SBIRSTTR PROGRAMS Department of Defense 1 SBIR 101

SBIRSTTR PROGRAMS Department of Defense 2  Focused on the WARFIGHTER  LARGEST SBIR program in the Federal Government  DoD is both an INVESTOR and a CUSTOMER  Sole-sourcing allowed for follow-on awards 50 % of Ph II proposals receive awards 16 % of Ph 1 awards to woman owned 5 # of years awardees retain data rights 12 defense agencies 25 % of Ph I awardees 1 st time winners What’s Unique About DoD

SBIRSTTR PROGRAMS Department of Defense 3 3 Phased Program PHASE II: Full Research, R&D to Prototype  Award Guideline: $1M (SBIR)/$1M (STTR)  Duration: 24 Months PHASE III: Commercialization  Subsequent investment to continue commercialization, achieve transition, or sale  Non-SBIR/STTR funds PHASE I: Feasibility Study  Award Guideline: $150K  Duration: 6 months (SBIR)/12 months (STTR)

SBIRSTTR PROGRAMS Department of Defense 4 Air Force Participating Defense Agencies Navy Missile Defense Agency Special Operations Command Army Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Defense Microelectronics Activity Defense Threat Reduction Agency Joint S&T Office for Chemical and Biological Defense Defense Logistics Agency Defense Health Program

SBIRSTTR PROGRAMS Department of Defense 5 FY14 DoD Agency Funding

SBIRSTTR PROGRAMS Department of Defense 6 A DoD Agency-wide announcement Includes:  DoD Instructions  Service/Component Unique Instructions  Topics Solicitations SBIR 15.1 STTR 15.A Pre-Release12/12/14Open1/15/15Close2/25/15 SBIR 15.2 STTR 15.B Pre-Release 4/24/15Open5/26/15Close6/24/15 SBIR 15.3 STTR 15.C Pre-Release8/27/15Open9/28/15Close10/28/15

SBIRSTTR PROGRAMS Department of Defense 7  READ and FOLLOW solicitation instructions  KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER  Take advantage of the pre-release period  Emphasize your innovative approach  CLEARLY answer WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, HOW, and importantly, WHY  If there are technical barriers… ADDRESS THEM!  Don’t underestimate commercialization  PRECISELY state assumptions. Don’t leave that to the proposal evaluator  ENSURE that the proposed solution is REASONABLE, REALISTIC and FEASIBLE Preparing a Strong Proposal

SBIRSTTR PROGRAMS Department of Defense 8  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  Proposal are evaluated on its own merit and not compared to others  Evaluations are based only on the information contained in the proposal Proposal Evaluation Soundness Technical Merit Innovation

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