While training opportunities are open to all participants, SHARPhub companies receive additional intensive assistance to move their technologies forward. Companies are selected competitively on a rolling basis. A BBCetc consultant will contact you to set up a telephone discussion after your application is received.

Applications will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

• Life science innovation that is developed (or developing) into a startup company
• Company headquarters and R&D operations in (or planned to be in) a SHARPhub Central Region state (KS, OK, NE, ND, SD)
• Attendance at SHARPhub training:
  • Entrepreneurial Training (e.g., Startup School, iCorps, etc.)
  • Intensive Workshop: SBIR/STTR Proposal Prep for NIH
  • Commercialization Planning for SBIR/STTR Proposals
• Technology developed at a university in a SHARPhub Central IDeA state or from NIH-funded research conducted in one of the SHARPhub States
• Fit of technology to NIH SBIR/STTR requirements