Transcript Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP)

Industrial Innovations & Partnerships
Small Business Innovation Research Opportunities
National Science Foundation
One Day Colloquium for
U.S. – Greece Program for Technology and
Investments
Dr. Juan E. Figueroa
Program Director
Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships
(IIP)
Engineering Directorate
National Science Foundation
All Roles lead to Rome
(Private Sector Handoff)
Re$ources
Available
NSF – Discovery FOR Innovation
IIP – Discovery TO Innovation
Private
Sector
Public
Sector
Growth
Market Penetration
Academic
Research
Innovation/
Translational
Research
Basic
Research
Product Dev
Initial
Commercialization
Mature
Technology
Maturity 2Level
NSF Mission
To promote the progress of science; to advance
the national health, prosperity, and welfare;
and to secure the national defense
Primary Objective NSF SBIR/STTR Program
To increase the incentive and opportunity for small
firms to undertake cutting-edge, high risk, high
quality scientific, engineering, or
science/engineering education research that
would have a high potential economic payoff if the
research is successful.
National Science Foundation
Discovery for Innovation
National Science Board
Office of Polar
Programs
Division of
Industrial
Innovation
Partnership
Office of the
Inspector General
Director
Staff Offices
Directorate for
Biological
Sciences
Directorate for
Engineering
Directorate for
Computer and
Information
Science and
Engineering
Directorate for
Geosciences
Directorate for
Education and
Human
Resource
Directorate for
Mathematical
and Physical
Sciences
Integrative
Activities
(MRI, STC)
Directorate for
Social,
Behavioral,
and Economic
Sciences
Discovery to Innovation
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The SBIR/STTR Program
Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982
Congress designated 4 major goals
Stimulate technological innovation in the private sector
Use small business to meet federal R&D needs
Foster and encourage participation by minorities and disadvantaged
persons in technological innovation
Increase private-sector commercialization innovations derived from federal
R&D
SBIR / STTR Participating Agencies
DOD
SBIR/STTR
HHSSBIR/STTR
NASA
SBIR/STTR
DOE
SBIR/STTR
NSF
SBIR/STTR
>$110 M
TOTAL ~ $2.2 B
Est. FY 2006
DHSSBIR
USDA
DOCSBIR
ED
EPA SBIR
DOT SBIR
SBIR
SBIR
Program Information
NSF is not the final customer
NSF does not buy product/process or software or IP
NSF wants grantees to successfully commercialize
high-tech research
Investment $ beyond SBIR is needed
Funding Criteria

Must be high-payback innovations involving high risk and
commercial potential

Demonstrate Strategic Partnerships with Research
Collaborators, Customers and Equity Investors

We do NOT fund
 Evolutionary optimization of existing products and processes or
modifications to broaden the scope of an existing product,
process or application
 Analytical or “market” studies of technologies
Doing Business with NSF
NSF is not the Final Customer
NSF is not buying your product/process or
software or your intellectual property
NSF wants to see you successfully
commercialize your high-tech research
You need investment $ beyond NSF SBIR
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Get to Rome (Private Sector)
Friends
And Family
Threshold
Technology Risk
NSF
SBIR/STTR
Threshold
Venture Capital Threshold
Phase I
Phase IIB
Finance Risk
Strategic Partners
Threshold
People Risk
Phase II
Angel Capital Threshold
Market Risk
Economic Impact
Jobs and Sales Growth (SBIR)
4229
2934
$283
At the start of
award
Sales (in
million dollars)
$655
At the time of
survey
Jobs
NSF Phase IIB Matching Funds Trends
Investment ($)
NSF/OII Match ($)
Leverage
$80,000,000
$60,000,000
$40,000,000
$20,000,000
$0
2004
2005
2006
Investment ($)
$10,629,692
$43,514,150
$57,812,521
NSF/OII Match ($)
$5,314,846
$14,143,797
$18,389,707
2.0
3.1
3.1
Leverage
3.5
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
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SBIR/STTR Home Page
http://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/
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