Industrial Innovations & Partnerships Juan E. Figueroa Program Director Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) National Science Foundation “Winning SBIR/STTR Proposals from the National Science.
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Industrial Innovations & Partnerships Juan E. Figueroa Program Director Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) National Science Foundation “Winning SBIR/STTR Proposals from the National Science Foundation” 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 2008 DHSSBIR USDA DOCSBIR ED EPA SBIR DOT SBIR SBIR SBIR Directorate for Engineering Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) Sohi Rastegar Engineering Education and Centers (EEC) Theresa Maldonado Office of the Assistant Director Thomas Peterson Deputy Assistant Director Kesh Narayanan Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems (CBET) John McGrath Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, and Communications, Manufacturing and Cyber Innovation Systems (CMMI) (ECCS) Steven McKnight Robert Trew Senior Advisor for Nanotechnology Mihail Roco Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP) Don Senich (Acting) 3 Industrial Innovation and Partnerships Division Director Donald Senich (Acting) Academic Partnerships Small Business Partnerships Donald Senich Joe Hennessey Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry Donald Senich Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers Rathindra DasGupta Larry Hornak AAAS Fellow Reeshemah Burrell Program Support Manager Amanda May Analysts Alex Schwarzkopf, Kevin Simmons Einstein Fellows Robert Pauley Mark Supal Operations Specialist Greg Misiorek Experts/Special Topics George Vermont Cheryl Albus Accelerating Innovation Research (AIR) Karlene Hoo Biological and Chemical Technology (BC) Prakash Balan, Ruth Shuman, Electronics, Information & Communication Technology (EI) Juan Figueroa, Murali Nair Innovation Cluster Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) Sara Nerlove Nanotechnology, Advanced Material & Manufacturing (NM) Ben Schrag, Grace Wang I-Corps E. Arkilic, R. DasGupta, R. Voyles (CISE) Education Applications (EA) Glenn Larsen 4 National Science Foundation SBIR/STTR Program National Science Foundation Mission To promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; and to secure the national defense Primary Objective National Science Foundation SBIR/STTR 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. IIP Vision & Mission Vision - To be the pre-eminent federal resource driving the expansion of our nation’s innovation capacity by stimulating partnerships among industry, academe, investors, government and other stakeholders Mission – IIP will enhance our nation’s economic competitiveness by catalyzing the transformation of discovery into societal benefits through stimulating partnerships and promoting learning environments for innovators 6 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 NSF SBIR Culture/Mantra Research: Transformation of money into knowledge Innovation: Transformation of knowledge into money -Geoff Nicholson, 3M INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS 8 Non-Disclosure and Conflict of Interest Non-disclosure and General Conflict of Interest Proposals are proprietary - NDA Financial resources are deployed – COI Declare actual and perceived “specific” conflicts Typical conflicts: close friend or relative financial tie or direct competitor to the firm student or advisor relationship co-author of paper within past 48 months from subaward institution If conflict, leave room during discussion of the proposal Turn in “specific” Conflict-of-Interest form 9 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 Level 10 NSF SBIR Program Foundations Great emphasis on Commercial Potential Innovation-Business proposals Not basic/fundamental research proposals No “idea” proposals Deliverables Milestones INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS 11 INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS 12 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 The Larger Context Rule 1 When you go to a Federal agency asking for money, be sure your request fits within the goals of the agency Your Funding Base NSF should not be the sole source of funding for your research Internal support State support Industry support Other Federal agency support List the potential funding sources for your research area 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 hightech research You need investment $ beyond NSF SBIR 17 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 DON’Ts Rush Wait until last minute (1 month) to contact program directors Make the proposed work (research and education) too broad Make the proposed work too narrow Scope it wrongly Too much work for the money asked Too much money for work to be done Outside the expectations of the program Ignore rules (Grant Proposal Guide) and misc. items Proposal Basics Write to the reviewers (not to Program Officer and not to yourself) Your proposal will be judged by the reviewers Reviewers want to know four things: What is it about (the research objective)? How will you do it (the technical approach)? Can you do it (you and your facilities)? Is it worth doing (intellectual merit and broader impact)? This is, basically, all the proposal needs to convey – but it needs to convey this Follow the NSF Guidelines Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) Grants.gov Application Guide Program Solicitation Budget guidelines Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) Provides guidance for preparation and submission of proposals to NSF; Allowable fonts, margins, page limits, bio format, etc. Process for deviations from the GPG Process and criteria by which proposals will be reviewed Reasons why a proposal may be returned without review Reconsideration process Process for withdrawals, returns & declinations Award process and procedures for requesting continued support Budget line item definitions Process for submission of collaborative proposals (subawards and multiple proposals) SBIR/STTR Home Page Juan E. Figueroa [email protected] http://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/ 23