https://epiensos.com/blog Evidence based notes on finding and winning grants. en-us https://epiensos.com/blog/sbir-eligibility-when-research-is-abroad https://epiensos.com/blog/sbir-eligibility-when-research-is-abroad Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT You can cite a foreign trial as preliminary data, but proposed SBIR work must happen in the United States. Here is what the rules say, what must be disclosed, and how to plan around them. SBIR eligibility compliance https://epiensos.com/blog/choosing-an-nih-institute-for-sbir https://epiensos.com/blog/choosing-an-nih-institute-for-sbir Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Institute assignment is a first order strategic variable. FY2024 SBIR Phase I success rates ranged from 4.1 percent at NIAMS to 28.1 percent at NIDA for applications that could plausibly have gone to either. NIH SBIR strategy https://epiensos.com/blog/expected-value-math-for-grant-applications https://epiensos.com/blog/expected-value-math-for-grant-applications Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A weighted rubric for fit, a base rate anchored conversion to win probability, an expected value formula that subtracts the cost to apply and the cost to comply, and the thresholds that turn a number into a go or no go. strategy scoring method