Don't forget to other funding agencies besides DARPA: http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/solicitations/sbir093/index.htm http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/solicita

Don't forget to other funding agencies besides DARPA: http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/solicitations/sbir093/index.htm http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/solicitations/sbir093/index... as well as the STTR program: http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/solicitations/sttr09B/index.htm http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/solicitations/sttr09B/index... The SBIR grants money to small businesses, about $100K for Phaise I (six months) and $750K for Phase II (two years). The STTR is for collaborations between a small business and a research institution (e.g. university). In this batch of solicitations, I have seen a solicitation for "Computational Models of Leadership" as well as a STTR on GPU/CUDA computing. During the pre-release period (i.e. now) you can communicate directly with the topic authors. This is a technique you can use to establish rapport with the topic authors, which makes them more comfortable funding someone they've never funded before.