ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS
On Wednesday, September 21, each grantee company will be scheduled for a one-on-one meeting with an NSF Program Director. These “one-on-one” meetings are a confidential opportunity to discuss your Phase I project progress and Phase II proposal plans with NSF. This schedule is not changeable and participation in the one-on-one meeting is a required component of your Phase I award. (These meetings are only (20) minutes in length, so please be on time for your appointment.)
Click Here to download the NSF One-on-One Meeting Schedule
Guidelines
One-on-one meetings provide an opportunity to discuss commercialization progress you have made and issues you are facing in taking your technology to market. Please note that technical progress is not the main and only focus of one-on-one meetings. Any significant technology updates should be conveyed via email to your Program Director prior to the Phase I Grantee Workshop. If there is a particularly difficult or sensitive issue that you would like your Program Director to consider prior to your one-on-one meeting, please contact him/her via email at least one week before the conference. Topics suitable for discussion during one-on-one meeting:
* Specific questions regarding the Phase II application process that were not addressed in general sessions
* Any expected delay in finishing your project
* Update on your efforts to establish strategic partnerships
* Financial issues being faced in bringing the technology to market
* IP issues/concerns
* Concerns about shifting market dynamics or emerging competitive threats
* Team/personnel issues
* Any other “non-technology” issue being faced by your company
Commercial Assistance Planning
CAP ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS
NSF contracts with two different organizations to provide assistance to our new Phase I grantees with their commercialization efforts and preparing their Phase II proposal. These organizations, Dawnbreaker and Larta Inc, have extensive experience working with small businesses developing commercialization strategies and plans. This service is optional and the fee is covered directly by NSF to Dawnbreaker or Larta for each grantee that takes advantage of their services. Commercial Assistance Plannins (CAP) assignments are made randomly for all new awards. You should have received your CAP assignment and additional details on July 8, 2016 via email from Amanda Morris. If you cannot locate that email, contact us at [email protected] with your Phase I award number.
Dawnbreaker and Larta should have reached out to their assigned grantees in July to initiate participation in their programs. Both organizations will attend the Phase I Workshop in September and schedule their own one-on-one meetings with all companies that register for their services for Wednesday, September 21st. The CAP contractors will not schedule their meetings until the NSF one-on-one schedule is published, to ensure no conflicts.