SBIR Speaker Series: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

​Join us for the next session in our SBIR Speaker Series, featuring Stephanie Fertig from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She'll walk through the specific nuances of the NIH, SBIR/STTR Programs from topic areas and funding amounts to evaluation procedures and advice for successful applicants. Open to any small business exploring federal R&D funding.

​About the Speaker

​Stephanie Fertig
Director, NIH Small Business Program SEED (Small business Education and Entrepreneurial Development)
Office of Extramural Research (OER)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

​Ms. Stephanie J. Fertig is Director of the NIH Small Business Program, in SEED (Small business Education and Entrepreneurial Development) within the Office of Extramural Research (OER) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She currently oversees the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, which are congressionally mandated set-aside programs that provide over $1.4 billion dollars per year to small business concerns. Prior to joining SEED, she managed the SBIR and STTR Programs at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). During her over 20 years at NIH she has led the development and implementation of multiple programs focused on small businesses and translational research.  Ms. Fertig has a B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland.

​Virtual | Link provided upon registration