1. UNCLASSIFIED Nicole R. Fox SBIR/STTR Program Coordinator nicole.r.fox.civ@mail.mil 919-549-4395 US Army Research Laboratory/Army Research Office 13 March, 2012 DoD Funding Overview

2. UNCLASSIFIED SBIR / STTR Program Mission Supporting scientific excellence and technological innovation through the investment of Federal research funds in critical American priorities to build a strong national economy and national defense. 2

3. UNCLASSIFIED DoD Component Participation The SBIR and STTR programs are executed by 12 and 6 participating DoD Components, respectively. 3 Air Force Missile Defense Agency Special Operations Command Army Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Defense Microelectronics Activity Navy Defense Threat Reduction Agency Office of Secretary of Defense Joint S&T Office for Chemical and Biological Defense Defense Logistics Agency SBIR Program Only SBIR + STTR Programs

4. UNCLASSIFIED DoD Funding within the SBIR/STTR Programs 4 Component SBIR FY11 Budget STTR FY11 Budget Army$207M$25M Navy $270M $32M Air Force$282M$34M DARPA $66M $8M MDA$101M$12M OSD $51M $6M Other*$63M- DoD Annual SBIR Budget Exceeds $1B DoD Annual STTR Budget Exceeds $1M *Other includes DTRA, SOCOM, CBD, NGA, DLA and DMEA

5. UNCLASSIFIED DoD Agency Differences 5 Agency Differences ALWAYS Check With Agency

6. UNCLASSIFIED Agency SBIR Differences 6 Granting Agencies Investigator initiates approach Less-specified topics Assistance mechanism More flexibility DODDHS HHS/NIH NASA EDEPA DOT DOC Contracting Agencies Agency establishes plans, protocols, requirements Highly focused topics Procurement mechanism for DOD and NASA More fiscal requirements HHS/NIH NSF ED USDA DOE

7. UNCLASSIFIED Advice from Awardees Don’t judge an agency’s interests by its “name ” Understand agency’s mission & needs Get to know your agency Program Manager Read solicitation and follow instructions Don’t depend solely on SBIR funding Don’t go it alone - use support systems Have an outcome Win or lose - get and review evaluations Be PERSISTENT 7

8. UNCLASSIFIED Collaboration during the Solicitation Period Topic Authors –Q&A direct during pre-release (4 weeks prior to solicitation opening) –Q&A electronic bulletin board (SITIS) from pre-release to close Administrative Help Desk –Telephone 8am - 5pm EST @ 866-724-7457 –Email 24 hours a day at www.dodsbir.net/helpdesk 8

9. UNCLASSIFIED Submit proposals via : http://www.dodsbir.net/submission View solicitations via: http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/solicitations How Can Small Businesses Participate? 9 Solicitation Schedule

10. UNCLASSIFIED OSD/OSBP DoD SBIR/STTR Historical “Success” Rates Historically… 16% of DoD SBIR/STTR Phase I proposals are awarded 50% of Phase I awards receive a Phase II. 55% of Phase II awards commercialize. 10 Based on all Phase I and Phase II contracts derived from 1996-2005 solicitations. Commercialization data taken from January 2010 DoD SBIR Commercialization Database. DoD SBIR/STTR is highly competitive.

11. UNCLASSIFIED The Future of the SBIR/STTR Programs 11 The SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act Signed by President Obama on 31 December 2011 PL 112-81 extends program to 2017 Increase budget requirement to at least 2.6% of extramural RDT&E(FY2012) Several changes are forthcoming via the SBA Directive PL 112-81 extends STTR program to 2017 Increase budget requirement to at least 0.35% of extramural RDT&E(FY2012) Several changes are forthcoming via the SBA Directive

12. UNCLASSIFIED How to Participate 12 Review the Topics in the current solicitation at www.dodsbir.net/solicitation/ Register and submit proposals at www.dodsbir.net/submission/ General questions? Call our Help Desk 866-SBIRHLP (724-7457) Questions about a solicitation topic? Contact topic author listed with the topic during the pre-release period or www.dodsbir.net/sitis/ Subscribe to the Listserv at www.dodsbir.net/ to receive program notices and updates

13. UNCLASSIFIED DoD Components 13 Component ContactPhone # Army SBIR John Smith410-306-4838 Army STTR Brad Guay919-549-4258 Navy John Williams703-696-0342 Air Force Augustine Vu937-656-9015 DARPA Susan Nichols703-526-4162 MDA Douglas Deason703-553-3408 DTRA Robert Swahn703-767-2360 SOCOM Shawn Patterson813-826-1176 OSD Teresa Puretz703-693-0458 NGA Paul Nagele571-557-2713 CBD Larry Pollack703-767-3307 DLA Natalie Seiling804-279-5120 DMEA Kevin Rankin916-231-1644