[PPT] - MD.MFP Dual Use Technology Briefing Larry Herriman, Assistant PowerPoint Presentation

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Dual Use Technology Briefing

Larry Herriman, Assistant Executive Director of the Macomb-OU INCubator Director of the Michigan DARPA Matching Funds Program April 10, 2013

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DARPA Organizational Overview

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What is DARPA?

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

(DARPA) was established in 1958 to prevent strategic surprise from negatively impacting U.S. national security and create strategic surprise for U.S. adversaries by maintaining the technological superiority of the U.S. military.

(http://www.darpa.mil/our_work/)

As the Department of Defense’s (DoD) primary innovation

engine, DARPA undertakes projects that are finite in duration but that create lasting revolutionary change.

(Doing Business with DARPA)

Prevent strategic surprise and, Create strategic surprise DoD’s “Innovation Engine”

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The “gist”

The “technical”

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DARPA’s Mission

DARPA’s primary mission is to foster advanced

technologies and systems that create “revolutionary” advantages for the U.S. military. Consistent with this mission, DARPA is independent from the military services and pursues higher-risk research and development (R&D) projects with the aim of achieving higher-payoff results than those obtained from more incremental R&D. Thus, DARPA program managers are encouraged to challenge existing approaches and to seek results rather than just explore ideas. Hence, in addition to supporting technology and component development, DARPA has funded the integration of large-scale “systems of systems” in order to demonstrate what we call today “disruptive capabilities.” (http://www.darpa.mil/our_work/)

Foster advanced technologies Create “revolutionary advantage” Higher risk, higher payoff R&D Seek results, not explore ideas “Disruptive capabilities”

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How DARPA’s Achieves Its Mission?

To fulfill its mission, the Agency relies on diverse

performers to apply multi-disciplinary approaches to both advance knowledge through basic research and create innovative technologies that address current practical problems through applied research. DARPA’s scientific investigations span the gamut from laboratory efforts to the creation of full-scale technology demonstrations in the fields of biology, medicine, computer science, chemistry, physics, engineering, mathematics, material sciences, social sciences, neurosciences and more. As the DoD’s primary innovation engine, DARPA undertakes projects that are finite in duration but that create lasting revolutionary change.

(http://www.darpa.mil/our_work/)

Relies on others to advance knowledge through Basic and Applied Research Projects are: A) Finite in term B) Typically create “Revolutionary Change”

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The DARPA Organizational Model

Underlying this “high-risk – high-payoff” motif of DARPA is

a set of operational and organizational characteristics including: relatively small size; a lean, non-bureaucratic structure; a focus on potentially change-state technologies; and a highly flexible and adaptive research

program. What is important to understand at the outset is

that in contrast to the then-existing defense research environment, ARPA was designed to be manifestly

different. It did not have labs. It did not focus on existing

military requirements. It was separate from any other operational or organizational elements. It was explicitly chartered to be different, so it could do fundamentally different things than had been done by the military service R&D organizations.

(50 Years of Bridging the Gap, Fifty years of Innovation and Discovery Intro by Dr. Richard Van Atta)

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DAPRA is: Small in size, lean, non-bureaucratic, highly-flexible, adaptable “Explicitly chartered to be different” to do “fundamentally different things”

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DARPA Offices

Adaptive Execution Office (AEO)
Defense Sciences Office (DSO)
Information Innovation Office (I2O)
Microsystems Technology Office (MTO)
Strategic Technology Office (STO)
Tactical Technology Office (TTO)

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DAPRA’s Solicitation Process

DARPA prefers you submit your ideas

and/or concepts to a: Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

Determine which technology office fits your idea best
Looks for BAAs that fit your concept
BAAs are typically specific
However, each office has one “Office-wide” BAA
Office-wide BAAs serve to capture ideas that do not fall

within the other more specific BAAs

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DAPRA’s Statement Re: Its Solicitation Process DARPA encourages you to submit proposals in response to advertised needs in lieu of submitting unsolicited proposals

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Michigan’s Call for Entrepreneurial Service Providers

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The State of Michigan - Michigan Strategic Fund

Public Act 215 of 2005, Section 88k(2) allows the

Strategic Economic Investment and Commercialization (“SEIC”) Board to award grants and loans from the 21st Century Jobs Fund for “ … basic research, applied research, university technology transfer and commercialization of products, processes and services to encourage the development of competitive-edge technologies to create jobs in the state.” Under Executive Order 2010-8, the Governor ordered the SEIC Board abolished and all powers, duties and functions of the SEIC Board transferred to the Michigan Strategic Fund (“MSF”)

State can award grant and loans for basic/applied research… university technology transfer and commercialization… to create jobs in the state

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Service Providers

Through the Entrepreneurial Service Provider (ESP)

Request for Proposals (RFP), the MSF Board desires to allocate up to $5.25 million (“Award Amount”), disbursed over up to 3 years, to non- profit organizations and universities that provide specialized support services to assist companies and institutions in commercializing competitive-edge technologies, building successful, innovative businesses with the potential for high-growth and job retention and promoting a culture of entrepreneurship in Michigan.

MSF allocated $5.25 million over three years… to provide specialized support services … to create a culture of entrepreneurship in Michigan

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ESP Solicitation

Of the $5.25 million:
$1.5 million - First Customer Program
$500k - Industry Consortium Programs
$3.25 million - Federal Grant Matching Funds
Of the $3.25 million - Federal Grant

Matching Funds:

$1.75 million – SBIR/STTR Matching Program
$1.5 million – ARPA-E and DARPA Matching Programs

$3.25M for Federal Grant Matching Programs $1.5M for ARPA-E and DAPRA

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MD.MFP Entrepreneurial Service

Provider - DARPA

The Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) via the

Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) selected the Macomb-Oakland University Incubator (Mac-OU INC) to administer the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Federal Matching Program for the entire State of Michigan.

The primary objective of the program is to increase

the amount of federally sponsored (DARPA) research and development funding that comes into Michigan.

Macomb-OU INCubator’s proposal was approved for $766,036 to increase federally sponsored R&D that comes to Michigan

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Michigan DARPA Program Project Initiatives (3)

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Three Project Initiatives

Increase DARPA Awareness Support DARPA Challenges Match DARPA Awards

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Project Initiative #1

Build-on/expand the exposure of

DARPA program to the entire state by educating and training interested companies/academic institutions about the DARPA program (at least twice a year)

Increase awareness

f DAPRA

within the state

Increase DARPA Awareness

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Project Initiative #2

Award support funding to sponsor

teams that are interested in competing in a DARPA Challenge

encourage and support participation in DARPA challenges

Support DARPA Challenges

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Project Initiative #3

Support DARPA awarded
rganizations with a state match

fund program (utilizing $350,000 with a capped match)

Resemble Michigan’s Emerging Technologies Fund (ETF) Approximately 50%

f award funding for

the pool

Match DARPA Awards

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Key Program Notes

Contract with State - just finalized in March 2013
Program to launch in mid-to-late April 2013
The program and its project initiatives are designed to “grow” –

many upfront unknowns

Will start by being flexible, stricter as needed
Will utilize a decision committee of subject matter experts (SMEs)
Will utilize a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section to keep

communication current

Will use a Program Eligibility, Guidelines and Policies document to

address program evolution items

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www.michigandarpa.org

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