2005 OBP Bi-Annual Peer Review Project Presentation Template

1. 2005 OBP Bi-Annual Peer Review Project Presentation Template Name Platform Date Please see the notes section for expected presentation outcomes

2. Preparation Instructions • Do not include any proprietary or confidential information. • Please do not use dark backgrounds as this causes. difficulties when printing hardcopies for review purposes. • Do not incorporate animation or special effects since all presentations will be saved as PDF files for presentation and for posting on the web.

3. Preparation Instructions (con’t) • If you have movie clips to show as part of your presentation, contact BCS POC to arrange. • Poster presentations should use these instructions so that the reviewers have a common basis of comparison to the oral presentations – just bring print-outs of your slides to put on poster boards.

4. Preparation Instructions (con’t) • Please name your presentation file as follows: Platform/Project ID# Last Name Example: Biochemical/Ferrell

5. Questions? • Contact: BCS POC at 410-997-7778*2xx, bcspoc@bcs-hq.com

6. Project start date Project end date Percent complete Barriers addressed (List the technical barriers and technical targets from the OPB Program Multi-Year Program Plan addressed by your project) Overview Barriers Timeline Stage? Note: this please replace this box with the stage you believe your project to be in Budget Partners • Total project funding • DOE share • Contractor share • Funding received in FY04 • Funding for FY05 • FY06 Request • Interactions/ collaborations (See Notes page for further information)

7. Project Goals and Objectives • Describe the overall project goals and objectives

8. Project Strategic Fit • Please indicate the relevance to Platform and Pathway Objectives and Barriers • Please discuss how the project supports the Platform’s goals and objectives of the Multi-Year RD&D plan. • Explain the technology development’s fit to your company’s business • Describe the vision for a demonstration phase of a commercial prototype by FY08 – if applicable - and your estimate of readiness for undertaking such a demonstration.

9. Project Approach • Please describe the approach to performing R&D • Please discuss how the technical barriers are addressed, the project design, technical feasiblility and competitive advantage of the technology. • What are the show-stoppers and how are they being addressed? Note: integration with other research is covered on another slide. I’m guessing that this will actually be about 3-6 slides

10. Project Approach cont.

11. Project Tasks • For each major task or objective please address the following: • Technical or economic target or objective (provide basis for the targets) • All risks associated with meeting these targets or objectives including technical, equipment reliability, business, market, environmental, compliance, legal, and intellectual property, etc. • Milestones established to measure progress and financial or performance metrics used to measure progress. Include assumptions and analyses used to establish these metrics. • Go No/Go decision points and why they are critical to the project • Accomplishments to date on the task with respect to plans, milestones and metrics • Future plans and partners involved in completing these tasks

12. Project Collaboration • Please discuss the technology transfer/collaborations with industry/university/ other laboratories • Please discuss how/if the project interacts, interfaces, or coordinates with other institutions and projects.

13. Market & Customers • Who are or might be the customers prepared to buy your product? • What range of production costs do you need to achieve or what’s the threshold to be successful • An evaluation of the dynamics of current or future market shifts on the products you plan to sell.

14. Competitive Advantage • What is the duration or the window of opportunity to develop this technology within your company and relative to the market? • In your estimation, what is the technology you are competing against and what does your approach have to offer that better meets the goals of producing a biofuel or bioproduct(s)? • Have you considered issues that could dramatically change the market? • After your detailed investigations thus far, what is the state of the economics? What do they tell you about prioritizing further investments?

15. Project Stage • Please indicate on the figure which stage you believe your project is in. • Why?

16. Progress and Accomplishments • Please describe the most important accomplishments achieved during this reporting period (FY04 and FY05). • Please relate the accomplishments to BOTH the platform and project milestones and objectives • Please benchmark the accomplishments against the technical targets (if possible) (See Notes page for further information)

17. Progress and Accomplishments

18. Future Work • Explain what it is you plan to do during the next year, what milestones are upcoming, how you will deal with any decision points during that time, any remaining issues • Indicate the degree to which the project has effectively planned its future. Considered contingencies, built in optional paths or off ramps, etc.