In these tough economic times more organizations are looking for partnering opportunities than ever before. The STTR program requires the small business to partner with organizations such as universities, federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) or other non-profit research institutions. The small business must perform at least 40% of the project, with a minimum of 30% by the research partner.

This project is an experiment to see if Universities, FFRDCs, and small businesses want to use this mechanism to show their interest in partnering on a particular DoD or NASA STTR topic. We will allow users to search for responses on a topic by topic basis.

Methodology:

• Universities, FFRDCs, small businesses and other non-profit research entities can fill out the form and check STTR topics of partnering interest.
• A database will be created that associates the topics with the interested organizations as described above.
• Interested parties can search the topic database to see what organizations may be interested in partnering on specific topics.
• Participating organization's contact information will be presented as a result of the search.
• The contact information will be removed from the web site at the conclusion of the STTR submission period.

Click on the Register button below to register your areas of interest. Click "Search for a Partner" to find a listing of organizations interested in partnering on a topic.

For a list of FFRDCs, please visit www.nsf.gov/statistics/ffrdc/start.cfm

Note: Time is of the essence in building partnerships so register your interests early as possible! The database will be updated daily with listings in the order received (newest entries at the end).

As with all of Zyn Systems' SBIR Gateway Services, this is a free pro bono contribution to the SBIR community.