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