1. EXAMPLE Biological Semiconductors with Unique Electronic Properties
Insert PI Name,
Insert PI Organization
Insert PI Organization City and State
Objective: Develop hybrid biological semiconductors which are EMP resistant and whose electronic properties can be directly manipulated by environmental stimuli
Technical Challenges and Risk:
Defining precise conditions with which to introduce biological dopants into semiconductors in a controlled manner and in precise orientation
Imparting external control such as on/off switches via genetic modification of the dopant
Generalizing design conditions to other dopants and semiconductor materials may not be possible
Experimental Approach (in graphic form with supporting words)
EXAMPLE
Relevance and Applications:
Semiconductors are ubiquitous in military systems and are subject to corrosion and EMP disruption. Biological semiconductors would be EMP resistant and impervious to corrosion
Biological semiconductors will enable design of new classes of electronic devices and self-healing electronic network architectures
Milestones and Deliverables
Year 1. Design and build benchtop foundry to mimic semiconductor production conditions and establish conditions to grow extremophiles.
Year 2. Establish parameters for controlled nucleation of semiconductor wafers with extremophile dopant and initiate morphological and electrochemical characterization
Year 3. Design abiotic version of dopant and introduce into semiconductor wafer. Deliver completely abiotic version of a biological semiconductor with external control capability
New Science:
Bridge the connection and time scales between the languages of biology and electronics
Understand and control the mechanisms of bio-corrosion
Budget: (labor, materials, travel, overhead)
POC: (name, phone, ) 1

2. Title of Project, (Arial 16 pt.)
Principal Investigator,
Organization Name, Proposal Number (Arial 14 pt.)
Description of Effort: Describe objectives, methodology and enhanced operational capability end user will receive from the effort
Provide a picture or graphic that conveys the final capability of research and its concept. Include weight and size where appropriate
Challenges: Specify the 3 main scientific challenges this effort addresses in bullet list
Risk: Identify the most significant risk associated with this effort, its potential impact, step(s) taken to mitigate.
ROM Cost and Schedule: Describe performance period and
total costs by fiscal year. Identify any milestone decision points that may occur
Deliverables: Identify all deliverables by funding year (hardware, software, test documents, manuals, drawings, transition plans, etc.
Point of Contact: Include the principal investigator’s full name, address, phone number and
Proposed Technical Approach: Specify problem approach, describe tasks to be performed, summarize any actions to date, describe technology involved and how it solves the problem
POINT OF CONTACT:
Principal Investigator:
Josephine Doe
123 Upstart Street
Nowhere Land, CA
Benefits of Proposed Effort: Describe the benefits this effort provides over current technology and/or practices. Explain how the project provides an innovative SOLUTION to the problem at hand.
Figure 1 Quad Chart 2

3. Guidance
Quad charts are analogous to an “elevator speech”- you have minimal time to briefly inform a non-technical audience about the merits of your technology and create interest. Once an interest is established, you may be afforded about an hour to brief interested parties about your technology, usually in person or via a web cast. This follow on meeting is your opportunity to use technical jargon and go into greater detail. These charts are also used to create an interest among potential customers in the Government but are never shared outside Government.
Please create one white paper for each technology that you think has application to these programs. Titles will be Arial 16 point font. All slide text will be in Arial 11 point font. Each slide shall be less than 500 kb (.5 Meg) and must be in PowerPoint format using the master slide template provided in this file. File naming convention is “Quad Chart YOUR CAPABILITY.ppt”. You may use one back-up page to further explain your good idea.
To reduce file sizes:
double click an image
click the “all pictures in document
click on the "picture" tab
bubble”
click the “compress button”
click the “web/screen” bubble
For the ROM (rough order of magnitude) Cost and Schedule, it is important that you identify the approximate level of resources needed to accomplish the project. The ROM and cost should be sufficient to ensure successful completion of project milestones and deliverables.
Lastly, using PowerPoint's “View, Notes Page” option allows you to include contact information. 3
Figure 2 Quad Chart Guidance

4. For Public Distribution
Summary Page*
Project Title
Technology Area
Institution
Point of Contact
Project Summary
Required Questions & Answers
1. What are you trying to do? (no jargon!)
2. How does this get done today?
3. What is new about your approach?
4. What difference do you think it will make?
5. How long do you think it will take?
6. Can your work transition to the DoD or others (i.e. who might be the customer)?
7. How much will it cost?
8. What are the risks and payoffs?
List any gaps in capabilities, infrastructure, instrumentation, etc. that need to be filled to complete the project:
*If necessary, duplicate and add pages to the summary to complete the content
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