Department of Homeland Security

Department of Homeland Security Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) SBIR National Conference Durham, N.C. Vinny Schaper DHS SBIR Director Lisa Sobolewski, PM Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate S&T Directorate vincent.schaper@associates.dhs.gov elissa.sobolewski@dhs.gov (202) 254-6119 (202) 254-6768 Jonetta Dorsey-Fantroy, Coordinator S&T Directorate jonetta.fantroy@dhs.gov (202) 254-6106

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NEW DHS SBIR PROGRAM DHS SBIR DIRECTOR Vinny Schaper (202) 254-6119 Vincent.Schaper@associates.dhs.gov S&T SBIR PROGRAM --Program Manager.Lisa Soboleski (202) 254-6768 DNDO SBIR PROGRAM --Program Manager.Anu Bowman (202) 254-2320 DHS SBIR COORDINATOR (202) 254-6106 Jonetta Dorsey Fantroy 4

DHS SBIR Research Areas & Funding Priority Explosives.(5) Chemical and Biological.(2) Command, Control and Interoperability. (4) Borders and Maritime..(6) Human Factors. (9) Infrastructure Geophysical.. (8) Radiological & Nuclear (DNDO).. (1) Innovation......(3) Transition. (7) Note: numbers in ( ) indicates funding order. 5 * Domestic Nuclear Detection Office

DHS SBIR Funding FY 2007 ~$25M S&T SBIR ~$18M DNDO SBIR.~$7M. Estimates. FY 2008.~$21M S&T SBIR ~13.5M DNDO ~7.5M 6

DHS SBIR Program Two solicitations per year for FY 07 Published in Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) at www.fedbizopps.gov and announced on www.dhssbir.com 15-day posting and 45-day proposal period Historically, approximately six topics per solicitation Awards Multiple contract awards based on evaluation, funds available, and programmatic considerations Historically, approximately 30 Phase I projects and 10 Phase II projects per solicitation Electronic Processing.(http://www.sbir.dhs.gov.) Proposals submitted/evaluated via Web site Electronic notification of proposal receipt/results Submission of reports via Web site 7

DHS SBIR Evaluation Criteria The soundness, technical merit, and innovation of the proposed approach and its incremental progress toward topic or subtopic solution The qualifications of the proposed principal investigators, supporting staff, and consultants (Qualifications include not only the ability to perform the research and development but also the ability to commercialize the results.) The potential for commercial (government or private sector) application and the benefits expected to accrue from this commercialization If technical merit is essentially equal, then the tie breaker is cost to the government or length of schedule. 8

DHS SBIR Evaluation Process Evaluators determine if proposal is appropriate and relevant to the topic area and if the proposed research is unique Each proposal evaluated on its merit and relevance to the specific SBIR topic area rather than against other proposals Evaluators use an adjective scoring system; i.e. Excellent, Very Good, Good. Fair, and Unacceptable Weighting Factors Phase I Phase II Criteria 1 10 10 Criteria 2 6 4 Criteria 3 4 6 Total Pts. 20 20 9

DHS SBIR Evaluation Process (cont.) Evaluators use the following ratings: Excellent Very Good Good Fair Unacceptable Strongly Recommended for Funding Recommended for Funding Fund Availability Fund Availability Not Recommended for Funding 10

DHS SBIR/STTR Statistics FY04 FY05 FY06 $19M $23M $34.6M Solicitation 4.1 4.2 5.1 5.2 6.1 6.2 Number of Topics 8 6 6 6 10 6 1320 Phase I Submissions 368 157 215 208 194 178 232 Phase I Awards 66 31 32 30 45 28 62 Phase II Awards 21 13 11 17 Cost Match (Fast Track) 2 1 Funding Provided to Other Agency Phase II Awards 3 1 3 Phase III Awards 2 Award Average Phase I: 18 % Phase II: 39 % 11

Jump Start to Phase II Only for meritorious Phase I projects with clear potential for Phase II Invitation (at the discretion of DHS PM) for Phase II proposal submission before the completion of Phase I Invitation no earlier than 2/3 of period of performance (i.e., not earlier than month 4) Invitation basis: Performance toward Phase I technical objectives Monthly and/or final reports Site visits Plans for Phase II Phase II proposals evaluated and awarded incrementally Decreases/eliminates funding gap between phases and accelerates development of technology 12

Jump Start Statistics Solicitation FY04 $19M 4.1 4.2 FY05 $23M 5.1 5.2 Invited Phase IIs 30 18 15 19 Selected Phase IIs 21 13 11 17 Pre-Contract Approval 5 5 Cost Match (Fast Track) Phase III 2 1 1 Jump Start Phase II Award Average 76 % 13

Cost Match (Fast Track) Allows small businesses to seek additional funding for Phase II projects from non-sbir sources Minimum of $100,000 to maximum of $500,000 of outside funding Matched by DHS SBIR up to $250,000 in a 1:2 ratio Example: $500,000 of outside funding may generate an additional $250,000 DHS funding = $750,000 (Phase II funding) + $250,000 (matched funds) Outside funding = $500,000 Total project funding = $1,500,000 Additional funds require additional scope need to either add R&D on SBIR contract or other development and commercialization activities (or some of both) Cost match is a motivator for, and an indicator of, commercial potential 14

DHS SBIR/STTR Phase I 5 Competitions (November 2004 Jan 2005) CA 260/58 WA 35/10 OR 8/2 NV 13/1 AK 0/0 ID 4/0 UT 16/5 AZ 26/6 MT 6/0 WY 2/0 CO 31/6 NM 19/6 HI 3/0 ND 1/0 SD 0/0 NE 2/1 KS 3/0 TX 82/15 OK 8/2 MN 20/5 IA 3/0 MO 10/1 AR 3/0 LA 16/1 WI 9/3 IL 22/2 MS 2/0 MI 36/6 IN 16/2 OH 25/1 KY 3/0 TN 12/1 AL 24/6 Total Phase I Submissions/Awards 1,320/232 WV 3/1 VT 4/0 PA 39/5 VA 112/16 NC 17/2 SC GA 6/1 19/1 FL 51/5 NY 56/16 NH 13/4 ME 4/0 MA 131/22 RI 9/2 CT 19/3 NJ 41/2 DE 5/0 DC 3/0 MD 67/12 PR 1/0 15

DHS SBIR/STTR Phase 1 Awards Versus Submissions by U.S. Regions 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 391 378 271 145 104 66 82 34 21 29 Northeast Southeast Midwest Southwest West Coast 16

http://www.sbir.dhs.gov Other Funding Opportunities Collaboration Opportunities Topic Recommendations 17

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AT DHS S&T BAAs Tunnel Detection Technologies Project -- will be funded at an estimated level of $2,000,000 in FY07 and $1,000,000 in FY08. SAFE Container (SAFECON) Program -- Awards may be in the range from $100,000 to $4,500,000, although lower and higher cost proposals will be considered. Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST) Demonstration Laboratory -- Total Amount of Funding Available: $1.4M (subject to official fiscal appropriation) High Altitude Endurance Unmanned Aerial System (HAE UAS)- Based Counter-MANPADS Technology Assessment, posted 18

Key Dates for 7.1 & 7.2 DHS SBIR Solicitation (example) 07.1 Pre-solicitation Posted: April 4, 2007 Proposals Accepted: April 20, 2007 June 5, 2007 Contracts Award: August 2007 (est.) 07.2 Pre-solicitation Posted: June 6, 2007 (estimated) Proposals Accepted: June 21, 2007 - Aug 7, 2007 (est.) Contracts Awarded: October 2007 (est.) 19

DHS SBIR 7.1 S&T Topics H-SB07.1-001 H-SB07.1-002 H-SB07.1-003 H-SB07.1-004 H-SB07.1-005 Physiological H-SB07.1-006 H-SB07.1-007 Trace Explosives Particle and Vapor Sample Collection Subterranean Response and Evacuation Secure Wrap Mobile Biometrics Screening Responder Wireless Monitoring Device Enhanced Project Safe- Cracker Improved Chemiresistor Sensing Arrays for Detection of Small Molecules Gases 20

DHS SBIR 7.1 DNDO Topics H-SB07.1-008 H-SB07.1-009 H-SB07.1-0010 Source Surveillance Improved Solid-State Neutron Detection Devices Development of High Reliability Occupancy Sensors 21