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FAR From Good
Rattling your SBIR at the Baby-STTR
100

This keystroke returns to normal formatting. 

What is Control-Space? 

100

Oh snap! Turn on this feature to ensure your objects are properly aligned. 

What is "snap to grid"? 

100

NIH consists of this number of Institutes and this number of Centers.  

What is 21 institutes and 6 centers? 

100

Where as grants are covered by CFR title 2 part 200, the Federal Acquisition Regulations are found in this title. 

What is Title 48? 

100

$275,766, unless you qualify for a waiver topic. 

What is the budget limit for NIH Phase I SBIR (or STTR) awards?

200

Choose this menu to apply hierarchical numbering to headings. 

What is the Multilevel List menu? 

200

To set the default header and body fonts for an entire slide deck, choose "Fonts" under this menu.

What is the Design menu? 

200

This Center manages proposal reviews.

What is the Center for Scientific Review (CSR)? 

200

Basic FAR contractual provisions are covered in this chapter of the FAR. 

What is chapter 52? 

200

Only DOE, NSF, NIH, DoD, and NASA participate in this small business program. 

What is the STTR program? 

300

Reduce your pain in a long document by making this organizational window visible. 

What is the navigation pane? 

300
A star next to a slide in the outline view means the slide contains this. 

What is an animation (effect)? 

300

Most NIH solicitations limit the total budget are based on this budget category, although this is not true for SBIRs or contracts. 

What are direct costs? 

300

The Department of Health and Human Services supplemented the FAR in 2018, abbreviated as this. 

What is HHSAR? 

300

This often overlooked program adds up to $50,000 supplement to the research budget, but read the agency instructions carefully, because not all agencies allow it. 

What is TABA? 

400

The fastest way to set up the formatting on a new document is to choose this option from the Design menu.

What is the (Apply) Style Set option? 

400

To make sure your slide aligns with the template, make sure to click this button on the home menu. 

What is "Reset Slide"? 

400

NIH resubmissions append this to the application number. 

What is A1? 

400

The Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act established rules covering services offered and sold in the marketplace based on established catalog or market prices for specific tasks performed under standard terms and conditions. 

What are commercial articles (or commercial services)? 

400

Pour yourself a pina colada, this act governs intellectual property under the SBIR and STTR programs. 

What is Bayh-Dole. 

500

This type of break allows you to have two styles in the same paragraph. 

What is a style separator? 

500

The best way to add footers and page numbers to an entire slide deck is through the "Header and Footer"  button found on this menu.  

What is the Insert Menu? 

500

PAR opportunities differ from PA opportunities in this way. 

What are special review considerations? 

500

A prime recipient must ensure their subrecipients agree to these clauses. 

What are "Flowdowns"? 

500

Of annual research expenditures, 2.5% for SBIRs and 0.3% for STTRs. 

What is the required budget for SBIR/STTR programs?