MNSBIR: Technological Innovations with Commercial Potential Sought by the US DOE » MnTech

Non-Dilutive Funding up to $1,225,000 over three years to support scientific advances in energy …

DOE supports a diverse portfolio of research by leveraging the small business community to advance the science needed for revolutionary energy breakthroughs, seek to unravel nature’s deepest mysteries and provide the Nation’s researchers with the most advanced opportunities with the potential for commercialization. Consider applying for non-dilutive research funding from the DOE across the spectrum of science and engineering with the potential for commercialization.

The DOE has issued its FY2019 Phase 1 Release 1 funding opportunity with research topics from these offices:

Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
Basic Energy Science s(BES)
Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Nuclear Physics (NP)

The research topics can be found here. For DOE Phase 1 upcoming webinars and more info, click here. Letter of Intent is REQUIRED by Tuesday, September 4, 2018, 5:00 pm EST.

Schedule of Events:

Topics Released: Monday, July 16, 2018
Funding Opportunity Announcement Issued: Monday, August 13, 2018
Letter of Intent Due Date: Tuesday, September 04, 2018
Application Due Date: Monday, October 15, 2018
Award Notification Date: Monday, January 07, 2019*
Start of Grant Budget Period: Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Need help? MN-SBIR provides hands-on assistance to qualified firms. Contact Pat Dillon at pat@mntech.org.

Jayshree Seth
Corporate Scientist, 3M

Jayshree Seth is a Corporate Scientist at 3M and currently holds 77 patents for a variety of innovations, with several additional pending. She joined 3M in 1993 after an MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University, New York. She is a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient from her alma mater REC Trichy India, now NIIT Trichy, where she earned a B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering.

Jayshree was appointed 3M’s first ever Chief Science Advocate in 2018 and is using her scientific knowledge, technical expertise and professional experience to advance science and communicate the benefits of science and the importance of diversity in STEM fields. She is also a member of Carlton Society which is the 3M Science and Engineering “Hall of Fame.” Jayshree is the fourth woman and first female engineer to be inducted. In 2020, she was awarded Society of Women Engineers (SWE) highest Achievement Award. She is also the first-ever winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the new Female Thought Leaders of the Year – category in the 18th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business in 2021. Jayshree was featured in a docuseries titled Not the Science Type that premiered during the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and accepted for Brand Storytelling Showcase, a sanctioned event at Sundance Film Festival. She is the author of the books, The Heart of Science – Engineering Footprints, Fingerprints, & Imprints, and The Heart of Science – Engineering Fine Print published by the Society of Women Engineers, and all sales proceeds go to a scholarship for underrepresented minority women in STEM. She is a sought-after speaker, globally, on a multitude of topics such as innovation, leadership and STEM advocacy and has featured in local, national and international media.

Jayshree has served on the CEOs Inclusion Council, chaired the 3M Asian Employee Resource Group A3CTION and serves on the Steering Committee for 3M Technical Women’s Leadership Forum (WLF). She also serves on the Board of the Science Museum of Minnesota, Engineering Advisory Council for Clarkson University, AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy (COSEPP), Advisory Board for Innovation – The Conference Board, and Advisory Group of Aspen Institute Our Future is Science program.

Jayshree has two adult kids, and her husband also works at 3M.