1. DESCRIPTION STATUS QUO QUANTITATIVE IMPACT END-OF-TASK OBJECTIVES NEW INSIGHTS Center Innovation Fund (CIF) FY13 – Concept TitlePoint of Contact: Name, email address, and telephone number Potential customers and Applications:Specific organizations, agencies, or corporations.Summary of how they will benefit from the new technology.Identify at least two. Quantitative metrics:Current state of the art vs. proposal. Table or figure preferred. Problem description and current limitations. CONCEPT DESCRIPTION: [text & diagrams] Description of the concept. HOW IT WORKS: Describe in terms a non-expert would understand. Describe how the innovation is/would-be used. ASSUMPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS: Limitations or assumptions CONCEPT IMAGE (Thumbnail) Problem: Current solution: Proposed solution: Starting TRL: Relate the importance of solving this problem to future capabilities. Significance Innovation or new idea that enables proposed solution. Your role:Necessary for this work? Your unique capability? Key new insights: Deliverables: Start-end TRL: Team:Name/Org: ContributionPartner Name/Institution: Contribution Follow-on work:Brief glimpse of path forward if successful and competing for follow-on funding A sentence why it is important/useful (the “elevator speech”)

2. Center Innovation Fund (CIF) FY13 – Concept TitlePoint of Contact: Name, email address, and telephone number Technical Approach Concept Image Caption: Strategic Alignment Budget Notes: Hours=2080*FTE (or WYE) Civil Servant Labor (FTE) CCT Initiative, primary: CCT Initiative, secondary: CCT Initiative, tertiary: STP Roadmap, primary: Contract Labor (WYE) STP Roadmap, secondary: STP Roadmap, tertiary: Other: If request for Augmentation to FY12 CIF funding, provide rationale for additional funding: Procurement ($)