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:1674@azbio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220419T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20220419T090000 DTSTAMP:20220321T171514Z URL:https://www.azbio.org/events/azbiopeers-sbir-part1 SUMMARY:AZBioPEERS: “Thinking about an SBIR or STTR? How to access Non-Di lutive capital for small businesses” Part 1: Listening to the agencies - - 19 Apr 22 08:00 DESCRIPTION:Part 1:  Listening to the agencies\nTuesday\, April 19th\, 202 2   08:00 – 09:00 AM\n\nFeatured Speakers:\n\n Alastair Monk\, PhD - S BIR/STTR Program Director at National Science Foundation (NSF)\n Stephani e Fertig\, MBA -  HHS Small Business Program Lead (NIH)\n\n \;\n\nM oderator:   Anita Bell - Director\, University of Arizona Center for In novation\n\nPlease join us as the agencies discuss tips and tricks for app lying for SBIRs and STTRs.\n\n \;\n\nLocation:  Virtual via Zoom\n\n& nbsp\;\nREGISTER\n \;\nAbout Our Speakers\nAlastair Monk\, PhD - SBIR /STTR Program Director at NSF\n\nAlastair Monk joined the National Scienc e Foundation as an SBIR/STTR program director in November 2019. Prior to NSF\, Alastair was an active member of the startup ecosystem in Virginia a s a mentor\, judge\, and entrepreneur. He has been directly involved in m edical startups for the last 10 years. Most recently\, Alastair was the V ice President of Medical Products at Cupron\, Inc. where he led the devel opment\, protection\, and commercialization of a platform copper antimicro bial technology. He also\nfounded and ran Chrysalides Consultants\, a cons ultancy firm mentoring and providing strategic support to medical startup s. Prior to Cupron and Chrysalides Consultants\, Alastair was Head Scienti st at Biocontrol Ltd (now Armata Pharmaceuticals) developing and commerci alizing bacteriophage therapy for clinical applications. Alastair had an active academic life as a microbiology postdoc at Virginia Commonwealth U niversity in Internal Medicine\, and has authored a number of published pa pers\, conference abstracts\, and oral presentations. Alastair has a Ph.D . in microbiology from the University of Bath UK\, and a BSc in microbiol ogy from the University of Birmingham\, UK.\n\n \;\n\nStephanie Fertig \, MBA -  HHS Small Business Program Lead (NIH)\n\nStephanie J. Fertig is the HHS Small Business Program Lead in SEED (Small business Education a nd Entrepreneurial Development) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) . She currently oversees the Health and Human Services (HHS) Small Busines s Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs\, which are congressionally mandated set-aside programs that pro vide over $1.2 billion dollars per year to small business concerns. Prior to joining SEED\, she managed the SBIR and STTR Programs at the National I nstitute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). During her tenure  at NIH she led the development and implementation of multiple programs f ocused on small businesses and translational research.    CATEGORIES:AZ - Central END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20210419T080000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR