Developing and Implementing Strategies to

Capture R&D and Capital Funding

Do you have multiple opportunities for government funding but lack the internal staffing or access to government agencies to identify and evaluate these opportunities? Have you decided to concentrate on the government as a customer for your growth strategy and need help branding your firm with key government agency and congressional sponsors? Are you leery of investing time and energy chasing competitive solicitations without success? ITECS Innovative Consulting can help your company secure government funding to grow your business with lower risk. 

Successfully landing government funding or targeting the government as a customer relies on access to experienced people, credible information, and outstanding success with the process. ITECS provides all three. We do that by creating a long-term relationship with you in the form of a service contract. Through the service contract we're able to continuously monitor and research opportunities for your technologies, create company brand recognition with government agencies, and define the value of your submitted technology for funding. A service contract relationship allows ITECS to gain a deep understanding of your company and technologies to position you for growth.

With our service contract offering, clients invest monthly to qualify as many opportunities as possible with the government. We constantly monitor congressional and agency initiatives, trolling to identify opportunities that are possible fits with your company. Then, building on our experience leveraging government funding and launching new products, we evaluate the possibility of success with each opportunity and qualify those that seem promising, minimizing your risk prior to pursuing funding. We then help you create a strategic plan to secure funding in qualified opportunities.  We can also extend the plan to include strategies for getting the technology to market quickly. With our experience and understanding of codes, regulations, and tax incentives as they apply to your technology, we mitigate risks, accelerate your product launch, and increase market penetration.

A variety of opportunities are available to leverage the government to grow your organization. However, to take advantage of these opportunities, you need to know how your company might qualify.

We have the expertise to identify funds for your new product or technology opportunities and to develop robust strategies to capture these funds. We have access to key people at both the legislative and the executive branch to proactively position your initiative. We also have the technical and marketing skills to manage any paperwork necessary to secure funding.

Clients use our expertise to ensure that their high-potential growth projects have the best chance of commercial success. Let ITECS guide you through the process of leveraging the government to grow your business by capturing R&D and capital funding.

Identifying Growth Opportunities

To get started, ITECS holds a telephone call between decision-makers and ITECS principals to provide an overall orientation; discuss the scope and goals; and identify growth objectives, potential projects, and costs and benefits. We qualify the opportunity by identifying the funding source prior to signing the contract with the client. No risk is involved for you!

Aligning The Growth Opportunity To The Funding Source 

ITECS then works with you to set objectives and goals, create an experienced ITECS team customized for your needs, conduct preliminary and secondary research, and draft a plan. ITECS completes primary and secondary research to identify the funding source that aligns with your growth strategies. Working with both business and technical leaders, ITECS helps set priorities for the opportunities that look most promising.

Creating Relationships with Thought Leaders

ITECS' global network of high-level industry, government, and university R&D thought leaders, combined with our experience in new business development, marketing, and technology, allows us to determine if university participation benefits the project. We also identify other companies developing complementary technologies or determine appropriate non-profit partners that may further enhance the success of your project.

Defining & Refining Your Message

ITECS identifies the project’s value proposition or your firm’s competitive edge, defines your brand as it relates to various projects, introduces your company’s key leaders to agency and congressional decision-makers, refines messages, and manages ongoing communications. As part of the process, ITECS develops a white paper to position your message with the agencies and Congress.

Accessing Political and Agency Processes

ITECS has relationships with 85 percent of congressional offices and we reach into 70 percent of the 257 agency laboratories. These relationships allow ITECS to determine R&D resources, identify testing facilities beneficial to the project, determine and capture procurement opportunities, and accelerate market penetration with our thorough understanding of codes, regulations, and tax incentives.

Qualifying the Program

Based on the feedback from the agencies and with your input, the ITECS team decides whether to proceed. If it looks promising, a plan is developed to pursue already appropriated funds or a congressional appropriations request. A clear path forward is identified for you.