Partnerships for Innovation Program Jesus Soriano, MD, PhD, MBA Program Director, PFI Div. Industrial Innovation & Partnerships @NSFSBIR @JesusVSoriano Atlanta June 4, 2018

Our Mandate to Foster Innovation “To create more jobs we must make new and better and cheaper products. We want plenty of new, vigorous enterprises. But new products and processes are not born full- grown. They are founded on new principles and new conceptions which in turn result from basic scientific research. Basic scientific research is scientific capital.” V. Bush (1945). Science the Endless Frontier: Report to the President on a Program for Postwar Scientific Research. Wash., D.C.: U.S. Govt. Print. Off.

PFI Mandate from Congress To support NSF-sponsored research and technologies with potential for accelerated commercialization.** Requires critical use of limited funds * NSF FY 2017 Budget Request to Congress ** American Innovation and Competitiveness Act of 2017 (Pub.L. 114-329) NSF PFI IIP ENG

PFI PROGRAM GOALS* * AICA 2017 Photo Credit: Graphene Frontiers, LLC

The PFI Program has 6 Goals (1) Support NSF-sponsored research and technologies with potential for accelerated commercialization. (2) Support prior or current NSF-sponsored researchers, institutions of higher education, and non-profit organizations that partner to undertake proof-of-concept work, and prototype development derived from NSF-funded research that has potential market value. (3) Sustainable partnerships between NSF-funded institutions, industry, and other organizations within academia and the private sector to accelerate technology transfer. https://www.nsf.gov/PFI

The PFI Program has 6 Goals (4) Develop multi-disciplinary innovation ecosystems which involve and are responsive to the needs of academia and industry. (5) Catalyze professional development, mentoring, and best practices in entrepreneurship and technology translation for faculty, students and researchers. (6) Expand the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in innovation, technology translation, and entrepreneurship. https://www.nsf.gov/PFI

Dimensions of a PFI Project Target Key Early Stage Technological Challenges Define Commercial Potential – Customer Discovery Education and Training for Students & Researchers Accelerating Innovation Through Partnerships Broadening Participation https://www.nsf.gov/PFI

Technology Translation Resources Invested STC, MRSEC CCI ERC IUCRC GOALI PFI Translational Research I-Corps Private funds Valley of Hope STC: Science and Technology Centers MRSEC: Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers CCI: Centers for Chemical Innovation ERC: Engineering Research Centers GOALI: Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry IUCRC: Industry University Cooperative Research Centers I-Corps™: Innovation Corps PFI: Partnerships for Innovation SBIR/STTR: Small Business Research Program NSF – Fundamental Research SBIR STTR https://www.nsf.gov/PFI

Funding Opportunities & Beyond PFI: Funding Opportunities & Q&A Breakout Session Wednesday 3 - 4 pm A601 / 602 Jesus Soriano jsoriano@nsf.gov Prakash Balan pbalan@nsf.gov