Research Funding Opportunities for Projects with Commercial Appeal

1. Research Funding Opportunities for Projectswith Commercial Appeal William Sellers, Ph.D. Director, Research and Sponsored Programs Telephone: (937) 775-2709 e-mail: william.sellers@wright.edu http://www.wright.edu/rsp From Invention to Market 2004

2. Overview: Research and Sponsored Programs at WSU • Search for funding opportunities • Disseminate information • Train faculty and staff • Pre-award: Assist with proposal development • Post-award: Manage funded accounts • Technology transfer From Invention to Market 2004

3. Benefits of Collaboration • Technology to the marketplace • University and partner benefit from shared expertise • Educational opportunities for students • Regional economic development From Invention to Market 2004

4. University-Industry Collaborations From Invention to Market 2004

5. Research Funding Opportunities with Commercial Appeal • SBIR • Small Business Innovation Research • STTR • Small Business Technology Transfer • National Science Foundation--GOALI • National Institute of Standards and Technology--ATP From Invention to Market 2004

6. SBIR Program--The Benefits • Stimulate technological innovation • Increase private sector commercialization of federal R&D • Increase small business participation in federally funded R&D • Foster participation by minority and disadvantaged firms in technological innovation From Invention to Market 2004

7. Agencies Offering the SBIR • U.S. Department of Agriculture • U.S. Department of Commerce • U.S. Department of Defense • U.S. Department of Education • U.S. Department of Energy • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency • U.S. Department of Health & Human Services • National Aeronautics and Space Administration • National Science Foundation • U.S. Department of Transportation • Ohio’s SBIR Program: http://www.odod.state.oh.us/tech/SBIR/What_is_SBIR/Participation/participation.htm From Invention to Market 2004

8. SBIR Lead: U.S. for-profit small business Work performed in U.S. Phase I: 2/3 effort performed by lead Phase II: 1/2 effort performed by lead PI spends >50% effort employed by lead STTR Lead: U.S. for-profit small business Work performed in U.S. Research institute: U.S. college/university, FFRDC, non-profit research institute Phase I & II: >40% work performed by lead; >30% work performed by research institute PI employed at business or research institute SBIR and STTR Programs From Invention to Market 2004

9. DoD SBIR/STTR Program From Invention to Market 2004

10. National Science Foundation GOALI Program Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) • Industry-University research linkages: • Faculty, students conduct research in industrial setting • Industrial scientists, engineers bring their skills to academe • Interdisciplinary university-industry teams conduct long-term projects • Direct transfer of new knowledge between academe and industry • http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1998/nsf98142/nsf98142.htm From Invention to Market 2004

11. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)Advanced Technology Program (ATP) • Government-industry partnership • Accelerates development of emerging or enabling technologies • Applicant: U.S.-owned, single, for-profit company or industry-led joint venture • Universities, government labs, research organizations, non-profits may participate as subcontractors or additional partners in a joint venture. • http://www.atp.nist.gov • http://www.atp.nist.gov/ • Proposals due April 14, 2004 From Invention to Market 2004

12. Future Funding Opportunities From Invention to Market 2004

13. Recent Successes and Future Funding Opportunities • Wright Center of Innovation • $11M to WSU for the Wright Center of Innovation for Advanced Data Management and Analysis • Biomedical Research & Technology Transfer (BRTT) Partnership Award • $1.5M to WSU through University of Cincinnati for the Genome Research Infrastructure Partnership (GRIP) • Third Frontier Action Fund • Wright Capital Project Fund From Invention to Market 2004

14. IP Issues at the Pre-Funding and Funding Stages From Invention to Market 2004

15. Applicability: • Principal investigators and other researchers • Non-governmental sponsors • Research administrators From Invention to Market 2004

16. Scope: • IP that is useful • product of the mind; intangible From Invention to Market 2004

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19. More valuable A Hit? Less high tech More high tech Less valuable From Invention to Market 2004

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21. The vast majority of inventions are strikeouts! How can one tell when a project will lead to a hit? From Invention to Market 2004

22. Protect everything! --and to the maximum extent possible!! From Invention to Market 2004

23. Let the PI decide. From Invention to Market 2004

24. 3 Main Issues • Ownership • Ownership • Ownership From Invention to Market 2004

25. Ownership works for us: • State law (Ohio Revised Code) • Federal law (Bayh-Dole) • University interest • PI interest • Public interest From Invention to Market 2004

26. Other issues: • Rights of sponsor when the university owns • Responsibilities and rights when jointly owned (usu. when jointly invented) • Responsibilities of the university when the university owns • Rights of the university when the sponsor owns (incl. what sponsor invents) From Invention to Market 2004

27. What should NOT be an issue at the pre-funding or funding stages? From Invention to Market 2004

28. The Perfect World What’s yours is yours What’s ours is ours If anything comes out of the research that looks like it might be valuable intellectual property, let’s talk From Invention to Market 2004