\nConnect with us! Like NIA on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Use #NI A #OSBR and join the online conversation. \;\n\n \;\n\n \; CATEGORIES:webinars LOCATION:Webinar\, Anywhere\, USA\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Anywhere\, USA\, United Sta tes;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Webinar:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20190129T123000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR