2. OUR HISTORY & MISSION
ABOUT US

3. SCRA fuels South Carolina’s innovation economy
OUR MISSION
SCRA fuels South Carolina’s innovation economy
INDUSTRY
ACADEMIA
ENTREPRENEURS
FACILITIES
…by accelerating technology-enabled growth in research, academia, entrepreneurship and industry.

4. Information Technology
SECTORS OF FOCUS
Life Sciences
Information Technology
Advanced Manufacturing
/Materials

5. $688 Million 4,099 42 OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT (FY17-18)
SOUTH CAROLINA-BASED JOBS SUPPORTED BY SCRA OPERATIONS
AVERAGE ANNUAL ECONOMIC IMPACT ON SOUTH CAROLINA
COMPANIES HAVE OFFICES IN SCRA FACILITIES

6. SUPPORTING EARLY-STAGE COMPANIES
ENTREPRENEURS

7. NETWORKING AND MARKETING SUPPORT
TYPES OF SUPPORT
MENTORING AND SUPPORT FROM SC LAUNCH TEAM AND RESOURCE PARTNERS
SBIR/STTR MATCHES, DEMONSTRATIONS
AND VARIOUS TYPES OF GRANTS
MENTORING
OTHER FUNDING
NETWORKING AND MARKETING SUPPORT
INVESTMENTS
RESOURCE PARTNERS, NETWORKING EVENTS AND MARKETING SUPPORT
COMPANIES MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR SC LAUNCH, INC. INVESTMENTS

8. $1 Billion 2,668 $71,245 BY THE NUMBERS
SOUTH CAROLINA-BASED JOBS CREATED BY SC LAUNCH COMPANIES
FOLLOW-ON FUNDING RECEIVED BY SC LAUNCH COMPANIES
AVERAGE SALARY OF JOBS CREATED BY SC LAUNCH COMPANIES

9. INDUSTRY

10. CONNECTING INDUSTRY TO INNOVATORS
SCRA builds strong relationships with established companies and economic development organizations in the state to create new value by connecting industry with innovators. SCRA also helps to relocate companies into the state and address unmet corporate needs.
TO CONTENT

11. STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
ADDRESSING INDUSTRY NEEDS
FIND PARTNERS
Depending on the needs, SCRA works with academic researchers and/or entrepreneurial companies with tech-based solutions to address the needs.
INDUSTRY NEEDS
Our team works with Industry partners to understand their capabilities and needs.
R&D EFFORTS
HIGH-TECH SOLUTIONS
STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

12. SUCCESS STORY: SCRA TECH INNOVATION ROADSHOW
Partner Selects Companies for Follow-up
Tech Companies Pitch Product
Partner Pre-selects Companies
Scout Tech Companies
Identify Partner
PROCESS
SUCCESSFUL PILOT
Results of the first SCRA Tech Innovation Roadshow with Prettl International were exciting. 2 out of 7 companies were selected for subsequent technical review meetings.

13. ACADEMIA

14. Strategic Collaboration Agreement
ACADEMIA SUPPORT
Strategic Collaboration Agreement
$7M 7T MRI; stronger signal, higher resolution
Support startups and entrepreneurs with academic affiliations
Establish Research Alliances
Invest in shared infrastructure & pilot projects

15. Intellectual Property
RESEARCH ALLIANCE DEFINITION
Talent
CRITERIA
Address industry needs
Coalesce existing resources across multiple institutions
Attract additional resources
Resolve gaps
Create opportunity for jobs, workforce development and business growth
RESEARCH ALLIANCE
Financial Resources
Infrastructure
Commercial Viability
Intellectual Property

16. Includes Smart Manufacturing, digital thread, and IIoT
INDUSTRY neXt RESEARCH ALLIANCE
Convergence of digital information and communications technologies with manufacturing processes
Drive real-time control of energy, productivity, and costs across factories and companies
Includes Smart Manufacturing, digital thread, and IIoT
Will extract industry problems and develop solutions through faculty engagement
Will build student teams that replicate industrial working teams
Technicians (associate degree students) and engineers (both bachelor’s and Ph.D. students)
Ideally, solutions could be applied to additional sectors beyond originating sector to maximize economic impact

17. INDUSTRY neXt: SUB-PROGRAMS
Robotics, Sensors and Control Systems
Industrial Internet of Things
Human/Machine Interface
Additive Manufacturing
Digital Manufacturing, Design and/or Visualization
Artificial Intelligence
Human/System Interface
Logistics, Risk Management, Supply Chain Management
Big Data and Cloud Computing
Cyber Security for Manufacturing

18. INDUSTRY neXt RESEARCH ALLIANCE: RFA
RFA Scope:
Fund development and deployment of technologies to address industry- validated needs in at least one of the Industry neXt sub-programs.
Up to three $100,000 awards for inter-institutional and public/private collaborations
RFA Publicly Released: February 1, 2019
RFA Submission Deadline: March 29, 2019
Funding Decisions: May 9, 2019

19. scra.org
@SCRAInnovation