Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative - WSSI

1. Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative - WSSI Seed Capital for Innovative Research Senator Enzi’s 2013 Inventor’s Conference Kelly Haigler Cornish Outreach Coordinator, Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative

2. What is SBIR and STTR • Small Business Innovation Research • Allows subcontracting up to 1/3 of the work • Small Business Technology Transfer • Requires SBC 40% and nonprofit research institution 30% • a highly competitive program that encourages domestic small businesses to engage in Federal Research and Development (R&D) that has the potential for commercialization

3. SBIR & STTR • Stimulate technological innovation • Meet Federal research and development needs • Foster and encourage participation in innovation and entrepreneurship by socially and economically disadvantaged persons • Increase private-sector commercialization of innovations derived from Federal research and development funding

4. Wyoming Success Story Square One Systems Design, Jackson, Wyoming A Universal Micromanipulation Robot (UMR) Crystal Harvesting System Phase I $198,227 Phase II $1,163,648 NIH http://www.sqr-1.com/harvester.php

5. Three Phase Program • Phase I • Objective: establish technical merit, feasibility • Award amounts up to $150,000 • Time Frame: 6 months • Phase II • Objective: continue R&D efforts; prototype development • Award amounts up to $1,000,000 • Time Frame: 2 years • Phase III • Objective: commercialization • No SBIR funds available

6. Who can participate? Organization Requirements: • Proposals only may be submitted by companies that qualify as a small business • For profit business • Fewer than 500 employees • Located in the US • 51% owned and controlled by US individuals

7. What is Innovation NIH SBIR solicitation defines it as…. …. an implementation that is often disruptive of the prevailing product, process, policy, or paradigm and creates an outcome that is more effective, affordable, accessible, easier to use or deliver, and/or provides superior scalability

8. Wyoming Success Story Mountain Meadow Wool • Phase I $80,000 • Phase II $460,000 • USDA • http://www.mountainmeadowwool.com/video-gallery/

9. What gets funded? Evaluation Criteria: • Soundness, technical merit, and innovation of the proposed approach to topic or subtopic solution • The qualifications of the proposed principal/key investigators, supporting staff and consultants; • Potential for commercial (Government or private sector) application and the benefits expected to accrue from this commercialization

10. How do I find SBIR Opportunities • www.uwyo.edu/sbir • www.zyn.com 11 Federal Agencies offer SBIR and five largest offer STTR • Department of Agriculture • Department of Commerce - National Institute of Standards and Technology • Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration • Department of Defense • Department of Education • Department of Energy • Department of Health and Human Services • Department of Homeland Security • Department of Transportation • Environmental Protection Agency • National Aeronautics and Space Administration • National Science Foundation

11. Wyoming Success Story Babble Tree LLC • Phase I $99,188 • Phase II 448,041 • USDA • http://www.babbletree.com/index.php

12. How We Help • Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative • Phase 0 Program • $5000 contracts • Wyoming mentor • Two reviews of your Phase I proposal • www.uwyo.edu/sbir

13. Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative Kelly Haigler Cornish, WSSI Outreach Coordinator wssi@uwyo.edu Phone 766-2904 Toll free 866-703-3280 Cell 307-760-2094 Fax 307-766-2530 211 Bureau of Mines Bldg. (UW Campus), Laramie WY Eugene Watson, WSSI Program Manager ewatson@wyoming.com, Phone 307-742-7162 Cell 307-760-0456 www.uwyo.edu/sbir