In a free webinar at 2:00 PM (EST) on June 16, 2011, Lisa Kurek (Managing Partner of Biotechnology Business Consultants [BBC]) will discuss both the differences and similarities between Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grants and Contracts.

This 40-minute webinar will cover:

- Real vs. perceived differences between SBIR and STTR
- Common Misconceptions – especially as it pertains to University participation

A new report published by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows that "even though standard economic approaches may be difficult to apply to evaluations of some research benefits of public investments in agricultural research, economic reasoning can provide qualitative analysis even when estimates of benefits are difficult to quantify."

With a proclamation from Governor John Lynch declaring Thursday June 2, 2011, as New Hampshire Space Grant Day, members of the New Hampshire Space Grant Consortium (NHSGC) and officials from the University of New Hampshire and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration - including keynote speaker former NASA astronaut Jeff Hoffman - will celebrate the consortium's 20 years of work dedicated to improving education and public awareness of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, particularly as related to our nation's space program.

The Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) in the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) is implementing an eight month cycle for proposal submission and will initiate new procedures, on a trial basis, for the submission and review of research proposals beginning in Fall, 2011.

What Works! 2011  -- The Future of Entrepreneurship and Community Development will bring together practitioners, researchers, educators, and decision-makers to address critical issues in promoting entrepreneurship in the U.S.  What Works! will take place September 18-20, 2011 in Philadelphia, PA.

mHealth Evidence,  a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, McKesson Foundation, the National Science Foundation and the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at NIH, is soliciting white papers on alternative test designs to the traditional randomized control trial that could be applied to Mobile health (mHealth) intervention research or on techniques for analyzing the rich longitudinal data sets that can be obtained from mHealth technologies.

NH EPSCoR will hold its annual conference on June 10, 2011 at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester.   This year's conference, "Fostering Inclusive Interdisciplinary Research Across New Hampshire,” features discussion on:

A Web-based oil spill response tool developed by the University of New Hampshire’s Research Computing & Instrumentation Center (RCI) has been honored as a finalist for the prestigious Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal. The tool – Environmental Response Management Application, or ERMA® – was developed in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the UNH/NOAA Coastal Response Research Center and was essential in coordinating the response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has released a new strategic plan --  Empowering the Nation Through Discovery and Innovation - NSF Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2011-2016 -- which sets the Foundation’s direction for the next five years.  

Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) program managers will present a webinar on DTRA's active research opportunities on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 , 4:00-5:00 pm ET.