Beyond SBIRs: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a Technology Development and Commercialization Partner

​The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is a resource that your stakeholders and partners should consider to bolster their pipeline or solve a development problem. These offerings are a value-add for companies across the product development continuum. Attendees will learn:

​1.      Who we are. The NIH is so more than academic/basic research and SBIRs. Technology commercialization and economic development is part of our mission and goals.

​2.      Companies, entrepreneurs and other buy-side stakeholders - not just academia - can partner with the NIH

​3.      Why industry partnerships are mutually beneficial for companies and the NIH

​4.      How companies have worked with the NIH (success stories and partnership examples)

​5.      Next steps – points of contact, partnering mechanisms, licensing