Transcript Langley PY03 SBIR Phase 1 Proposal Evaluation Kick

NASA’s SBIR-STTR
Program
Presented by:
Kate Gerfin
Small Business Partnership Team
NASA Langley Research Center
April 27, 2006
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NASA’s SBIR-STTR Program
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The Investment
• Government-wide over $2.5B annual investment
– One of the largest government-industry partnerships in terms
of its annual budget
• NASA’s SBIR-STTR Program is approximately
$130M annually
– 300 SBIR and 40 STTR Phase 1 proposals are selected for
funding each year
– 40% of these contracts subsequently selected for Phase 2
follow-on funding
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The Focus
• Investments (Solicitation and awards) are aligned with
the Agency’s Mission Directorates and are focused on
meeting their needs
• SBIR companies take on the fundamental and often high
risk research that the program would not otherwise have
the time or funding for
• Accelerate the development of innovations available to
the government
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NASA’s Solicitation
• Opens on July 7, 2006
• Closes on September 7, 2006
• Contract Negotiation & Awards November 2006-January
2007
• Program Areas include Exploration Systems,
Aeronautics, Science, and Space Ops
• To find the current solicitation when it is available (and
previous years for information purposes):
• http://sbir.nasa.gov
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TRL and the Innovation Creation Cycle
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* - Technology Readiness Level
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SBIR-STTR Phases
• Phase I - Determine Feasibility of Innovation
– SBIR - $100 K - 6 months
– STTR - $100 K - 12 months
• Phase II - Develop a Prototype or Working Model
– SBIR - $600K - 24 months
– STTR - $600K - 24 months
• Phase III - Take to a Commercial Product
– Sole source procurement
– NASA or non-NASA funds (but not SBIR-STTR funds)
– Federal agency can initiate any time in Phase 1 or Phase 2
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Phase III Benefits
• A unique way to meet NASA mission needs and
program innovation requirements
• Foster new strategic supplier-buyer relationships
• Provides return on NASA’s SBIR investments
• Competition for Phase I and II awards satisfies any
Competition in Contracting Act requirement
• Phase III work may be for products, production,
services, or additional R&D
• There is no limit on the number, duration, type, or
dollar value of Phase III awards
• The funding comes from any non-SBIR source
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Vetting Companies
Select Firms
Assess
Yes
Need Help?
Company
Mentoring
Track
No
Industry-led
Infusion Forum
Track
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Gov’t-led
Infusion Forum
Track
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Mentoring Events
• A first step in facilitating the transformation of technology
from SBIR companies to the commercial level.
• Brings SBIR companies face-to-face with mentors from
large technology companies, as well as mentors with
investment, business development, and management
expertise.
• May lead to an invitation to a future Infusion Forum
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Infusion Forums
• Forum through which a systems integrator (NASA,
other agency, prime contractor) can explore the
nexus between their innovation requirements and the
innovations of small businesses
• Invited SBIR-STTR Firms have the opportunity to
present their business case directly to decision
makers
• Unique features of the forum
– Invitees tailored to address the host’s specific needs and
interests to increase the likelihood of a partnership being
established
– Conducted at host’s central location to optimize participation
by key people as well as exhibits
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Benefits to Participants
• Addresses commercial and R&D interests of the System
Integrator and the invited SBIR-STTR firms
• Fosters new strategic supplier-buyer partnerships
– Provides new commercial opportunities for younger business
(Mentor-Protégé)
– Provides System Integrator access to technology, products and
service capabilities of small businesses
– Assists System Integrator in meeting small business
subcontracting guidelines
• Increases value of NASA-funded technology for the
private and public sectors
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Mission Infusion of SBIR and
STTR-Developed Innovations
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SBIR Technologies on Mars Exploration Rovers
Yardney Technical
Products of Pawcatuck,
Connecticut developed
lithium ion batteries with
long cycle life and have
supplied batteries for the
Rovers.
Maxwell Technologies
of San Diego,
California fabricated
and tested an ASCII
chip with single event
latch up protection
technology that enables
the use of commercial
chip technology in
space missions and
supplied A to D
converter for Rovers.
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Starsys Research
of Boulder,
Colorado
developed several
paraffin-based heat
switches that
function
autonomously and
control radiator for
electronics
package, as well as
gearboxes used
for a variety of
functions on the
Rovers.
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NASA SBIR Contributions to the AURA Mission
Composite Optics
Provided light weight, large
aperture reflector of graphite
reinforced composite material
with high surface accuracy for
the MLS
DeMaria Electrooptics
Under a $6.5 million contract with
JPL, the company provided a
terahertz radiometer for the MLS
Spaceborne
Supplied two correlator chips
that make the analog-to-digital
signal conversion and clean up
the signal received by MLS
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Seaspace
Corporation
Developed low cost system
that makes it possible for
universities and other
purchasers to receive the data
transmissions from AURA
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SBIR Technologies on Deep Impact Mission
Barr Associates
Provided optical filters for filter wheels
and a dichroic beam splitter located in
mission instruments on the flyby
spacecraft. Instruments gathered
images that will be used to analyze
results of material ejected by the
impact and the crater created by the
impact.
Scimeasure Analytical
Systems
Developed wavefront sensor
cameras that help produce
the highest quality images from
a ground observatory
Composite Optics
High Resolution Instrument
Medium Resolution Instrument
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Provided three telescope structures
constructed from light weight, thermally
stable composite materials. The
structures were for medium and high
resolution imaging instruments on the
flyby spacecraft and the telescope (not
shown) on the impactor.
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Points-of-Contact
• NASA Langley Research Center’s Small Business
Partnership Team
– Robert Yang, 4-8020, [email protected]
– Sheri Beam, 4-9104, [email protected]
– Kate Gerfin, 4-2060, [email protected]
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