NSF Webinar Partnerships for Innovation Programs (Solicitation: NSF 12-511)

1. NSF WebinarPartnerships for Innovation Programs(Solicitation: NSF 12-511) Karlene A. Hoo, Ph.D. Sara B. Nerlove, Ph.D. Program Directors Industrial Innovation and Partnerships Engineering Directorate National Science Foundation The presentation will be available following the WEBINAR http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=iip

2. Solicitation: NSF 12-511 If you are unable to call in, please send your questions via email to both: • BIC: Sara Nerlove snerlove@nsf.gov • AIR: Karlene Hoo khoo@nsf.gov The presentation will be available following the WEBINAR http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=iip Industrial Innovation & Partnerships

3. New Solicitation NSF 12-511: PFI Two subprograms: NSF Innovation Ecosystem • BIC: Building Innovation Capacity (earlier stage) • formerly PFI • AIR: Accelerating Innovation Research (later stage) • formerly AIR option 2 partnerships for innovation BIC AIR Industrial Innovation & Partnerships

4. BIC: Formerly PFI(American Competes Act: Section 508) What Have the PFI Partnerships Been Organized to Do? • Stimulate the transformation of knowledge created by the research and education enterprise into innovations that create new wealth, build strong local, regional and national economies and improve the national well-being • Broaden the participation of all types of academic institutions to meet the broad workforce needs of the national innovation enterprise • Catalyze or enhance enabling infrastructure necessary to foster and sustain innovation for the long-term Research & Knowledge Transfer Innovation Infrastructure & Community Education/ Training Industrial Innovation & Partnerships

5. AIR: Innovation Strategy for Sustainable Growth and Creation of Quality Jobs • Catalyzing breakthroughs for national priorities • Promoting competitive markets that spur productive entrepreneurship • Investing in building blocks of American Innovation The second section of the RFI seeks public comments on whether proof-of-concept centers can be a means of stimulating the commercialization of early-stage technologies by bridging the “valley of death.” • With community input, NSF designed the program Accelerating Innovation Research (AIR) to spur the translation to transfer of fundamental research discoveries towards economic and/or societal impact EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT: SEPT 2009 OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY & NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL RFI: MARCH 25, 2010 (75:57) Industrial Innovation & Partnerships

6. IIP’s Investments in an Innovation Ecosystem • IIP’s Umbrella of Programs: namedPFI Partnerships for Innovation PFIprograms have the shared goal of INNOVATION • Promoting the translation/transformation/transition/transfer of new ideas into market-accepted innovations resulting in commercial reality • Integrating multiple disciplines • Partnering with industries, practitioners, and others • Focusing on research/technology platforms that enable engineered systems Industrial Innovation & Partnerships

7. NSF Innovation Ecosystem PFI : Partnerships for Innovation ENG overall NSF overall AIR BIC GOALI I /UCRC STC STTR SBIR ERC Industry Investors Translational Research Resources Invested Valley of death Foundations Small Business University Discovery Development Commercialization Industrial Innovation & Partnerships

8. New PFI Program SolicitationShared goal of innovation ERC STC SBIR/STTR I-Corps Single Investigator Later stage EARLier Stage BIC AIR ERC MRSEC I/UCRC I/UCRC Industrial Innovation & Partnerships

9. Key Requirements: NSF 12-511 • LOI required: January 4, 2012 • Full proposal: March 1, 2012 • BIC Award: $600K/2-year duration • Partnership Letters (distinguish from “Letters of Commitment”): Provide letters from each of the knowledge-enhancing partner companies and all other core partners per NSF 12-511. • AIR Award: up to $800K/2-year duration • Third-party investment (1:1) required • Up to 25% in-kind, and the rest in cash • PI Team (PI, partner entity, and third-party investor) must be present (at NSF) to report on the first year’s accomplishments and plans for the second year Industrial Innovation & Partnerships

10. BIC: Building Innovation Capacity NSF 12-511 • Hallmark: Highly interactive small group collaboration representing research and business perspectives • Core: Knowledge-Enhancing Partnership (KEP) group • Academic researchers • At least 2 or more existing small businesses • Others: businesses, profit, not-for-profit, large, small, … • Focus: A research platform that gives rise to multiple (2 or more) market-enabled applications in diverse problem spaces • Goals • Businesses: “Takeaways” with potential to help them thrive and grow • Academics: Increased agility in adapting their research to market-enabled applications • Senior Administrator (aCo-PI) • Key responsibility: commitment to knowledge translation, transformation, transition, and transfer of academic research • -Preferable that PI should not be in the direct reporting line of this Co-PI Industrial Innovation & Partnerships

11. AIR: Accelerating Innovation Research NSF 12-511 • Core • NSF-funded research alliance • Others: another research entity, small business consortia, local/regional innovation entity • Third-party investment (1:1) • Focus • Creates innovation ecosystem • Translates to transfer of research discoveries to commercial reality • Builds new partnerships • Encourages spin-offs • Develops entrepreneurial culture • Additional review criteria • Quality of the strategic plan, milestones, and deliverables • Effectiveness of the plan to translate research and/or technology • Commitment of partners, third party investors, and stakeholders • Effectiveness of the partnerships in catalyzing an innovation ecosystem • Quality of the management plan • Effectiveness of the assessment plan • Net added value to the students Industrial Innovation & Partnerships

12. NSF 12-511 • Annotated list (e.g., see the key words you plan to provide in your project summary) of suggested reviewers with full contact information. • If submitted prior to proposal submission, reference LOI number and send by email to the cognizant program director Industrial Innovation & Partnerships

13. Solicitation: NSF 12-511 If you are unable to call in, please send your questions via email to both: • BIC: Sara Nerlove snerlove@nsf.gov • AIR: Karlene Hoo khoo@nsf.gov Questions The presentation will be available following the WEBINAR http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=iip Industrial Innovation & Partnerships