SCRA SACT RFA Information SessionIndustry neXt Research Alliance

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February 14, 2019

SCRA SACT RFA Information SessionIndustry neXt Research Alliance

February 14, 2019

Christine Dixon ThiesingDirector, Academic ProgramsChristine.thiesing@scra.org

Paul DudleyProgram Manager

Paul.dudley@scra.org

WEBINAR DETAILS

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Topics

AGENDA

• Review RFA • SCRA Overview• Academic Programs / SACT Background• Research Alliance Definition• Submission Eligibility• Review Criteria• Timeline• Submission Process

• Questions and Answers

• Collaboration Discussion

SCRA Fuels South Carolina’s Innovation Economy

Accelerating technology-enabled growth in research, academia, entrepreneurship

and industry.

OUR MISSION

INDUSTRY

ACADEMIAENTREPRENEURS

FACILITIES

SBIR/STTR Matching GrantsUp to $50,000

Matching funds to help Phase I SBIR/STTR recipients obtain Phase II awards.

TYPES OF FUNDING

Academic Startup Assistance Program GrantsUp to $25,000

Early-stage development funding for companies advancing intellectual property from an academic institution.

Maturation Fund GrantsUp to $15,000

Funds to match academic institutional funds for technology development.

SACT GrantsUp to $100,000

SCRA-Academia Collaboration Team provides grants for research alliances in population health, advanced manufacturing, and medical devices.

Prototyping GrantsUp to $15,000

Funds to match academic institutional funds for prototype development and testing at South Carolina technical colleges.

ACADEMIA SUPPORT

Strategic Collaboration Agreement

Support startups and entrepreneurs with academic affiliations

Invest in shared infrastructure & pilot projects

Foster applied, collaborative research

COLLABORATION WITH ACADEMIA

The Strategic Collaboration Agreement outlines purpose,

scope, participants, resourcing, timelines and

governance.

SCRA Executive Committee

SACTSCRA-Academia

Collaboration Team

Advanced Manufacturing/Materials

Industry neXt Research Alliance

Feasibility Team

Life Sciences/Biotechnology

Technology-enabled Population Health

Alliance

Feasibility Team

SC Medical Device Alliance

Feasibility Team

- SCRA- Research Universities- Comprehensive Universities- Technical Colleges- Industry

Information Technology

RESEARCH ALLIANCE

Talent

Financial Resources

Infrastructure

Commercial Viability

Intellectual Property

CRITERIA

Address industry needs

Coalesce existing resources across multiple institutions

Attract additional resources

Create opportunity for jobs, workforce development and business growth

RESEARCH ALLIANCE DEFINITION

Industry4.0

Industry neXt is the convergence of digital information and communications technologies with manufacturing processes to drive real-time control of energy, productivity, and costs across factories and companies. This concept includes commonly understood ideas as Smart Manufacturing, the digital thread, and IIoT.

The Alliance aims to extract industry problems in the field and develop solutions through faculty engagement and, ultimately, building student teams that replicate industrial working teams with technicians (associate degree students) and engineers (both bachelor’s and Ph.D. students). Ideally, these solutions could be applied to additional sectors beyond the originating sector to maximize the economic impact.

• Robotics, Sensors, and Control Systems

• IIoT: creation of innovations including smart products, smart production systems, smart factories, and smart logistics running in a decentralized and dynamic fashion

• Additive Manufacturing: enabled by IIoT or smart manufacturing

• Digital Manufacturing, Design, and/or Visualization

• Human/Machine Interface

• Artificial Intelligence: includes machine learning

• Human/System Interface: includes innovative training modalities (VR, AR, MR)

• Logistics/Risk Management/Supply Chain Management: enabled by IIoT or smart manufacturing

• Big Data and Cloud Computing for Manufacturing

• Cyber Security for Manufacturing

Industry neXt Research Alliance

Definition

Sub-programs

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Industry4.0

Industry neXt is the convergence of digital information and communications technologies with manufacturing processes to drive real-time control of energy, productivity, and costs across factories and companies. This concept includes commonly understood ideas as Smart Manufacturing, the digital thread, and IIoT.

The Alliance aims to extract industry problems in the field and develop solutions through faculty engagement and, ultimately, building student teams that replicate industrial working teams with technicians (associate degree students) and engineers (both bachelor’s and Ph.D. students). Ideally, these solutions could be applied to additional sectors beyond the originating sector to maximize the economic impact.

• Robotics, Sensors, and Control Systems

• IIoT: creation of innovations including smart products, smart production systems, smart factories, and smart logistics running in a decentralized and dynamic fashion

• Additive Manufacturing: enabled by IIoT or smart manufacturing

• Digital Manufacturing, Design, and/or Visualization

• Human/Machine Interface

• Artificial Intelligence: includes machine learning

• Human/System Interface: includes innovative training modalities (VR, AR, MR)

• Logistics/Risk Management/Supply Chain Management: enabled by IIoT or smart manufacturing

• Big Data and Cloud Computing for Manufacturing

• Cyber Security for Manufacturing

Industry neXt Research Alliance

Definition

Sub-programs

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Feasibility RFA:Fund development and deployment of technologies to address industry-validated needs in at least one of the Industry neXt sub-programs.

Up to three $100K awards for inter-institutional and public/private collaborations

RFA Publicly Released: February 1, 2019RFA Submission Deadline: March 29, 2019Funding Decisions: May 9, 2019

RFA SUBMISSION ELIGIBILITY

Eligibility Criteria

• Applications must come from Constituent Institutions*

• Must include collaboration between or among:

• At least two Constituent Institutions

OR

• At least one Constituent Institution and at least one industry partner

• Previous recipients of SACT Feasibility Grant funding are not eligible to submit under this solicitation during the performance period of their previous grant

* Constituent Institutions are defined as any degree-conferring public institution of post-secondary education in the state of South Carolina, including research universities, primarily undergraduate institutions (PUI), and technical colleges

REVIEW CRITERIA

Technical CriteriaReviewed by External Reviewers

Strategic CriteriaReviewed by SACT

• National Institutes of Health Definitions of Criteria and Considerations for Research Project Grant

• Significance

• Investigator(s)

• Innovation

• Approach

• Follow-on Funding

• Involve a PUI or technical college

• Establish new academia/industry collaboration

• Demonstrate significant translational relevance with clearly defined and validated market need

• Impact the state’s innovation economy

• Attract follow-on funding

• Demonstrates commitment from applicant’s institution

• Address gaps in establishing the Center

• Has measurable interim and final milestones

• National Science Foundation Merit Review Criteria

• Intellectual Merit

• Broader Impact

• Follow-on Funding

• Impact the state’s innovation economy (10 points)• Involve a PUI or technical college (5 points)• Establish new academia/industry collaboration

(5 points)• Demonstrate translational relevance (5 points)• Attract follow-on funding (5 points)• Demonstrates commitment from applicant’s

institution or industry partner (5 points)• Has measurable interim and final milestones

(5 points)• Involves SC-based industry partner (5 points)• Involves SME (5 points)• Provides utility across multiple sectors (5 points)

REVIEW CRITERIA

Technical CriteriaReviewed by External Reviewers

Strategic CriteriaReviewed by SACT

• National Institutes of Health Definitions of Criteria and Considerations for Research Project Grant

• Significance

• Investigator(s)

• Innovation

• Approach

• Follow-on Funding

• Involve a PUI or technical college

• Establish new academia/industry collaboration

• Demonstrate significant translational relevance with clearly defined and validated market need

• Impact the state’s innovation economy

• Attract follow-on funding

• Demonstrates commitment from applicant’s institution

• Address gaps in establishing the Center

• Has measurable interim and final milestones

• National Science Foundation Merit Review Criteria

• Intellectual Merit

• Broader Impact

• Follow-on Funding

• Impact the state’s innovation economy (10 points)• Involve a PUI or technical college (5 points)• Establish new academia/industry collaboration

(5 points)• Demonstrate translational relevance (5 points)• Attract follow-on funding (5 points)• Demonstrates commitment from applicant’s

institution or industry partner (5 points)• Has measurable interim and final milestones

(5 points)• Involves SC-based industry partner (5 points)• Involves SME (5 points)• Provides utility across multiple sectors (5 points)

RFA TIMELINE

RFA Information SessionSCRA ensures all applications strategically align with SACT intentions and are compliant

with RFA

Pre-ReviewProvide SACT with reports

from External Technical Reviewers

Reviews to SACT All funding in place for

projects

Contracts Finalized

Applications DueApplications sent to third-party reviewers to provide

unbiased reports

External Tech. ReviewSACT to determine

which applications to fund

SACT Study Section

Feb 14 Apr 2 - 5 Apr 30 June 28

Mar 29 Apr 5 - 26 May 9Feb 1

Release RFA

RFA SUBMISSION PROCESS

• For Cover Page, Budget, and Current and Pending Support, must use fillable PDF forms (links are in Appendix B of RFA and posted on the RFA landing page)

• Combine application and all appendices into one PDF file in the same order as outlined in the Full Application Content section of the RFA

• Cover Page must be completed and signed by the Authorized Organizational Representative of the applicant institution

• Follow specific formatting instructions in RFA

• Submit single PDF document to academicprograms@scra.org

• Due 5:00pm EST, March 29, 2019

• SACT to make funding decision in May, 2019

• Contracts in place by the end of June, 2019

RFA LINKS AND CONTACT INFORMATION

• RFA Landing Page - https://www.scra.org/academia/sact-grants/• RFA• RFA Forms (Cover Sheet, Budget Forms, and Current/Pending Support)• FAQs• Link to video recording of this session and slide deck

• SC EPSCoR/IDeA Research Expertise Profile for identification of potential collaborators -http://scepscoridea.org/research_expertise_profiles.html

• For questions, please contact Paul Dudley – Paul.dudley@scra.org

• Submit applications by 5:00 PM March 29th to academicprograms@scra.org

• Questions and Answers

• Collaboration Discussion