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Department of Defense

SBIRSTTR

Program Overview

Tracy FrostDoD SBIR STTR Program AdministratorOUSD (AT&L) Office of Small Business Programs


• Focused on the WARFIGHTER

• LARGEST SBIR program in the Federal Government

• Over 600 topics Per Year resulting 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 CUSTOMERCongressional Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore A. Giunta

What’s Unique About DoD

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SBIR/STTR Program Goals

• 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

SBIR STTR 2.8% of RDT&E 13 Participating DoD Agencies

0.4% of RDT&E 6 Participating DoD Agencies


Participating Agencies

Navy

Missile Defense Agency

Special Operations Command

Army

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

National GeospatialIntelligence Agency

Defense Microelectronics Activity

Air Force

Defense Threat Reduction Agency

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Research &Engineering)

Joint S&T Office forChemical and Biological Defense

Defense Logistics Agency

SBIR Only

SBIR + STTR

Defense Health Program

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DoD Budget by Agency

FY12 DoD SBIR/STTR Agency Funding


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

PHASE I: Feasibility Study Award Guideline: $150K Duration: 6 months (SBIR)/12 months (STTR)

3-Phase Program


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


Small Business Ownership

Women Minority Veteran HubZone0

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Percentage of Phase I Awards

Source: % of Phase I awards from FY07-10

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76

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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


Getting Started

Each year, the services and defense agencies within the DoD issue three SBIR 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:1. Determine Eligibility2. Find a Topic3. Ask Questions4. Prepare Proposal5. Submit Proposal


Solicitations

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A DoD Agency-wide announcement Includes:• DoD Instructions• Service/Component Unique Instructions• Topics

http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/sb/schedule

FY 2014 Schedule

Solicitation Pre-Release Open Close

DoD SBIR 14.1 Nov. 20, 2013 Dec. 20, 2013 Jan. 22, 2014

DoD STTR 14.A Feb. 3, 2014 Mar. 5, 2014 Apr. 9, 2014

DoD SBIR 14.2 Apr. 23, 2014 May 23, 2014 June 25, 2014

DoD SBIR 14.3 Aug. 21, 2014 Sept. 22, 2014 Oct. 22, 2014

DoD SBIR 14.B Aug. 21, 2014 Sept. 22, 2014 Oct. 22, 2014


Topics

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• Topics written by DoD Component representatives

• All topics are reviewed and must be approved for release to be included in a DoD solicitation.


Finding SBIR/STTR Topics

• DoD SBIR/STTR: www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir and www.dodsbir.net

• Federal: www.fedbizops.gov

• Individual websites: www.sbir.gov/contacts

• Comprehensive Agencies search site: www.zyn.com/sbir

• Sign up for DoD ListServ: [email protected]

www.dodsbir.net

http://www.dodsbir.net/

http://www.fedbizops.gov/

http://www.zyn.com/sbir

mailto:[email protected]



Topic Q&A (SITIS)

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During Pre-Release• Direct Contact with topic authors • Topic authors contact info listed

in topic

During Open Period• Contact with topic author

prohibited• Questioner and respondent

remain anonymous

SBIR/STTR Interactive Topic Information System (SITIS) www.dodsbir.net/sitis

*Questions and advice on solution approach and submissionof additional material is not allowed

http://www.dodsbir.net/sitis


DoD Issues Contracts (not grants)

• Investigator initiates approach• Less-specified topics• Assistance mechanism• More flexibility

DOD DHS HHS/NIH NASA

EPA DOC

DOT

• Agency establishes plans, protocols, requirements

• Highly focused topics• Procurement capability• More requirements

HHS/NIH NSF DoED USDA

DOE

*NIH offers both grants and contracts

Contracting Agencies Granting Agencies


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


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


Proposal Submission

– Submitted through the DoD Submission System www.dodsbir.net/submission – Prepared using on line ‐forms and file upload– Unclassified

A SBIR/STTR Phase I or Phase II proposal to any DoD Component must be:

30 minute on line tutorial on how ‐to prepare and submit a proposal available at www.dodsbir.net

http://www.dodsbir.net/submission



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• DoD Beyond Phase II Conference• Phase II Enhancement Program• Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF)• Commercialization Readiness Program (CRP)

*Fast Track Program has been disabled


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

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