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Resources for Small Businesses Impacted by COVID-19: A Conversation with Jennifer Shieh


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Recorded 3/27/2020. This episode of the Nano Entrepreneurship Network podcast features a conversation between NNCO Director Lisa Friedersdorf and Jennifer Shieh, Chief Scientist and Program Manager at the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Dr. Shieh discusses the resources available to small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some useful links:
cdc.gov/coronavirus
coronavirus.gov
usa.gov/coronavirus
Also mentioned in this podcast:
sba.gov
nist.gov/mep
sbir.gov
Several agencies have specific coronavirus pages- for example:
nih.gov/health-information/coronavirus
nsf.gov/news/special_reports/coronavirus
uspto.gov/coronavirus
sbir.nasa.gov/content/covid-19-impact-nasa-sbirsttr-program
Do you have technology that can help? Example opportunities for innovations addressing COVID-19 (Please note that this is a rapidly evolving situation, these are intended to be examples and not an exhaustive list of opportunities. Please see agency specific websites for additional announcements.)
BARDA partnerships page: https://www.phe.gov/emergency/events/COVID19/Pages/business-barda.aspx
Present products/technologies to USG stakeholders to address response: https://www.medicalcountermeasures.gov/Request-BARDA-TechWatch-Meeting/
BARDA BAA for products to diagnose, prevent or treat coronavirus infection: https://beta.sam.gov/opp/d1b6e601426e4e4c943235babdd4133a/view
NSF RAPID funding mechanism for existing funding opportunities: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2020/nsf20052/nsf20052.pdf
NIAID & NIGMS Urgent Award mechanism to expand scope of currently active awards: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-AI-20-030.html
CDC BAA for applied research to address the coronavirus (COVID-19) emerging public health emergency: https://beta.sam.gov/opp/728e1131ef444abc880f63540a37c364/view?keywords=75D301-20-R-67897&sort=-relevance&index=opp&is_active=true&page=1
NIST Funding Manufacturing Institutes to Support Pandemic Response: https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2020/03/nist-funding-manufacturing-institutes-support-pandemic-response
The U.S. Air Force has established the Unite and Fight: COVID-19 Response Team initiative to assess and rapidly respond to challenges presented by this pandemic: https://www.afwerx.af.mil/coronavirus.html
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