WYOMING SBIR/STTR INITIATIVE - WSSISeed Capital for Innovative ResearchSenator Enzi’s 2013 Inventor’s ConferenceKelly Haigler CornishOutreach Coordinator, Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative

What is SBIR and STTR• Small Business Innovation Research

• Allows subcontracting up to 1/3 of the work

• Small Business Technology Transfer• Requires SBC 40% and nonprofit research institution 30%

• a highly competitive program that encourages domestic small businesses to engage in Federal Research and Development (R&D) that has the potential for commercialization

SBIR & STTR• Stimulate technological innovation

• Meet Federal research and development needs

• Foster and encourage participation in innovation and entrepreneurship by socially and economically disadvantaged persons

• Increase private-sector commercialization of innovations derived from Federal research and development funding

Wyoming Success StorySquare One Systems Design, Jackson, Wyoming

A Universal Micromanipulation Robot (UMR) Crystal Harvesting System

Phase I $198,227Phase II $1,163,648NIH

http://www.sqr-1.com/harvester.php

Three Phase Program• Phase I

• Objective: establish technical merit, feasibility• Award amounts up to $150,000• Time Frame: 6 months

• Phase II• Objective: continue R&D efforts; prototype development• Award amounts up to $1,000,000• Time Frame: 2 years

• Phase III• Objective: commercialization• No SBIR funds available

Who can participate?Organization Requirements:• Proposals only may be submitted by companies that

qualify as a small business• For profit business • Fewer than 500 employees• Located in the US• 51% owned and controlled by US individuals

What is Innovation

NIH SBIR solicitation defines it as….

…. an implementation that is often disruptive of the prevailing product, process, policy, or paradigm and creates an outcome that is more effective, affordable, accessible, easier to use or deliver, and/or provides superior scalability

Wyoming Success StoryMountain Meadow Wool

• Phase I $80,000• Phase II $460,000• USDA

• http://www.mountainmeadowwool.com/video-gallery/

What gets funded? Evaluation Criteria:• Soundness, technical merit, and innovation of the

proposed approach to topic or subtopic solution• The qualifications of the proposed principal/key

investigators, supporting staff and consultants; • Potential for commercial (Government or private sector)

application and the benefits expected to accrue from this commercialization

How do I find SBIR Opportunities• www.uwyo.edu/sbir• www.zyn.com

11 Federal Agencies offer SBIR and five largest offer STTR• Department of Agriculture• Department of Commerce - National Institute of Standards and Technology• Department of Commerce - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration• Department of Defense• Department of Education• Department of Energy• Department of Health and Human Services• Department of Homeland Security• Department of Transportation• Environmental Protection Agency• National Aeronautics and Space Administration• National Science Foundation

Wyoming Success StoryBabble Tree LLC

• Phase I $99,188• Phase II 448,041• USDA

• http://www.babbletree.com/index.php

How We Help• Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative• Phase 0 Program• $5000 contracts• Wyoming mentor• Two reviews of your Phase I proposal

• www.uwyo.edu/sbir

Wyoming SBIR/STTR InitiativeKelly Haigler Cornish, WSSI Outreach Coordinatorwssi@uwyo.eduPhone 766-2904 Toll free 866-703-3280Cell 307-760-2094 Fax 307-766-2530211 Bureau of Mines Bldg. (UW Campus), Laramie WY Eugene Watson, WSSI Program Managerewatson@wyoming.com, Phone 307-742-7162 Cell 307-760-0456

www.uwyo.edu/sbir