What is a Statement of Work (SOW)?

Many Department of Defense (DoD) non-dilutive funding opportunities require applicants to submit a statement of work (SOW) as part of the application process. However, while most applicants will be familiar with the Hypothesis/Specific Aims format of a White Paper or Technical Proposal, many people may not be familiar with the SOW’s purpose or Objectives/Tasks/Milestones/Deliverables-oriented structure. The SOW information presented here is focused on biomedical and human systems technologies rather than “line” or non-medical technologies. However, as biomedical ...

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FY19 Update: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Funding and Annual Topic Area Changes

A great source of non-dilutive funding for small business concerns (SBCs) and Universities is the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP summary). CDMRP currently has 32 research programs, which includes the Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP). There are also 50 topic areas in the PRMRP that your company can apply for in FY19. These topics are selected ...

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Top 7 Funded Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP): 2009-2019 Funding History per Program

The Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) offer a great way for small biomedical research companies that are unfamiliar with the Department of Defense (DoD)-associated funding opportunities and application processes to ease into broadening their funding sources to include DoD resources. CDMRP is a congressionally funded special interest set of programs that are managed by the DoD. The CDMRP fills research gaps by funding high impact, high risk, and ...

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Foreign Organizations: Grant and Contract Eligibility

“Can my company, that is based in Canada, apply for a small business innovation research (SBIR) grant [or Department of Defense (DoD), or Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP), or National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding]?” For SBIR – typically no, as SBIR funds go only to small, independent U.S. businesses based on their ownership and control. For the DoD and CDMRP – typically yes, as long as J-1 Visa requirements are met and your country does not meet ...

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