Karlene Hoo Outlines NSF Innovation Programs

Industrial Innovation and Partnerships Division at the

NSFKarlene A. Hoo, Ph.D.

PD: Accelerating Innovation Research

Univ. Nebraska LincolnJune 20, 2012

Industrial Innovation & Partnerships 1

DirectorDr. Subra Suresh

National Science Foundation

Directorate for

Engineering

Directorate forComputer andInformationScience andEngineering

Directorate forGeosciences

Directorate forEducation andHumanResources

Directorate forMathematicaland PhysicalSciences

Directorate forSocial,Behavioral,and EconomicSciences

National Science Board Office of theInspector General

Deputy DirectorDr. Cora Marrett

Office of International Science and Engineering

Office of Equal Opportunity Programs

Office of Integrative Activities

Office of Budget, Finance, and Award Management

Office of Information and Resource Management

Office of the General Counsel

Office of Legislative and Public Affairs

Directorate forBiologicalSciences

Office of Cyberinfrastructure

Office of Polar Programs

Directorate of Engineering

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Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation

(EFRI)

Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation

(EFRI)

Chemical, Bioengineering,Environmental, and Transport

Systems(CBET)

Chemical, Bioengineering,Environmental, and Transport

Systems(CBET)

Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing

Innovation(CMMI)

Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing

Innovation(CMMI)

Electrical, Communications,

and Cyber Systems(ECCS)

Electrical, Communications,

and Cyber Systems(ECCS)

EngineeringEducation and

Centers(EEC)

EngineeringEducation and

Centers(EEC)

IndustrialInnovation andPartnerships

(IIP)

IndustrialInnovation andPartnerships

(IIP)

Office of the Assistant DirectorThomas Peterson

Deputy Assistant DirectorKesh Narayanan

Office of the Assistant DirectorThomas Peterson

Deputy Assistant DirectorKesh Narayanan

Senior Advisor forNanotechnology

Senior Advisor forNanotechnology

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Industrial Innovation and Partnerships

Innovation ClusterCheryl Albus

Innovation ClusterCheryl Albus

Grant Opportunitiesfor Academic

Liaison with IndustryDonald Senich

Grant Opportunitiesfor Academic

Liaison with IndustryDonald Senich

Small Business PartnershipsJoe Hennessey

Small Business PartnershipsJoe Hennessey

Division DirectorGrace Wang

Division DirectorGrace Wang

ProgramSupport Manager

Amanda May

ProgramSupport Manager

Amanda May

Academic PartnershipsDonald Senich

Academic PartnershipsDonald Senich

Einstein FellowsRobert Pauley

Mark Supal

Einstein FellowsRobert Pauley

Mark Supal

Operations Specialist

Greg Misiorek

Operations Specialist

Greg MisiorekIndustry/University

CooperativeResearch CentersRathindra DasGupta

Larry Hornak

Industry/UniversityCooperative

Research CentersRathindra DasGupta

Larry Hornak

Partnerships for Innovation:Building Innovation Capacity

(PFI-BIC) Sara Nerlove

Partnerships for Innovation:Building Innovation Capacity

(PFI-BIC) Sara Nerlove

Partnerships for Innovation:Accelerating Innovation

Research (PFI-AIR) Karlene Hoo

Partnerships for Innovation:Accelerating Innovation

Research (PFI-AIR) Karlene Hoo

I-CorpsErrol Arkilic,

Rathindra DasGupta

I-CorpsErrol Arkilic,

Rathindra DasGupta

Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials & Manufacturing (NM) Ben Schrag, Vacancy

Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials & Manufacturing (NM) Ben Schrag, Vacancy

Biological and Chemical Technology (BC)

Ruth Shuman, Prakash Balan, Jesus Soriano

Biological and Chemical Technology (BC)

Ruth Shuman, Prakash Balan, Jesus Soriano

Electronics, Information & Communication Technology (EI)

Juan Figueroa, Murali Nair, Glenn Larsen

Electronics, Information & Communication Technology (EI)

Juan Figueroa, Murali Nair, Glenn Larsen

Education Applications (EA)

Glenn Larsen

Education Applications (EA)

Glenn Larsen

Experts/Special TopicsGeorge Vermont

Experts/Special TopicsGeorge Vermont

AnalystsAlex Schwarzkopf,

Kevin Simmons

AnalystsAlex Schwarzkopf,

Kevin Simmons

Assessment and DiversityCheryl Albus

Assessment and DiversityCheryl Albus

• Vision - To be the pre-eminent federal resource driving

the expansion of our nation’s innovation capacity by stimulating partnerships among industry, academe, investors, government and other stakeholders

• Mission - IIP will enhance our nation’s economic

competitiveness by catalyzing the transformation of discovery into societal benefits through stimulating partnerships and promoting learning environments for innovators

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IIP Vision & Mission

Research: transformation of money ($) into knowledge

Innovation: transformation of knowledge into money ($)


Geoffrey Nicholson3M Retired

NSF Innovation Investments

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IIP Innovation Programs

• GOALI

• PFI: BIC

• PFI: AIR

• I/UCRC

• I-Corps

• SBIR/STTR

Academic Programs 07070000 FY 2010 FY 2011

PFI: AIR $11,550,000

GOALI $4,932,355 $4,701,057

I-Corps $450,000

I/UCRC $7,711,588 $8,467,732I/UCRC Fundamental Research $674,852 $1,362,654

PFI: BIC $9,245,760 $7,597,718

Total $22,564,555 $34,129,161

IIP Academic Programs

Funding

• Proposals must address NSF goals– Transform the Frontiers – Innovate for Society

• NSF merit review criteria– Intellectual merit – Societal impact

• Funding may be found in ENG and crosscutting/interdisciplinary programs

Directorate for Engineering 11

GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR

ACADEMIC LIAISON WITHINDUSTRY

GOALI NSF 12-513

Please contact the appropriate disciplinary program office to obtain information about current deadline dates.

Please discuss with the appropriate disciplinary program office prior to

submitting a request for supplemental funding.

Grants Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)

Goal To promote university-industry partnerships by

providing project funds or fellowships/traineeships to support an eclectic mix of industry-university linkages

Three mechanisms Faculty and students go to industry Industrial scientist and/or engineer go to the

university Industry-University Collaborative Research Projects

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Co-funding opportunities for academic proposals

Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with

Industry (GOALI)• Industry-University collaboration required for research and

education aspects of the proposal

• Required matching funds from industry for residence period in industry

• NSF $ support university participation

• Opportunities for future employment of students

• Dissemination Plan

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Targets high-risk/high-gain research with a focus on fundamental research and direct transfer of new knowledge between academe and industry.

Funds transformative research that lies beyond that which industry would normally fund.

GOALI: Distribution of 2009-2011 Awards by Directorate / Division

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Why should you be interested?

• Potential of wealth creation • Creation of new knowledge• Intellectually right thing to do• Potential employment opportunities• Making a real impact

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Partnerships for Innovation

PFI

Designed to accelerate innovation that results in the creation of new wealth and the building of strong local, regional, and national economies.

ACA: Sec 508 Partnerships for Innovation


Increase the impact of the

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businesses, governments, others

Innovation Strategy for Sustainable Growth and Creation of Quality Jobs

19Industrial Innovation & Partnerships

OSTP & NEC 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.”

OSTP & NEC RFI: 3/25/10 (75:57)

•Catalyzing breakthroughs for national priorities•Promoting competitive markets that spur productive entrepreneurship

•Investing in building blocks of American Innovation

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT: SEPT 2009

In response to this …


PFI: Umbrella of subprograms

• BIC: Building Innovation Capacity • AIR: Accelerating Innovation Research

BIC AIR

TechnologyTranslation

Research Alliance

•Promotes collaborations to stimulate the translation and transfer of existing knowledge created by the research enterprise into

–market-valued solutions –potential commercial reality and spinoffs

•Integrates multiple disciplines

•Public- private partnerships-industries, practitioners, and others

•Focus on research/technology platforms that enable engineered systems

IIP’s Investments in an Innovation Ecosystem


Shared goals: INNOVATION and PARTNERSHIPS

PFI: BIC (NSF 12-511)

Building Innovation Capacity

•Core –Academic researchers–At least 2 or more existing small businesses–Others: businesses, profit, not-for-profit, large, small, …–$600K/2-years per award–LOI required, Full proposal

•Goals– Joining of academic and business perspectives–Businesses: “Takeaways” with potential to help them thrive and grow

–Academics: Increased agility in adapting their existing research discoveries into market-valued solutions


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PFI: AIR Technology Translation (NSF 12-571)•Core

– Single investigator or small groups of faculty

– Current or 4-years prior NSF research award recipient

– $150K/18-months per award

–LOI required (Sept 12, 2012, Mar 13, 2013)–Full proposal (Nov 13, 2012, May 15, 2013)

•Goals–To complete the necessary research such as proof-of-concept, prototyping and/or scale-up that addresses real-world constraints

–To move more research discoveries on the path to becoming new technologies

– To create entrepreneurial small groups of facultyIndustrial Innovation & Partnerships 23

PFI: AIR Research Alliance (NSF 12-571)•Core

– NSF-funded research alliance

–Others: another research entity, small business consortia, local/regional innovation entity

– Third-party investment (1:1) - 75% cash match

•Goals– Creates an innovation ecosystem–Translates and transfers existing research discoveries to commercial reality and potential spin-offs

– Builds new partnerships– Develops entrepreneurial culture


PFI: AIR Current Awards

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Industry University Cooperative Research

CentersI/UCRC NSF 12-516

Letter of Intent Due (required)

Planning Grant : must complete a workshop

Full Center Proposal: must complete boot camp

I/UCRCs enable discovery and innovation through collaboration

I/UCRCDiscovery &Innovation

GovernmentNSF

Members

University

Members

Single or multi-university

Key Features:• Small investment from NSF

• Primarily supported by industry center members

• A shared portfolio of pre-competitive research projects

• Research “franchise”

Include industry, other agencies (state & federal), and other organizations

I/UCRC: Funding opportunity for academic institutions

• Goals– Develop long-term partnerships among

industry, academe and government– Leverage NSF funds with industry to

support graduate students performing industrially-relevant research

• 60 active centers (172 sites)

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Innovation through Partnerships

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I/UCRC: Leveraging of other NSF support

Some I/UCRCs have indicated that their current or past research results were enabled by research results or infrastructure supported by other divisions or Programs within NSF

National Distribution of I/UCRCs

60 Centers172 I/UCRC Sites

Plus Participating International Sites

ENG CISE

Over 760 Memberships

I/UCRC: Technology sectors

• Advanced Electronics (5)• Advanced Manufacturing & Materials (15)• Biotechnology (3)• Civil Infrastructure Systems (3)• Energy and Environment (9)• Fabrication & Processing (1)• Health and Safety (2)• Information, Communication and Computing (14)• System Design and Simulation (4)

NSF 11-560

To identify NSF-funded researchers who will receive additional support - in the form of mentoring and funding - to accelerate innovation that can attract subsequent third-party funding.

I-Corps (Background)

Leveraging NSF-lineage of previous support Small grants to focus on creating a commercialization roadmap

Quick assessment Team-based Curriculum-focused

I-Corps Team

Entrepreneurial Lead Post-doc or Student to move it forward

I-Corps Mentor Domain-relevant volunteer guide Proximity is better

Principal Investigator Researcher with current or previous award

I-Corps Curriculum Based on hypothesis-driven business-model discovery

Pioneered by Stanford and Steve Blank Focuses on addressing market risk Requires getting out of the lab

AT LEAST 15 hours of prep per week Mandatory for all I-Corps participants

First 3 Days (Stanford, …) 5 follow-on webinars with team presentations 2 Days (lessoned learned) in Stanford, …)

I-Corps Approach

Emphasizes experiential learning and feedback Challenges teams to create their own business model canvas

Values revision and continual improvement of business development elements

Expects teams to be inquisitive, motivated and capable of self management

Full contact immersive class

NSF I-Corps Program Cohorts

Additional Funding Proposals

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Feedback from the I-Corps Kickoff

Your business “plan” is irrelevant… the truth is out there

Its all about customer development

Don’t confuse search with execution

Getting out of the Office is foreign to many

Getting critical feedback is tough

Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business

Technology Transfer Research (SBIR/STTR)

NSF 12-548

Stimulates technological innovation in the private sector

NSF SBIR/STTR Programs

Invest in for-profit small businesses

To Catalyze Technology Commercialization

IAIA

IA = Innovation Accelerator

SBIR: Program Status

• Total funding ~ $125 million (FY 2011)

• 277 Phase I awards

• 107 Phase II awards

SBIR: Technology Thrusts

• Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials, and Manufacturing

• Electronic, Information, and Communication Technologies

• Biological and Chemical Technologies

• Education Applications

SBIR: Funding and Review Criteria

• High-risk, high-payback innovations• High commercialization potential is a must

• Proposals should demonstrate:– Sound research plan– Highly qualified technical and business team– Marketable product with significant

commercialization potential

Questions?

• GOALI - grant opportunities for academic liaison with industry

• PFI: BIC - partnerships for innovation: building innovation capacity

• PFI: AIR - partnerships for innovation: accelerating innovation research (choice 1: Technology Translation, choice 2: Research Alliance)

• I/UCRC - industry, university cooperative research centers

• I-Corps - innovation corps• SBIR/STTR - small business innovation

research/small business technology transfer research

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