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Research Partnerships for Innovation

Advanced Technology Program. Research Partnerships for Innovation. Alan P. Balutis, Director Digital Cinema 2001 Conference January 11, 2001. ATP Stimulates Industry. To tackle the R&D Challenges of the 21 st Century ATP Mission: Accelerate the development of innovative technologies

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Research Partnerships for Innovation

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  1. Advanced Technology Program Research Partnerships for Innovation Alan P. Balutis, Director Digital Cinema 2001 Conference January 11, 2001

  2. ATP Stimulates Industry • To tackle the R&D Challenges of the 21st Century • ATP Mission: • Accelerate the development of innovative technologies • For broad national benefit • Through partnerships with the private sector

  3. A Decade of Innovation • Since 1990, 4,435 proposals submitted to 41 competitions, requesting $9.6B from ATP • 522 projects awarded with 1,162 participants and an equal number of subcontractors • 172 joint ventures and 350 single companies • $3.3 billion of high-risk research funded • ATP share = $1.640 billion • Industry share = $1.629 billion • Small businesses are thriving • 59% of projects led by small businesses • Over 100 universities participate • Nearly 20 national laboratories participate

  4. Forty-One Competitions (1990-2000) 522 ATP Awardsby Technology Area(As a Percent of $1.64B Awarded)

  5. Bridging the Gap Between the Laboratory and the Marketplace Exciting New Technologies …

  6. New Initiatives • “Rolling” submissions • Streamlined proposal process • Electronic submission of proposals (pilot)

  7. Technology Offices Relationship with Industry • Development • Support industry efforts to define high-risk, innovative projects and solicit related proposals for the ATP • Explore highest priority technical opportunities and barriers with American industry • Enable greater understanding of ATP criteria & objectives among industry through education and outreach • Selection • Responsible for bringing together the qualified experts, which include ATP staff, to effectively manage the peer-review selection process that is based on the ATP criteria • Management • Collaborate with awardees to ensure project success • Government’s technical & business representatives • Monitor project technical and business progress against agreed milestones and expenditures

  8. The Difference ATP Makes With the ATP, R&D is: • Higher risk • Creating leap-frog • technologies • Leading to multiple • applications • Expanding company & • national competencies • Broadly diffused

  9. What ATP Can Do for You • Early financial support • Reduced risk for R&D investment • Research support • Information on assembling a JV • Links to additional technical resources • Recognition • Leverage for additional financing • External validation • Independence • Companies retain their intellectual property rights

  10. What Can ATP Do for You? • Create Sustainable Technical Advantage • we share in the risk of longer-range, higher-payoff research • you direct the research goals • ATP commits approx. $1,000,000 per year per project • You Own the Intellectual Property Rights • U.S. for-profit companies keep rights to intellectual property from ATP-funded projects • Encourage Integration of Business and Technical Planning • plan now for commercializing your research results • visit our website for info on how to write a business plan • attend ATP-sponsored workshops with venture capitalists

  11. What Can ATP Do for You? (cont’d) • Gain Recognition Within Industrial and Financial Sectors • an ATP award will attract attention from investors, strategic partners, potential customers, and others • Find Partners Thru Our Website • visit ATP’s Collaboration Bulletin Board • join ATP’s Alliance Network List Server • We Are Flexible and Fair, but Firm • we will monitor your progress, but also be supportive if roadblocks appear as long as you commit to high-risk research

  12. Is ATP Right For You? • Are you looking to further your technical advantage by conducting challenging research? • Is the risk primarily in your technical approach? • Does your project have the potential to generate broad-based economic benefits for the United States? • Are you committed to taking the research into the marketplace?

  13. For-profit company 3-year time limit $2M award cap Company pays indirect costs Large companies cost share at least 60% of total project cost At least 2 for-profit companies 5-year time limit No limit on award amount (other than availability of funds) Industry share >50% total cost As a Single Company: As a Joint Venture: Alone With Subcontractors Formal Alliances With Subcontractors + University Consortium Research Lab University Research Lab Research Lab University Company Two Ways to Apply … • ATP encourages teaming arrangements • Most projects involve alliances

  14. Two Major Criteria • Scientific and Technological Merit (50%) • Technical Rationale • technological innovation • high technical risk & feasibility • R&D Plan • Potential for Broad-Based Economic Benefits (50%) • National Economic Benefits • Need for ATP Funding • Pathway to Economic Benefits

  15. PROPOSALS SCREENING CLASSIFICATION Gate 1: FULL TECHNICAL PLAN + PRELIMINARY ECON/BUS PLAN ECONOMIC/BUSINESS MERIT TECHNOLOGICAL MERIT • National Economic Benefits • Need for ATP Funding • Pathway to Economic Benefits • Technical Rationale • technological innovation • high technical risk & feasibility • R&D Plan Gate 2: FULL ECONOMIC/BUSINESS PROPOSAL + BUDGET INFO Gate 3: SEMIFINALISTS IDENTIFIED • Oral review Gate 4: AWARD Cooperative Agreement DEBRIEFING ProjectSelectionProcess

  16. FY 2001 Changes • Accept and review proposals year-round • Make awards year-round • Reduce paperwork via gated approach to proposal submission No change in project selection criteria and technology specific review

  17. Summary: New Gated Approach • Gate 1: Complete technical plan plus preliminary info on economic/business criterion • If pass, go to Gate 2; otherwise debriefing • Gate 2: Full economic/business plan plus detailed budget information • If pass, go to Gate 3; otherwise debriefing • Gate 3: Semifinalist (oral review) • If pass, go to Gate 4; otherwise debriefing • Gate 4: Award, if pass gate 3 and selected

  18. Think About Proposal as a Whole • Identify the economic opportunity • Name what technical barriers stand in the way of realizing that opportunity • Relate specific R&D objectives to these barriers • Show a detailed R&D plan for eliminating barriers • Envision a commercialization strategy and plan for taking the proposed technology, once developed, to market • Include the right team members to get the job done

  19. ATP and Digital Cinema Areas currently supported by ATP where Digital Cinema-related technologies are likely to play a role: • Digital Video • Adaptive Learning Systems • Component-Based Software • IT for Healthcare

  20. Current Portfolio of Digital Cinema-Related Technology Areas • Digital Video • Video and Multimedia • Protocols & Interoperability • Data Compression • Adaptive Learning Systems • Knowledge-bases • Delivery Mechanisms • Multi-sensory Interfaces • IT for Health Care • Virtual Medical Training • Healthcare Informatics • Knowledge Services

  21. ATP Projects • DemoGraFX • Developed prototype of compression and decompression system • Sarnoff Corporation • Emmy Award winning technology. Instrument maker Tektronix incorporated technology in JNDmetrix™ picture-quality analyzer • MCI • Developed infrastructure to permit distribution of live high-bandwidth video signals across the country

  22. Contact Information www.atp.nist.gov To Get on the ATP Mailing List: Call toll-free: 800-ATP-FUND (800-287-3863) Fax your name and address to: (301) 926-9524 Send an e-mail message to: atp@nist.gov

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