I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e
Headquarters U.S. Air Force
Small Business Innovation Research
(SBIR) Brief
Dr. Sirie BlankenshipSherrilynne Cherry
June 12, 2013
Overview What is AFMS SBIR? AFMS Biomedical SBIR Organizational
Structure DHP SBIR Program AFMS Current Topics Benefits to Participate DoD Solicitation Schedule DoD SBIR FY12 Statistics
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What is AFMS SBIR? Established Air Force Medical Service (AFMS)
involvement Identified gap and defined plan in 2008 First topic submitted by Air Force Medical Support
Agency (San Antonio) and approved July 2009; first in history of AFMS
Established Phase I and II management support in July 2009 with no additional resources Annual topic submissions Evaluator training Proposal review and selection Financial and Contract management Recurring and scientific reports PI program management support Liaison with Air Force Medical Service regulatory bodies 3
AFMS SBIR Organizational Structure
Program is administered by the AFMS Office of Research Applications and Technology (ORTA)
Program Participants AFMS topic authors (Government Employee or Military) Small Business
The AFMS Biomedical SBIR Program is an extension of the Defense Health Program's (DHP) SBIR Program
The DHP SBIR funding comes from the Office of Secretary of Defense Health Affairs, OASD (HA) to the US Army Medical Research & Material Command (USAMRMC) and the money is then transferred to the AFMS, Navy, etc.
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DHP SBIR Program OSD09-H23 Advancements in Retinal
Imaging for Diagnosis of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury 5 Phase I proposals – 3 awards 2 Phase II invites/proposals – 1 award Results:
$1,049,808 additional R&D dollars to AFMS Novel device advancing to Phase III –
commercialization
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DHP SBIR Program OSD10-H09 Synthetic Tissue Trainer and
0SD10-H08 Medical Gaming 46 Phase I proposals – 11awards 11 Phase II invites/proposals – 3 awards Results:
$2,976,575 additional R&D dollars to AFMS Novel training devices advancing to Phase III
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DHP SBIR Program OSD11-H06 Improved Coupling Factor of
Personal Cooling Systems 22 Phase I proposals – 4 awards 2 Phase II invites/proposals – proposals received
10 Sep 12 Results:
Estimated $2,599,815 additional R&D dollars to AFMS
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AFMS Current Topics DHP13-013 : A Point-of-Care Device for Diagnosis
of Platelet Injury in Trauma Patients DHP13-014 : Tailored Wound Dressing for the
Treatment of Burns These topics can be viewed at:
http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/sb/schedule.shtml
Topic Questions can be asked via the DoD SBIR/STTR SITIS (SBIR/STTR Interactive Topic Information System) located at http://www.dodsbir.net/sitis/
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Benefits to Participate Small Business:
Largest source of early stage R&D funds for small business
No strings attached - company retains data rights for 4 years (5 for DoD)
Follow on awards are made in a non-competitive way
Builds credibility of company’s research
Company can maintain ownership of equipment purchased under Phase I and II
Government: Safe way to try out high-risk
R&D Small business are often
more cost effective and innovative then large primes (i.e. agile, niche)
Helps new companies establish a track record with the government (test drive)
Allows program managers to establish 2nd source/method for R&D/equipment and augment their ongoing programs (risk management)
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DOD Solicitation Schedule
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Currently DHP SBIR program participates in the DOD SBIR 2013.2 solicitation schedule.
The DHP SBIR program will be moving to the 2014.1 solicitation schedule. Solicitation will be announced in June 2013.
DoD SBIR FY12 Statistics
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QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS?
SBIR Process
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Funding
Activity
Phase IFeasibility
DoD wide solicitation
Phase IIDemonstration
Components invite proposals
Phase IIICommercializationNon-competitive
~ $150K~ $1M Base
Varying multipleOptions
Gated Phase II
Any Non-SBIRFunding
(Government orPrivate)
6 months
DetermineScientific or
Technical Merit
2 Years
PrototypeDevelopment
& Demonstration
Final Development
&Production
For sale in commercial and/or Defense markets