Improving Ohio’s Economy Through R&D

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WSU - Dennis Andersh OSU - Marty Kress CSU – Jerzy Sawicki

Ohio Federal and Military Jobs Commission (OFMJC) Support

AFRL PrioritiesHuman Performance/ Health SciencesHypersonicsDirected Energy Weapons (Lasers)AutonomyC4ISRLVCMaterials/ ManufacturingPropulsion

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Joint WPAFB/NASA Glenn Priorities

NASA Glenn Priorities Hybrid Electric Propulsion Advanced Communications Solar Electric Propulsion Energy Storage (Enabler for others) Materials and Manufacturing

Reviewed and Refined FMJC Research Priorities

NASIC Priorities Cyber Data analytics C4ISR Modeling/Simulation/Analysis Hypersonics Directed Energy

Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) Priorities

Human performance Human physiology Manned / unmanned aeromedical ops Toxicology Risk assessment

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FRN Funding Focus

NASA TRL1 TRL2 TRL 3 TRL 4 TRL 5 TRL 6 TRL 7 TRL 8 TRL 9

DOD RDT&E Level 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7

BASICResearch and Development

AppliedResearch and Development

Advanced Technology

Development

Demonstration and

Validation

Basic Principles

ConceptsApplication

Focus

Analysis and Experiments

Concept and Breadboard

in Laboratory

FRN COE FocusMission Application

Research for NASA, AFRL, NAMRU

and NASIC

AFOSR

FOCUS

Component and

Breadboard Validation in

Realistic Environments

System / Subsystem prototype

demonstration in realistic

Environment

System prototype

demonstration in Operational Environment

Actual system completed and

qualified through test

and demonstration

Actual system Proven through

successful mission

operations

Engineering and

Manufacturing

RDT&E Management Support

Operational Systems Test and Validation

Modeling/Simulation/Analysis

4Commercialization &Technology TransitionSmall / Med Business GrowthConnections to Business

Aerospace Systems• Manned• Remotely Piloted• Hypersonic

Space Systems• Manned • Unmanned

Cyber Systems• IT• Weapon Systems

Workforce Development• STEM• Skilled• Unskilled

Appl

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Command, Control, Communications

Computing Intelligence

Surveillance & Reconnaissance

(C4ISR) • Human- Centered

ISR• Data Analytics• Data Compression

/ Analytics• Processing

Exploitations and Dissemination

• Infrared (IR), Electro-optical (EO), Laser, RF, Hyperspectral, Acoustic, & Radar Sensors

• Space Situational Awareness

• Electronics Warfare (EW)

Power and Propulsion

• Hybrid Electric Power and Propulsion

• Solar Electric Power and Propulsion

• Advanced Turbine Engines

• Energy / Fuels• Energy Storage

/ Retrieval• On-board

Power Systems

Energy Storage/Integration

• Batteries• Supercapacitors• Green

Technologies• Rapid

charge/discharge cycling

• Mcro-devises

Human Performance and Health

Sciences

• Autonomy• LVC Training• Neuroscience• Aerospace

Physiology /Toxicology

• Biosensors / Biomarkers

• Human Machine Teaming

• RPA Operations

WPAFB / GRC Mission Applications Driven Centers of Excellence (COEs)

Advanced Communications

Precision Navigation and Targeting (PNT)

• Directed Energy• Offensive and

Defensive EW• Novel Payloads• Avionics• Next Gen

Global Positioning Systems (GPS)

• Space Communications

• Tactical Communications

• RF Spectrum Management

• FCC• Advanced

Algorithms• Digital Systems

Materials and Manufacturing

• Nanomaterials• Sustainment• Additive

Manufacturing• Ceramics• Composites• Materials for

Adverse Conditions

• Flexible Electronics

Lead: WSUPrimary Support: UC, UT, OSU, Case, UD, KSU, CSU,

Sinclair, Lorain, Clark,Jobs Created: 575

Contracts Awarded: $167M

Private Sector Investment: $150M

Project 25% Y/Y Growth

Lead: OSUPrimary Support: UC,

UD, UA, UT, CSU, LorainPotential Jobs : 400Potential Contracts:

$100MPotential Private Sector

Investment: $50M

Lead: UDPrimary Support: YSU, OSU, UA, Case, UC, UT,

CSU, KSU, Lorain, Sinclair, Clark, Central

Potential Jobs : 600Potential Contracts:

$150MPotential Private Sector

Investment: $75M

ExistingAHEAD

Lead: CasePrimary Support: UT, OSU,

UD, UC, CSU, LorainPotential Jobs : 200

Potential Contracts: $50MPotential Private Sector

Investment: $10M

Lead: WSU/OSUPrimary Support: UD, OU

BGSU, Case, UT, UC, Miami , Sinclair

Potential Jobs: 600Potential Contracts: $150M

Potential Private Sector Investment: $75M

Lead: OUPrimary Support: WSU, OSU, KSU, UD, Miami,

LorainPotential Jobs : 300Potential Contracts:

$75MPotential Private Sector

Investment: $25M

COE

Lead

LC

CC, C

SU New

Primary Support: All Universities to specifically include UC, UD, KSU,

Miami, BGSU, Central WSU, Stark State, Clark, UA, UT, CSU, Lorain,

Case, Sinclair, OU, OSU

Crosscutting UAV challenge Problem

State of Ohio

Wright State University

Applied Research Corporation

Executive Review Board

3 WP and GRC Reps (Ex Officio)1 OFMJC Commissioner

1 JobsOhio Rep1 Third Frontier Exec4 Private Industry,

4 University (1 State Supported, 3 State Funded)

Rotates every 2 years.

Construct for Ohio Centric Center of Excellence (COE) Federal Research Network (FRN)

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Priorities Human Performance/

Health Care Hypersonics Directed Energy Weapons

(Lasers) Autonomy C4ISR LVC Materials/ Manufacturing Propulsion

NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) Priorities Hybrid Electric Power

and Propulsion Advanced

Communications Solar Electric Power

and Propulsion Energy Storage

(Enabler for others) Materials and

Manufacturing

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Human Performance and Human Sciences

COEWSU

(Dr Tim Broderick / Dr Chad Reiter)

Power and Propulsion

COE Ohio State University

(Dr. Mike Benzakein)

Advanced Communications,

COEOhio University(Mr. Trent Skidmore

Dr. Shawn Ostermann)

Materials and Adv Manufacturing

COEUniversity of

Dayton(Dr. John Leland)

C4ISR and Data Analytics

COEWSU/OSU (Dr Brian Rigling

/ Dr Greg Creech)

Commercialization and Workforce

Development Support(Dr. Jerzy Sawicki(CSU)Ms. Tracy Green(LCCC))

Energy Storage and Integration

COECase Western

Reserve U.(Dr. Alexis Abramson)

National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) Priorities• Cyber• Data analytics• C4ISR• Modeling/Simulation/Analysis Hypersonics Directed Energy

Technical Review Council

3 WP and GRC Reps (Ex Officio) 4 Rotating VP of Research or Deans of Engineering at Ohio Universities

4 Private Industry CTO or Dir of

Engineering1 Third Frontier Rep

Rotates every two years.

Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU) Priorities Human performance Human physiology Manned / unmanned

aeromedical ops Toxicology Risk assessment

WP/GRC Executive Review Board

Technical Review Council

Applied Research Corporation

Human Performance and Human Sciences

AHEAD COE

Power and Propulsion COE

Materials and Manufacturing COE

Advanced Communications

COE

ISR and Data Analytics COE Energy Storage COE

Commercialization and Workforce COE

State of Ohio

Chapter 2: Expand Small

Business Contracting

Chapter 3:Create

Workforce Placement

Center for FMJ

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ERB and TRC CompositionReview Team for Proposals

All Federal and State Government Employees are Ex Officio

TRC Scheduled for Dec 10th

ERB Planned for January 12th

Executive Review Board Designee

Cleveland State Pres Ron Berkman

Ohio State University Dean of Engineering Dr Dave Williams

Wright State University Pres Dave Hopkins

Lorain County Community College Pres Roy Church

Ohio Federal Military Jobs Commission Gary O'Connell

NASA Glenn Director Jim Free

AFRL Jack Blackhurst

NASIC Curt Rowland

Jobs Ohio Glenn Richardson

3rd Frontier Karen Conrad

Industry 1 Ricky Peters, Perduco

Industry 2 Salvatore J. Miraglia, Jr. Indep

Industry 3 Frank Winslow IndepIndustry 4 Tom Brady Indep

Technical Review Council DesigneeUniversity of Toledo VP of Reseaerch Dr Bill Messer

University of Cincinnati Department Head Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

OAATC Dr. Paul OrkwisOhio University Dean of Engineering Dr Dennis Irwin

Case Western Reserve VP of Research Dr Suzanne Rivera

University of Dayton Research Institute Dr John Leland

Ohio Federal Military Jobs Commission Don CampbellNASA Glenn Sandra.T.Reehorst

AFRL Dr Morley Stone / Chris Ristich

NASIC Steve Hayden3rd Frontier Paul Jackson

Industry 2 Ron Yates, BoeingIndustry 3 Jeff Taylor, Event 38

Industry 4 Carlos GrodsinskyIndustry 5 Ed MorrisIndustry 6 Greg Morris, Additive MFG

Total State Operating Funding for FY 16 and 17$ 25 M

Aerospace Workforce Development Legacy Programs ($1.5M Required) $( 3 M)

FRN Admin., Financial and Organizational Support$( 2 M)

Funding Available for 7 COE’s Research and Business Plans$ 20 M

Tech Commercialization/Workforce Development Support (LCCC/CSU

Required White Paper and Proposal fro Rounds one and Round 2– Will be focused on projected selected for COE funding.

Made a call for ~$12.5 M for full proposals on Oct 15. Will then have $7.5M for round 2.

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FRN Funding Allocation

ALIGNMENT WITH AFRL, NASA GRC AND NASIC RESEARCH Do the proposed projects of the COE meet the applications/user driven requirements derived from

emerging mission focus areas of NASA and DOD? Does the project have a government sponsor at one of the national labs? Each project needs to identify their sponsor by name, job description, organization and provide their contact information including email address. THIS IS A GO/NO GO FOR EACH PROJECT.

The Evaluation Team will validate each federal lab sponsor as well as validate the relationship of the project to the overall priorities of AFRL, NASIC, and NASA GRC.

A clear statement of the requirement being addressed and the overarching technical goals and objectives of that requirement and the proposed research activity

Each research topic that is proposed is required to have a sponsor/supporting Principle Investigator (PI) or Program Manager (PM) at NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) or National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC). Identified federal research collaborators should be identified by name, title, email address and contact information.

COE’s are encouraged to not only identify the "owner" of the federal research requirement they are addressing, but also, to demonstrate and establish a working relationship with the federal PI(s) PM(s) that augments and supports their related research portfolio. The intent is to develop an impedance match between researchers both “inside and outside the fence” that is key to success in the FRN collaborative environment.

The appropriate Federal laboratory will provide the evaluation and feedback as to whether or not this criterion has been met. Note: Proposals must clearly identify the federal requirement.

Ensure that FRN monies will not to be used to finance projects that were previously funded by AFRL, NASIC, or NASA but that have now been terminated by that Agency.

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Round 1 RFP EVALUATION CRITERIA

JOB CREATION The number of jobs the project will create (12 months, 24 months, and 36 months respectively). If there is no industry cost

share, then the long-term impact to Ohio industry should be considered. What industry/government contracts will subject matter experts, new capability or capacity potentially support? What are the proposed projects degree of alignment with Ohio industries and its potential to impact job creation? Cost share from industry partners would be a measure of alignment. THIS IS A GO/NO GO FOR EACH PROJECT.

The FRN will utilize best practices adopted by JobsOhio and affiliated regional economic development organizations in the state to evaluate this criteria based on validated data provided by participating companies and organization through the COE’s.

The alignment of programs will create jobs in Ohio from expanded research activities. These successes either keep more federal competitive contract research dollars in Ohio or import additional federal research funds from outside Ohio. Additional success metrics for job creation and economic impact in Ohio include:

Transitioning federal research to a private sector company who will further the research or provide a product or service directly related to the federal contract. Jobs created will be predominantly in the private sector.

Research projects that train and equip participating individuals for jobs going unfilled in Ohio at WPAFB, GRC or private enterprises by creating the talent pool necessary to gain/retain the associated federal missions and/or business operations.

Creation of graduate students supported through the federal research projects will be considered a progress milestone. New job creation exits when the graduates stay in Ohio and go to work in a full time equivalent job

COE should strive for cost sharing from Industry and provide funding to industry on a value added, in particular job creation as the result of funding to industry will be a key evaluation

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Round 1 RFP EVALUATION CRITERIA

COLLABORATION What is the proposed level of collaboration between the university partners? Is the project a collection

of independent sub-projects or is it truly an integrated approach to meeting a technical objective of a federal agency or company?

Creation of test beds for Ohio firms that enable them to test and validate their systems and technologies on approved government platform and to secure new government contracts as subs to prime contractors, additional members of large task order agreements, or as standalone small business contracts.

Identified opportunities to explore collaboration between other FRN COE’s to achieve project success. (This will secure bonus points on the evaluation)

Identified possibilities of external collaboration with COE partnerships that would contribute to COE objectives.

Identified opportunities to explore collaboration between other FRN COE’s to achieve project success. (This will secure bonus points on the evaluation)

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Round 1 RFP EVALUATION CRITERIA

FUNDING ROI As the state funds are an investment intended to attract additional federal, foundation or

industry funding – what are some of the key procurement targets each project will attempt to secure with this additional funding? Targets should be called out by name and agency/organization. How does the project improve the long-term competitiveness of Ohio’s universities, federal labs or industries? Success of the COES will be measured by:

More research funding coming to Ohio from AFRL, NASIC and NASA GRC because we are building a more competitive environment in the state, not a handout or give away.

More federal research committed to Ohio through collaboration with AFRL, NASIC and GRC as intermediary partners that bring additional work to Ohio from out of State. In this collaboration, AFRL, NASIC and GRC execute federal research work outside their normal POM budget cycle.

More federal research to Ohio because the COE's proactively respond to outside federal proposals that relate their core business focus areas for other agencies.

More SBIR funding and small business funding to Ohio firms working in areas related to the COE funded projects.

Successful COE proposals will identify not only the plan for expenditure of state and matching funds on the selected research focus areas in the RFP, but also, will demonstrate an understanding of and coherent plan to pursue additional related business development opportunities that will leverage the initial state investment in these emerging mission requirements. Proposals must clearly identify key federal and state procurement targets and their timing as well as potential sponsored research opportunities.

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Round 1 RFP EVALUATION CRITERIA

COST SHARE Proposals that include university/government/industry matching funds are strongly

encouraged. It is the intent of the FRN leadership to fund the COE’s that most directly meet the evaluation criteria. The FRN leadership team will evaluate each white paper against the following evaluation criteria:

Identified cost sharing by COE team members to stand up and operate the COE. Administrative/Management cost allocations are not to exceed 10% of project

cost. F/A is not to exceed 20% of project cost. COEs that have lower F/A rates can reflect that as cost share

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Round 1 RFP EVALUATION CRITERIA

FRN COE Milestones and Funding Profile

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Funds Available/Projected July 1, 2015 July 1, 2017July 1, 2016 July 1, 2019July 1, 2018

$7.5M $12.5M $12M $15M $15MJuly 1, 2020

Key Dates

7/1/15

State Budg

et Support

FY 16/17

9/30/15 RD1 COE White Papers Due

10/15/15-11/30/15

RD1 COE Proposals

Due

1/30/16RD1 COE Funding Released

RD 1 4/15/167/15/16

10/15/16

COE Quarterly Reviews

1/15/174/15/177/15/17

10/15/a17

COE Quarterly Reviews

1/15/187/15/18

COE 6 Month

Reviews

1/15/187/15/18

COE 6 Month

Reviews

Total $62M

Funds Available

Funds Proposed

COE Reviews

Milestones

Legend

White Paper Decision GateIteration (as required) with Leadership

Team BEFORE proposal development/submission

Funding released as projects are accepted by review boards

Not all COEs will necessarily get the same level of funding in year one and year two. Funding will be based on the merit of the proposal – the linkage to AFRL, NASIC and GRC requirements – and the ability to create some jobs in the not too distant future – emphasis on some jobs – not hundreds or thousands

It is our intent to secure out year funds – to do that – we need near term results – a satisfied and energized set of government customers – some key industry partners (large and preferably small and mid sized), and we need some state organizations as champions

3/1/16 RD2 COE White Papers Due

3/15/16- 4/30/16

RD2 COE Proposals

Due

5/15/16RD2 COE Funding

Released Phase I

Event Date August 31, 2015 Announcement of FRN COE Call for White Papers September 30, 2015 Round 1 FRN COE White Papers Due October 1-15, 2015 Round 1 White Paper Review by FRN Executive Team Week of October 12, 2015 Round 1 and 2 COE Lead Meeting in preparation of RFP Process October 15, 2015 Round 1 COE RFP Release October 28, 2015 Round 1 C&W COE RFP release November 30, 2015 Round 1 COE RFP Response Deadline December 20, 2015 Round 1 Commercialization and Workforce Development COE RFP Response

Deadline December 1-31, 2015 Round 1 RFP Review by TRC January 12, 2015 Round 1 Proposal Review by ERB January 15, 2015 Round 1 Award Approval from OFMJC Commission January 20, 2016 Round 1 Notification of RFP Selection COE Awards January 30, 2016 Round 1 COE Funding Release Phase 1.

January 30, 2016 Round 2 FRN COE Call for White Papers. March 15, 2016 Round 2 FRN COE White Papers Due March 15-28, 2016 Round 2 White Paper Review by FRN Executive Team March 30 , 2016 Round 2 COE RFP Release May 1, 2016 Round 2 COE RFP Response Deadline for Funding Business Plan Proposals May 1-15, 2016 Round 2 RFP Review by TRC and ERB June 15, 2016 Round 2 Notification of RFP Selection COE Awards June 30, 2016 Round 2 COE Funding Release Phase I   April 15, 2016 Round 1 COE Quarterly Review with FRN Leadership Team July 15, 2016 Round 1 and 2 COE Quarterly Review October 15, 2016 Round 1 and 2 COE Funding Release Phase II January 15, 2017 Round 1 and 2 COE Annual Review April 15, 2017 Round 1 and 2 COE Quarterly Review with FRN Leadership Team July 15, 2017 Round 1 and 2 COE Quarterly Review October 15, 2017 Round 1 and 2 COE Funding Released Phase III 

FRN Timetable – 2015-17