1. DoD/DOD Department of Defense

2. DOD http://www.defenselink.mil Agencies under the DOD with scientific interests Air Force Office of Scientific Research Army Research Office Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Office of Naval Research

3. Funding Opportunity Search GO GO to grants.gov SEARCH SEARCH by DOD SORT SORT by Agency

4. DOD AFOSR Air Force Office of Scientific Research STTR: Small Business Technology Transfer

5. AFOSR Directorates One Aerospace Chemical Material Sciences Two Physics Electronics Three Mathematics Information Life Sciences

6. The DoD STTR program, funded at approximately $132 million in FY 2008 is made up of: Air Force Army Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Navy Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) Six Participating Components

7. DoD STTR Components Air Force 30.3% Navy23.9% Army24.6% DARPA6.1% MDA11.1% OSD4.0%

8. To create an effective vehicle for moving ideas from our nation’s research institutions to the market, where they can benefit both private sector and military customers. Purpose of STTR

9. Cooperative R&D projects involving a small business and a research institution University Non-profit Research Institution Federally-Funded R&D (FFRD) STTR Funds

10. The Participants Firm: U.S. for-profit small business of 500 or fewer employees. Research institution: no size limit. Research institution: U.S. college or university or non-profit research institution, FFR&D. Participate in STTR Program:

11. The Work Must be performed in the United States. Small business must perform a minimum of 40% of the work. Research institution a minimum of 30% of the work in both Phase I and Phase II. Participate in STTR Program:

12. The Structure and Operation The small business must manage and control the STTR funding agreement. The principal investigator may be employed at the small business or research institution. Participate in STTR Program:

13. Topics – Search Engine Visit www.dodsbir.net/sitis/www.dodsbir.net/sitis/ to quickly and easily find topics by keyword across all DOD components participating in solicitation. Once you find a topic of interest to you, remember to read the Component-specific instructions for that topic. Get on the DOD mailing list for future solicitations. sbirlist@listserv.dodsbir.net

14. Topics - Technical Questions During the pre-release period You may talk directly with the Topic Authors to ask technical questions about the topics. Topic Authors names, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses are listed within each solicitation topic.

15. On submission and during solicitation For reasons of competitive fairness direct communication between proposers and topic authors is not allowed once proposal submission deadline or your individual submission occurs. Topics - Technical Questions

16. On submission and during solicitation Proposers may still submit written questions about solicitation topics through the SBIR/STTR Interactive Topic Information System (SITIS).SBIR/STTR Interactive Topic Information System (SITIS) www.dodsbir.net/Topics/Default.asp The questioner and respondent remain anonymous. All questions and answers are posted electronically for general viewing until the solicitation closes. Topics - Technical Questions

17. DoD SBIR Components *Other includes: DTRA, SOCOM, CBD, NGA, DLA, DMEA Air Force 28.9% Navy23.0% Army23.7% DARPA5.8% MDA10.7% OSD5.1%Other*2.8%

18. AFOSR STTR Program Manager Amber McCants Amber.mccants@afosr.af.mil 703.696.9513