TTDC's Stover's US tech innovation award

James Stover, Ph.D., (left) vice president for operations for Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC), based in Nashville, this week received the U.S. Small Business Administration's Tibbett's Award during an Obama Administration ceremony. Stover is among companies, institutions and individuals recognized for their contributions in advancing the U.S. SBIR/STTR competitive grants-awards programs for small business innovation research and technology transfer. The full release, including statements from Stover, TTDC CEO Leslie Wisner-Lynch and TTDC Chairman Bill Evans, is on the VNC site. The TTDC site explains that prior to joining TTDC, Stover was a life science and technology analyst with Square 1 Bank in San Diego, and a senior research fellow in medicinal chemistry at the Scripps Research Institute. He earned his bachelor's in Biochemistry at the University of Virginia and his Ph.D. in Chemistry at Vanderbilt University. More VentureNashville stories here.

UT wins tech transfer grant

The University of Tennessee received a $100,000 grant from the Federal and State Technology (FAST) program, to support firms seeking SBIR-STTR funding. Details are hard to come by for this small, but potentially significant award.

DOE $37MM deadline nears

The U.S. Department of Energy announced Thursday that $37 million in funding from the Recovery Act will be made available to qualified small businesses (under 500 employees) through the Department’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The deadline for applications is Sept. 4, at 7 p.m., Central Time. $8.5 million is expected to be available for Phase I awards of up to $150,000 each, to demonstrate clean- and sustainable-energy ideas with commercial potential. Note: The Re-Energizing America: 2009 National Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Conference will be held Nov. 2-5, near Reno, Nev.