NSF Webinar Partnerships for Innovation Programs (Solicitation: NSF 12-511) Karlene A. Hoo, Ph.D. Sara B. Nerlove, Ph.D. Program Directors Industrial Innovation

NSF WebinarPartnerships for Innovation Programs

(Solicitation: NSF 12-511)Karlene A. Hoo, Ph.D. Sara B. Nerlove, Ph.D.

Program Directors Industrial Innovation and Partnerships

Engineering DirectorateNational Science Foundation

The presentation will be available following the WEBINARhttp://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=iip

Solicitation: NSF 12-511

If you are unable to call in, please send your questions via email to both:

–BIC: Sara Nerlove [email protected] –AIR: Karlene Hoo [email protected]

Industrial Innovation & Partnerships

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New Solicitation NSF 12-511: PFI

Two subprograms: NSF Innovation Ecosystem•BIC: Building Innovation Capacity (earlier stage)

– formerly PFI

•AIR: Accelerating Innovation Research (later stage)– formerly AIR option 2


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BIC: Formerly PFI(American Competes Act: Section 508) What Have the PFI Partnerships Been Organized to Do?

•Stimulate the transformation of knowledge created by the research and education enterprise into innovations that create new wealth, build strong local, regional and national economies and improve the national well-being

•Broaden the participation of all types of academic institutions to meet the broad workforce needs of the national innovation enterprise

• Catalyze or enhance enabling infrastructure necessary to foster and sustain innovation for the long-term

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Research &Research & Knowledge Transfer Knowledge Transfer

Innovation Infrastructure& Community

Education/ Training


AIR: Innovation Strategy for Sustainable Growth and Creation of Quality Jobs

• Catalyzing breakthroughs for national priorities• Promoting competitive markets that spur productive entrepreneurship• Investing in building blocks of American Innovation

The second section of the RFI seeks public comments on whether proof-of-

concept centers can be a means of stimulating the commercialization of early-stage technologies by bridging the “valley of death.”

• With community input, NSF designed the program Accelerating Innovation Research (AIR)

to spur the translation to transfer of fundamental research discoveries towards economic and/or societal impact

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT: SEPT 2009


OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY & NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL RFI: MARCH 25, 2010 (75:57)

IIP’s Investments in an Innovation Ecosystem


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NSF Innovation Ecosystem


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BIC AIR

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Key Requirements: NSF 12-511

• LOI required: January 4, 2012• Full proposal: March 1, 2012• BIC Award: $600K/2-year duration

–Partnership Letters (distinguish from “Letters of Commitment”): Provide letters from each of the knowledge-enhancing partner companies and all other core partners per NSF 12-511.

• AIR Award: up to $800K/2-year duration–Third-party investment (1:1) required–Up to 25% in-kind, and the rest in cash–PI Team (PI, partner entity, and third-party investor) must be present (at NSF) to report on the first year’s accomplishments and plans for the second year


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BIC: Building Innovation Capacity NSF 12-511

•Hallmark: Highly interactive small group collaboration representing research and business perspectives

•Core: Knowledge-Enhancing Partnership (KEP) group–Academic researchers

–At least 2 or more existing small businesses

–Others: businesses, profit, not-for-profit, large, small, …

•Focus: A research platform that gives rise to multiple (2 or more) market-enabled applications in diverse problem spaces

•Goals–Businesses: “Takeaways” with potential to help them thrive and grow

–Academics: Increased agility in adapting their research to market-enabled applications

•Senior Administrator (a Co-PI)– Key responsibility: commitment to knowledge translation, transformation, transition, and transfer of academic research

–-Preferable that PI should not be in the direct reporting line of this Co-PI

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AIR: Accelerating Innovation Research NSF 12-511

•Additional review criteria–Quality of the strategic plan, milestones, and deliverables

–Effectiveness of the plan to translate research and/or technology

–Commitment of partners, third party investors, and stakeholders

–Effectiveness of the partnerships in catalyzing an innovation ecosystem

–Quality of the management plan

–Effectiveness of the assessment plan

–Net added value to the studentsIndustrial Innovation & Partnerships

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•Core–NSF-funded research alliance

–Others: another research entity, small business consortia, local/regional innovation entity

–Third-party investment (1:1)

•Focus–Creates innovation ecosystem–Translates to transfer of research discoveries to commercial reality

–Builds new partnerships–Encourages spin-offs–Develops entrepreneurial culture


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NSF 12-511

•Annotated list (e.g., see the key words you plan to provide in your project summary) of suggested reviewers with full contact information.

– If submitted prior to proposal submission, reference LOI number and send by email to the cognizant program director

Solicitation: NSF 12-511

If you are unable to call in, please send your questions via email to both:

–BIC: Sara Nerlove [email protected] –AIR: Karlene Hoo [email protected]


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NSF Webinar Partnerships for Innovation Programs (Solicitation: NSF 12-511) Karlene A. Hoo, Ph.D. Sara B. Nerlove, Ph.D. Program Directors Industrial Innovation