Training Opportunities

Managing Intellectual Property (Lab only)

Commercialization & Entrepreneurship Training (open to all)

SBIR/STTR Workshops (open to all)

Managing Intellectual Property: A Guide for Employees

This class is designed for all levels of Laboratory staff to help you identify your responsibilities in managing intellectual property and to focus your attention on the importance to the Laboratory of effective IP management. By properly protecting the Lab's intellectual property, we

enhance the reputation of the Laboratory,
attract sponsored research agreements,
generate royalty income,
create recruitment incentives, and
help LANS meet a contractual obligation to DOE.

This session outlines the processes for timely and effective identification of a new invention or copyright, disclosure, and integration of publication with IP protection. It provides an overview of the resources available in the Technology Transfer (TT) Division and Laboratory Counsel's Intellectual Property Office to help you with these processes.

Date: TBD
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Instructors: Ken Freese (TT), and Juliet Jones (LC-IP)
Location: TT Division, 2237 Trinity Dr. (next to LA Inn), Bldg. 1, Room 201 (Pecos)

To inquire about the next offering, contact: Angelica Romero at 665-3089. No charge, but seating is limited!

Center for Commercialization & Entrepreneurial Training (CCET)

CCET is the education/training arm of Technology Ventures Corporation (TVC), in partnership with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).

CCET offers exciting program opportunities both regionally and at several locations in California (see schedule for dates). The seminars are free of charge and open to all.

SBIR/STTR Workshops:

Phase I SBIR/STTR Basics (pdf)

Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Santa Fe Business Incubator, Santa Fe, NM

Learn the recommended process for developing a competitive Phase 1 proposal demonstrating feasibility of your technology for solving a technology problem in a federal agency. This session will also include the latest on the reauthorization of the SBIR program by Congress. Attendees are eligible for a review of their draft Phase 1 SBIR/STTR proposal at no cost.

SBIR/STTR Workshops are presented by Greenwood Consulting Group. They have significant expertise in developing and managing small business incubators and assisting small firms in competing for part of the $2 billion plus Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

To register for the workshop, please contact Shandra Clow or call 665-3049. There is a registration fee of $25 (includes lunch) for this event. Sign up now! Space is limited!

Cost Proposal Workshop (pdf)

Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Technology Ventures Corporation, Albuquerque, NM

Hear how to develop and defend the SBIR/STTR Cost Proposal for a Phase I or II SBIR/STTR project. This workshop will cover the basics of Federal government contract and grant funding requirements, developing an indirect rate (or F&A, G&A, or overhead) and using it in the SBIR/STTR cost proposal, the recordkeeping requirements of the SBIR/STTR agencies, and audits of SBIR/STTR projects. Attendees of this session can receive a free critique of their indirect rate estimate, and/or their Phase I or Phase II SBIR/STTR cost proposal.

If you have questions you want to discuss about your specific SBIR/STTR project or proposal, please contact GCGI or plan to attend the workshop. If you have general questions regarding SBIR/STTR programs, or would like to register for the workshop, please contact Barbara Stoller. There is a registration fee of $25 (includes lunch) for this event. Sign up now! Space is limited!

Technology Transfer, TT