Academic Institution Grant Writing
As a Principal Investigator (PI) or tenured professor, you're an expert in your field and lead groundbreaking research that deserves funding. While you may be a master at securing funding through R01 or academic grants, other types may be a different story.
At Blue Haven Grant Consultants, we can help you secure Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). We translate your hypothesis-driven science into product-driven narratives to meet the commercialization focus of these grants. Our team serves as the bridge between university labs and the commercial market.
Translating Academic Rigor for Grant Opportunities
The SBIR/STTR grant process focuses on product viability and the impact your research can have on patients. As a researcher, you value knowledge advancement, but grant reviewers typically care more about tangible impact. Our grant consultants can help you showcase your project in a way most appealing to reviewers, helping you secure funding. By working with us, you can gain the following benefits:
Product focus: We can showcase your research as a solvable market problem that has significance for patients. Our teams map your scientific breakthroughs to the drugs or devices you can create.
Compelling presentation: We take the density of an academic paper and help you refine it into a compelling business case. Along the way, we maintain technical accuracy while making information more approachable to reviewers.
Non-dilutive funding: The grants we help you secure don't require you to give up equity. You maintain full decision-making power and become more attractive to future investors or partners.
Market need: We can help gather and present the data you need to demonstrate that your solution solves a widespread problem, thereby increasing your chances of securing funding.
Administrative support: Our full-service management lets you focus on the science while we handle registration, compliance, budget justification, and document collection.
Specialized Grant Writing Services for Universities
We're here to help you navigate the complex federal grant process. Our support extends beyond writing to preparation and project completion. We tailor our support for each phase and enhance compliance with relevant regulations. In addition to grant writing, we also offer technical and business assistance (TABA) to strengthen the commercial side of applications.
Project Evaluation
Before the writing process begins, we start with a detailed Phase I review. We get to know your project and goals so we can better meet your needs and showcase the unique value of your work to grant reviewers. We can also arrange a meeting with an NIH program officer, so you can present your project and receive initial feedback. Our approach helps you assess commercial viability for your academic hypothesis before you invest time in seeking funding.
Proposal Preparation
Once we've gotten to know your project, we can help prepare the Phase I proposal. Our team collaborates with you to draft the research strategy, specific aims, and biosketches. Our proprietary Significance-Innovation Analysis™ enables you to clearly and concisely communicate your innovation to reviewers.
We also provide administrative support with producing any ancillary documents so you can stay focused on the science. Our support helps flag areas of your proposal where the narrative gets lost in academic theory. We instead sharpen commercial arguments to better suit NIH scoring criteria.
Proposal Review
After you submit your Phase I proposal, you'll receive feedback. Our team can help you interpret it and determine the next steps. You may need to submit additional documentation. In other cases, you will receive feedback in the form of an impact score and a summary statement. We can review this information with you, draft a response, and set up meetings with NIH program officers to strategize next steps.
Project Completion
If you win the grant, we will navigate the final stages of Phase I with you, including completing a comprehensive and well-structured report on progress, achievements, and plans. Your lab can focus on the science while we handle administrative details. We also evaluate Phase II preparation to position you for success in the next stage. In the event of an unfavorable decision, we'll help you strategize for the future.
Phase II Renewal
During this phase, you seek more funding to support commercialization. You need to demonstrate that your innovation has potential beyond the university. Our team can work with you to develop a robust commercialization plan that demonstrates patient impact. We also help gather letters of support and build out your specific aims and milestones.
Direct to Phase II
When time is of the essence, and you've already done the initial research and development, you may be able to start directly in Phase II. With all the requirements for a Direct to Phase II application, it's helpful to have an experienced team that can help you assemble application materials and strategize the most effective ways to present your project.
The Difference We Offer
We're a reliable and knowledgeable partner for your federal grant-seeking efforts. Benefits we offer include:
Expertise: Our PhDs and scientific experts ensure scientific accuracy while reframing your narrative to support commercial success.
Processes: We offer proprietary solutions like the Significance-Innovation Analysis™ to help create concrete and fundable value propositions.
Payment: Our Pay Upon Award™ structure offers qualifying candidates a contingency fee they pay only when we deliver results.
Translate Your Research Into Funding
Reach out to discuss your project with us. We can guide you through the funding application.