SBIR · STTR · NIH · NSF · ARPA-E · DoD — proposal composition and technical review

SBIR Proposal Writing and Technical Review

You know the science. The proposal is a different skill.

Grant reviewers score on criteria that have nothing to do with whether your research is good. They're looking for a specific structure: a clear hypothesis, aims that are actually testable, milestones that reviewers can check, and a mechanism that holds up when someone who knows the field reads it carefully. Most proposals fail because they're written for scientists, not for reviewers.

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Specific Aims Builder — $49

The single most painful page in any NIH application. Done in 48 hours. Formatted to NIH page requirements.

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Reviewer Risk Report — $39

The three objections your study section is going to raise, and what evidence would close each one.

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Phase I Milestone Ladder — $79

A milestone structure that actually satisfies a program officer — with go/no-go criteria for each step.

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Full SBIR technical review → from $250 · see below

Full review — what you receive

Full technical-volume composition from notes, data, or outline
Stage-by-stage proposal repair and technical narrative development
Claim inventory
Mechanism audit
Evidence-gap matrix
Reviewer objection map
Milestone risk assessment
Technical approach review
Repair priorities

Scope boundary This is technical proposal composition and review for real R&D submissions. Red-team review is one option; full technical-volume buildout, section repair, mechanism development, milestone logic, evidence mapping, and reviewer-risk reduction are all in scope. Not templates, coursework, or generic grant boilerplate.

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$250 triage · 48-hour first pass · $750 Risk Closure Matrix upgrade available
Send notes, data, outline, draft, technical volume, or any stage of the proposal.

Confidential by default · Not used for training · You own the output