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UNCLASSIFIED Dr. Brad Guay/Ms. Laura Younger STTR Program Office
Phone: 919-549-4258 Email:
[email protected]@mail.mil Army
Research Laboratory (ARL)/Army Research Office (ARO) June 2015
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Agenda STTR Difference Topics 101 ARL/ARO Q&A STTR Difference
Topics 101 ARL/ARO Q&A
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UNCLASSIFIED STTR Difference
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STTR Purpose The statutory purpose of the STTR Program... Stimulate
a partnership between innovative Small Business Concerns (SBCs) and
Research Institutions through Federally- funded research and
development Requires each federal agency with an extramural for
R&D over >$1B to set-aside 0.40% for Army STTR FY15 = $21M
The statutory purpose of the STTR Program... Stimulate a
partnership between innovative Small Business Concerns (SBCs) and
Research Institutions through Federally- funded research and
development Requires each federal agency with an extramural for
R&D over >$1B to set-aside 0.40% for Army STTR FY15 =
$21M
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Federal and DoD STTR Programs Dept. of Defense National Science
Foundation Dept. of Health and Human Services Dept. of Energy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Navy ($35M ) Missile
Defense Agency ($9M) Army ($23M) Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency ($10M) Air Force ($38M) Assistant Secretary of Defense
(Research & Engineering, $6M) Defense Health Program ($7M)
Federal SBIR + STTR Programs DoD STTR Programs Joint Science &
Technology Office CBD ($1.8M)
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STTR Eligibility Criteria Applicant is U.S.-owned Small Business
Concern Formal Cooperative R&D Effort Minimum 40% by small
business Minimum 30% by U.S. research institution Intellectual
Property Agreement Allocation of rights in IP and rights to carry
out follow-on R&D and commercialization U.S. Research
Institution College or university; other non-profit research
organization; Federal R&D center Award is always made to Small
Business Concern (SBC)
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SBIR/STTR Critical Differences SBIR: Permits partnering 33% Phase I
and 50% Phase II STTR: Requires partnering with research
institution. SBIR: Primary (>50%) employment must be with small
business concern STTR: may be employed by either research
institution (RI) or SBC, but... Primary employment, > 50% of PI
time, must be with the SBC or RI at time of award and during
project (STTR Policy Directive, 2012) SBC must have at least one
employee... in management position... primary employment is with
SBC and... not also employed by the RI (DoD Solicitation) Research
Partner Principal Investigator (PI)
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Engaged: PI/co-PI, cf., subcontractor Exports: ITAR and Citizenship
expertise Employees: Test drive best and brightest Exposure: New
discoveries Enduring: Long-term successful partnerships RI
Partnership Benefits
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Army STTR Program 9 Typical Year - 2014 $23M (FY14) 1 Solicitation
per year 18 Topics Phase I: 38, max $150K, 6 months Phase II: 39,
max $1M, 2 years 73 Businesses 58 University/RI NO CRP, Phase II
Enhancement, 2 nd Phase II Technical Assistance Advocates
(TAAs)
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Sites Army Technical Assistance Advocates (TAAs) Primary Sites
Alternate Sites Aberdeen Proving Ground Redstone Arsenal Adelphi
Laboratory Center Fort Detrick, MD TAA #8 ARL, ARO,STTC, PEO STRI
TAA #6 MRMC, DHP TAA #5 ECBC, ERDC, PEO CBD TAA #4 CERDEC, ATEC,
PEO C3T PEO EIS PEO IEW&S TAA #3 TARDEC, PEO CS&CSS, PEO
GCS TAA #3 TARDEC, PEO CS&CSS, PEO GCS TAA #1 NSEDEC, PEO
Soldier TAA #2 ARDEC, PEO AMMO Technology Transition Specialists
Strategically located at Labs/Centers/PEOs
https://www.armysbir.army.mil/sbir/TechnicalAssistance.aspx
Technology Transition Specialists Strategically located at
Labs/Centers/PEOs
https://www.armysbir.army.mil/sbir/TechnicalAssistance.aspx Warren,
MI Natick, MA Picatinny Arsenal, NJ Edgewood, MD Hanover, NH TAA #9
AMRDEC (A) PEO AVIATION TAA #10 AMRDEC (M) PEO Missile SMDC
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UNCLASSIFIED Topics 101
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S&T Performing Organizations: Who Writes Army Topics? ARL
provides underpinning Science, Technology, and Analysis to the Army
RDECOM ECBC NSRDEC CERDEC TARDEC STTC ARDEC AMRDEC AMSAA SOCOM
DARPA Materiel AMC Personnel G-1 Medical MEDCOM Infrastructure/
Environmental USACE Space & Missile Defense SMDC ATEC Test
& Evaluation PEOs/PMs INSCOM AFRL NRL DOE Industry Academia
TRADOC LCMCs ARO is ARLs principal conduit to engage and exploit
the external research community (principally, but not exclusively,
universities) SBIR Office John Smith Participating Organizations
ARI ARL AMRDEC (A) AMRDEC (M) ARDEC ATEC CERDEC ECBC ERDC MRMC
NSRDEC SMDC STTC TARDEC PEO AMMO PEO AVIATION PEO C3T JPEO-CBD PEO
CS&CSS PEO EIS PEO GCS PEO IEW&S PEO M&S PEO SOLDIER
PEO STRI STTR Office Brad Guay
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Army STTR Topic Sources 9 Participating U.S. Army Organizations :
AMRDEC: Aviation and Missile (RDEC) ARDEC: Armament RDEC ARO/ARL:
Army Research Office CERDEC: Communication & Electronics RDEC
ECBC: Edgewood Chemical Biological Center ERDC: Engineer RDEC MRMC:
Medical Research & Materiel Command NSRDEC: Natick Soldier RDEC
TARDEC: Tank Automotive RDEC
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Funded DoD Technology Areas
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SBIR/STTR Chances of Success 15 Based on all Phase I and Phase II
contracts derived from 1999-2008 solicitations Phase III
commercialization data as of April 2013 SBIR/STTR is a competitive
process, but participants have reasonable success Post Phase I
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DoD Phase I/II Evaluation Criteria: The soundness, technical
merit, and innovation.... The qualifications of principal/key
investigators et al.,...include ability to commercialize results
The potential for commercial (Government or private sector)
application....
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UNCLASSIFIED ARMY Research Lab/Office
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Basic Research Extramural Funding Agencies Department of Defense
Department of the Army Army Research Office (ARO) Army Medical
Research and Materiel Command (MRMC) Department of the Navy Office
of Naval Research (ONR) Department of the Air Force Air Force
Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Office of the Secretary of
Defense Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense
Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
www.aro.army.milwww.onr.navy.milwww.afosr.af.milwww.darpa.mil
www.dtra.milmrmc.amedd.army.mil
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Search: Army Broad Agency Announcements ARO Technical POC: Name,
Email, Phone Technical POC: Name, Email, Phone RESEARCH AREA
a.MECHANICAL SCIENCES b.ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES c.MATHEMATICS
d.ELECTRONICS e.COMPUTING SCIENCES f.PHYSICS g.CHEMICAL SCIENCES
h.LIFE SCIENCES i.MATERIALS SCIENCE j.NETWORK SCIENCE k.ARO SPECIAL
PROGRAMS l.SHORT TERM INNOVATIVE RESEARCH (STIR) PROGRAM m.YOUNG
INVESTIGATOR PROG (YIP) n.PRESIDENTIAL EARLY CAREER AWARD for
S&E (PECASE) o.RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION (RI) Connecting w/
ARO/ARL SBIR Topic Idea:
https://www.armysbir.army.mil/ResearchTopic/Default.aspx ARL/ARO
BAA: http://www.arl.army.mil/www/default.cfm?page=8
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ARLs Science and Technology Campaign Framework Small Business
Wanted!
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www.sbir.gov/about/about-sttr www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir
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