The Vermont Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (VT EPSCoR) is pleased to provide two funding opportunities with awards of up to $15,000 to Vermont based businesses.
Questions? Email epscor@uvm.edu or phone 802.656.7931
SBIR Phase (0)
Competitive awards of up to $15,000
The main goal of the Vermont ESPCoR Phase (0) solicitation is to identify proposals that show promise for success in federal SBIR competitions and that would benefit from financial support and reviewer comments. As such, each proposal should identify at least one federal SBIR program to which the work is targeted.
Deadline: May 1, 2013
Review the submission guidelines and get your application started.
Use of Facilities for Private Sector
Competitive awards of up to $5,000
This program provides the opportunity for Vermont small businesses to compete for grants to use facilities at the University of Vermont (UVM) to collect the data necessary for the submission of Phase (I) and Phase (II) federal grants. There must be a federal SBIR program to which the work is eventually targeted. Vermont EPSCoR’s intent is to identify those SBIR ideas that need additional data for applications at the Phase (I) and Phase (II) level.
Rolling Deadline: Submit a proposal at any time
Review the submission guidelines.
Karen Glass, assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ Vermont Campus, has been awarded a three-year NIH research grant totaling $353,400. Her research is aimed at identifying new ways to prevent and treat Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). “There is no single factor, but rather a series of events, which leads to a disease such as AML,” said Dr. Glass. “If we can better understand the basic mechanisms controlling gene expression and how chromosomal translocations lead to AML and other cancers, then we will be able to diagnose and treat AML patients more effectively. We may also be able to apply this knowledge in the treatment of other cancers and diseases.”
Read the full press release.
Learn more about Karen Glass’ research.
Thirty students representing Vermont eight high schools participated in the fourth annual Vermont Brain Bee on Saturday, February 9, 2013 at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. The event included written, practical and oral examinations, as well as a keynote lecture and neuroscience student discussion panel. For the first time, all of the Brain Bee participants qualified for the final rounds of the competition.
Nora Enright, a sophomore from Otter Valley Union High School, clinched first place and was awarded funding to compete in the National Brain Bee in Baltimore. Second place and third place went to Gabriel Peck Frame, a senior from Champlain Valley Union High School, and John Mlcuch, a senior from Mount Abraham Union High School.
The 2013 Vermont Brain Bee was co-presented by the Vermont Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience and the Neuroscience, Behavior and Health Initiative at UVM.
Learn more about the Vermont Brain Bee and view footage of the event from WCAX.
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