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Department of Defense . SBIR S TT R. Program Overview. Tracy Frost DoD SBIR STTR Program Administrator OUSD (AT&L) Office of Small Business Programs. What’s Unique About DoD. Focused on the WARFIGHTER LARGEST SBIR program in the Federal Government

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  1. Department of Defense SBIRSTTR Program Overview Tracy Frost DoD SBIR STTR Program Administrator OUSD (AT&L) Office of Small Business Programs

  2. What’sUnique About DoD • Focused on the WARFIGHTER • LARGESTSBIR program in the Federal Government • Over 600 topics Per Yearresulting in 2000 Phase I awards • Company retains data rights for 5yrs • Sole-sourcing allowed for follow-on awards • 25% of awardees are first time winners • DoD is both an INVESTOR and a CUSTOMER Congressional Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore A. Giunta 2

  3. SBIR/STTR Program Goals SBIR STTR • 0.4% of RDT&E • 6Participating • DoD Agencies • 2.8% of RDT&E • 13 Participating • DoD Agencies • Stimulate technological innovation • 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 • Funds cooperative R&D between small businesses and research Institutions • Create vehicles to move ideas from research institutions to market • Enable researchers to pursue commercial application of technologies • Bridge funding gap between basic research and commercial product

  4. Participating Agencies SBIR + STTR Navy Army Air Force Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research &Engineering) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Missile Defense Agency SBIR Only Joint S&T Office for Chemical and Biological Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency Special Operations Command Defense Microelectronics Activity National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Defense Logistics Agency Defense Health Program 4

  5. DoD Budget by Agency FY12 DoD SBIR/STTR Agency Funding

  6. 3-Phase Program • PHASE I: Feasibility Study • Award Guideline: $150K • Duration: 6 months (SBIR)/12 months (STTR) • PHASE II: Full Research, R&D to Prototype • Award Guideline: $1M (SBIR)/$1M (STTR) • Duration: 2 years • PHASE III: Commercialization • Subsequent investment to achieve commercialization, or sale • Use of non-SBIR/STTR Funds

  7. Participating Firms • Small hi-tech firms across the country • 1/3 of applicants are new to the program • 25 percent of awardees are first time winners

  8. Small Business Ownership 15 7 6 2 Source: % of Phase I awards from FY07-10

  9. Eligibility Requirements • SBIR • Organized for-profit U.S. business, located in the US • At least 51% U.S.- owned by individuals and independently operated • 500 or fewer employees • PI’s primary employment with small business during project • STTR • Formal Cooperative R&D Effort • Minimum 40% by small business, 30% by U.S. research institution • U.S. Research Institution • Intellectual Property Agreement

  10. Getting Started Each year, the services and defense agencies within the DoD issuethreeSBIR solicitations and two STTR solicitations. The solicitations include topics written by the Services and defense agencies which describe their R&D needs that can be addressed by small businesses. • To get started: • Determine Eligibility • Find a Topic • Ask Questions • Prepare Proposal • Submit Proposal

  11. Solicitations • A DoD Agency-wide announcement Includes: • DoD Instructions • Service/Component Unique Instructions • Topics http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/sb/schedule 11

  12. Topics • Topicswritten by DoD Component representatives • All topics are reviewed and must be approved for release to be included in a DoD solicitation. 12

  13. DoD SBIR/STTR: www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbirand www.dodsbir.net Federal: www.fedbizops.gov Individual websites: www.sbir.gov/contacts Comprehensive Agencies search site: www.zyn.com/sbir Sign up for DoDListServ: sbir-subscribe@listserv.dodsbir.net Finding SBIR/STTR Topics www.dodsbir.net

  14. Topic Q&A (SITIS) SBIR/STTR Interactive Topic Information System (SITIS) www.dodsbir.net/sitis During Pre-Release • Direct Contact with topic authors • Topic authorscontact info listed in topic During Open Period • Contact with topic author prohibited • Questioner and respondent remain anonymous • *Questions and advice on solution approach and submission • of additional material is not allowed 14

  15. DoD Issues Contracts (not grants) Contracting Agencies Granting Agencies • Agency establishes plans, protocols, requirements • Highly focused topics • Procurement capability • More requirements • Investigator initiates approach • Less-specified topics • Assistance mechanism • More flexibility DOD DHS HHS/NIHNASA EPA DOC DOT HHS/NIH NSF DoEDUSDA DOE *NIH offers both grants and contracts

  16. Preparing a Strong SBIR/STTR Proposal • READ and FOLLOW solicitation instructions • Focus on the topic and information provided by the author • Take advantage of the pre-release period • Emphasize your innovative approach • If there are technical barriers - address them • Highlight past successes - Technical & Commercial • Update Company Commercialization Record

  17. Evaluation Criteria • Soundness, Technical Merit and Innovation (This is the most important consideration) • Qualifications of the Principal Investigator and the team, both from a technical standpoint and their commercialization vision • Commercialization of the effort – DoD-Warfighter and Civilian Applications • Each proposal is evaluated on its own merit and not compared to other proposals • Evaluations are based only on the information contained in the proposal

  18. Proposal Submission A SBIR/STTR Phase I or Phase II proposal to anyDoDComponent must be: – Submitted through the DoD Submission System www.dodsbir.net/submission – Prepared using on‐line forms and file upload – Unclassified 30 minute on‐line tutorial on how to prepare and submit a proposal available at www.dodsbir.net

  19. Beyond Phase II • Phase III work may be for products, production, services, R/R&D, or any combination thereof, including testing and evaluation of products, services or technologies for use in technical or weapon systems. • DoD Supports the transitioning of SBIR • Investments through: • SBIR Liaisons to Acquisition Programs • DoDBeyond Phase II Conference • Phase II Enhancement Program • Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) • Commercialization Readiness Program (CRP) *Fast Track Program has been disabled

  20. DoD SBIR Website For Small Business • Program Descriptions • Getting Started on Phase I • Eligibility • Solicitation Schedule • Current Solicitations • Topic Q&A (SITIS) • Topic Search • Proposal Submission • Process Acceleration • Resources for Small Business 20

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