The Burr Group, LLC

Business and grant writing services for entrepreneurial organizations



Sara Burr took her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California-Riverside. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and course work in finance at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is a Certified Economic Development Professional.

Dr. Burr has taught at the UC-Riverside, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and Marquette University, and has developed nationally prominent environmental communication programs for the State of Wisconsin. Prior to her career in environmental communication, Burr developed an economic development focus managing business financing initiatives as Vice President of the Madison Development Corporation (the city of Madison, Wisconsin's economic development arm) and as an Economic Development Consultant with the Wisconsin Department of Commerce. In each of these roles, Dr. Burr honed her expertise as a grant, policy and business writer.

She is the founder and owner of The Burr Group, LLC, a grant, policy, science and business writing firm based in Middleton, Wisconsin with offices in Norman, Oklahoma, Austin, Texas and Dallas, Texas.


Elizabeth Burr, Ph.D., Cambridge University (England), is Senior Research Associate with The Burr Group based in Norman, Oklahoma. She is a professional free-lance journalist, Internet and bibliographic researcher. She supports excellence in writing quality for The Burr Group through expert editorial, fact-checking, research and writing services for feature articles, grant proposals and business planning projects. She brings a unique writing expertise to the firm on contemporary culture and modern art. She is available as an art consultant to corporate and private collectors.


John G. Burr, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, confers with The Burr Group on biotechnology topics and on proposals to federal agencies through initiatives such as the SBIR program. He is Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Texas-Dallas.


Matt Burr, J.D., University of Houston Law Center, Texas, is Patent Counsel with the law firm of Moster & Wynne in Austin, Texas. Through his firm he is available as counsel to The Burr Group on all forms of intellectual property, including virtual property, and is admitted to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office.


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The Burr Group is a family business led by four boomer siblings. We share an upbringing shaped by our parents' commitment to education, community, conversation, the arts, laughter and play.