National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA SBIR/STTR A holistic Approach LK Kubendran, PhD, MBA Portfolio Executive Commercial Partnerships Programs Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) NASA Headquarters May 24,

Presidential Initiative Presidential Memorandum -- Accelerating Technology Transfer and Commercialization of Federal Research in Support of High- Growth Businesses (Oct 28, 2011) Transfer and Commercialization of Innovative Technology can also fuel Economic Growth Agencies to Establish Goals and Measure Progress Streamline the Federal Government's Technology Transfer and Commercialization Process Facilitate Commercialization through Local and Regional Partnerships 2

Goals, Metrics, and Evaluation Methods Goals and metrics may vary as appropriate to agency’s Mission Examples: -Number and quality of invention disclosures -Licenses issued on existing patents -Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) -Industry partnerships -New products -Successful self sustaining spinoff companies created for such products. 3

Lab-to-Market Initiative Optimizing the management, discoverability, and ease-of- license of the 100,000+ Federally-funded patents; Increasing the utilization of Federally-funded research facilities by entrepreneurs and innovators; Ensuring that relevant Federal institutions and employees are appropriately incentivized to prioritize R&D commercialization; Identifying steps to develop human capital with experience in technology transfer, including by expanding opportunities for entrepreneurship education; and Maximizing the economic impact of SBIR/STTR Programs 4

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STMD Implementation Goal for Commercialization Invest in the commercial space technology sector to address NASA technical challenges and also benefit commercial space sector Corresponding Outcome: Growth in the commercial space technology enterprise and the emergence of new markets Metrics: Leverage of commercial technology solutions that have relevance to future NASA missions and the Nation Growth in the commercial space technology sector Emergence of new markets that have benefit to the US economy, and that further NASA’s leadership in space technology 6

7 Continues maturation of promising low TRL technologies from CIF, SBIR, etc… Technology Development Game Changing Development (GCD) Technology Demonstrations Technology Demonstration Systems Small Spacecraft Technologies Low TRL Early Stage Portfolio NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Space Technology Research Grants (STRG) Center Innovation Fund (CIF) Mid TRLHigh TRL Commercial Partners Portfolio Flight Opportunities (FO) Centennial Challenges (CC) SBIR/STTR Reg. Economic Development (RED) STMD Technology Pipeline

Holistic Commercial Partnership Framework Portfolio Goal: Engage the established and emerging aerospace markets, private citizens and economic regions to leverage common interests and increase collaboration by engaging a wide variety of stakeholders in NASA’s mission. SBIR/STTR: advance and commercialize new technologies developed by Small Businesses Flight Opportunities: the development of the suborbital and small launch vehicle market in addition to maturing space technologies Centennial Challenges: uses NASA’s prize authority to conduct prize-based challenges of high public interest to advance technologies Regional Economic Development: focused collaborations between NASA and multiple commercial entities within strategic geographic regions of interest 8

Initiatives under Consideration for FY2017 Implement Pilot Program (in partnership with NSF's I-Corps) Train SBIR recipients and Start-Up NASA participants in the commercialization process Provide technical assistance from NASA Inventors/Subject Matter Experts to entrepreneurs Expand partnerships between NASA Centers and regional or technology based economic development non-profits, as well as state and local programs 9