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Berkeley Lab Innovation Grants. September 2013. Program Details. Up to $100,000 for: Technology development to specified milestones Prototype Improve efficiency, durability, other Integration of components Funds from licensing royalties No G & A burden. Why is there a need ?. Great - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Berkeley Lab Innovation Grants
September 2013
Program Details
Up to $100,000 for: Technology development to specified milestones Prototype Improve efficiency, durability, other Integration of components
Funds from licensing royalties No G & A burden
Why is there a need ?
GreatIdea!
marketABLE PRODUCTS
Valley of Death
How the Companies See It
What do companies say?
“While this is interesting, it is at too early a stage for us to pursue discussions at this time.”
“Is there a prototype for us to evaluate ?”
“Please provide data relevant to operating conditions.”
“Has the technology been integrated with other system components ?”
“Can the system be used in a continuous flow mode ?”
“What is the efficiency ?”
Goal of Innovation Grants
Mature the technology sufficiently to get it licensed once Innovation Grant milestones have been achieved
Ideal if milestones are informed by industry feedback
Leverage investment in R & D
Level of technology development
Low
High
Likelihood of getting licensed
Low High
Operating data
PrototypeIntegration with other components
Some scale up
Govt. Funding Corp. & Private Investment
Pursuit of Profit
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?Lack of Basic Economic and
Business Metrics
Pursuit of Scientific Knowledge
ScienceStage
Stakeholder Incentives Inadequate to Bridge the “Valley of Death”
Sales &Profit
DiscoveryScientific
Knowledge
Proof of ConceptCharacterization
DemonstrationPrototype
Product Development
Translating Invention into Commercial ProductsStep & Loop Progression
Field Test
Social Impact
Pile of good, but not good enough
Marketing
1) Is there sufficient market size to attract entrepreneurial or industry investment?
2) Does the technology offer significant benefits over competitive alternatives?
3) Is the technology perceived by industry as too risky without further evidence?
4) Will achieving the proposed development milestones give the technology a good chance of being licensed?
Criteria for Proposal selection
There must be an ROI or software disclosure on which the proposed works builds
2012 and 2013 AwardeesSpectrally Selective Dynamic Window Coatings Based on Nanocrystals
- Delia MillironParallel Software Framework for TOUGH Suite of Codes
- George Pau, Stefan Finsterle, Eric SonnenthalIntegrated Geophysical Electromagnetic Seismic Subsurface Imaging
- Michael Commer, Greg, Newman, Petr PetroviMEA Chip Prototyping and Optimization
- Daojing Wang, Rafael Gomez-Sjoberg
Neutron Generator to Replace Radioactive Sources - Qing Ji, Thomas Schenkel
Endothelial Function in Blood Pressure Cuff - Jonathan Maltz, Thomas Budinger
Improved Carbon Black Additive for High Energy Li-ion Batteries - Robert Kostecki, Vincent Battaglia, Simon Lux
Graphene-based Optical Modulator for Data Communication - Xiang Zhang
Radiation Sensitivity Assessment - Sylvain Cotes, Jian-Hua Mao, Steven Yannone
Bifunctional Chelators for Use in Radiopharmaceuticals - Kenneth Raymond
Rapid MRI Well LoggingAlex Pines, Vik Bajaj, Dmitry Budker
2012
2013
The Process
1) Questions ? – call x 6467 and ask for Bill or Pam
2) October 15 – Proposals due
1) Tech Transfer will meet with each applicant
2) External review panel - December
3) Awards announced -- December 2013
1) Work can begin as early as January 2014
1) Tech Transfer will work with each awardee to develop a commercialization plan