About Us
AwardIT:
Crafting Solutions, One Grant at a Time
Who We Are
Dr. Kalechofsky founded AwardIT Consulting after spending 10+ years as the CTO of a medical imaging startup. In that role he came to appreciate the critical role non-dilutive SBIR funding can play for startups; not only in blunting R+D costs but also in leveraging critical relationships with more traditional sources of funding for high tech startups, such as angels and VCs. AwardIT consultants have written and won grants at all of the “Big 4” SBIR sponsoring agencies (DoD, DoE, NSF, NIH) and to date helped clients raise over $45M in non-dilutive funding.
Like you, we are entrepreneurs and scientists. We have a proven track record of success with the SBIR/STTR program, both in our own ventures and for our clients. We look forward to sharing the benefit of our hard-won experience with you to help your idea on its journey from lightbulb to product.
Our Mission
You already know that SBIR/STTR grants are an excellent source of non-dilutive seed funding for small businesses with big ideas. But knowing how to gain access to those funds can be bewildering. You’re the expert in your tech, we’re the experts in crafting winning grant proposals. The AwardIT mission is to help you shape your concept into a grant proposal that will maximize your chances for a successful award.
Our Clients
Our clients are small businesses and academic spin-outs trying to commercialize new ideas in medical imaging/devices, organ/tissue engineering, drug development, artificial intelligence, control of infectious diseases/allergies, robotics, and many other fields. It’s a world of smart ideas – we look forward to learning more about yours!
Dr. Neal Kalechofsky
AwardIT Founder
Neal received his Ph.D. in Physics from Umass Amherst in 1995. Since that time, he has participated in/directed numerous projects ranging in size from small academic research programs up through larger corporate product development efforts. He was a co-founder of a start up in the MR imaging space Millikelvin Technologies (MKT). As CTO of MKT he wrote and received numerous SBIR grants/patents as well as participated in raising money from private equity sources. As a consultant, he has helped clients win over $15M in SBIR/STTR funding.
