NAWCAD-BAA-070314
NOTE NEW INITIAL ABSTRACT DATE!
***************** AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT - INTENT TO ********* & PARTNERSHIP SUPPORT FOR THE NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER ******** ********
**************************************
The Naval Air Warfare Center ******** ******** (NAWCAD) is ********** proposals from organizations designated as partnership intermediaries, as defined in 15 U.S Code § 3715 - Use of partnership intermediaries, to assist in technology transfer efforts.
The technical and research proposals should include concepts and activities that will lead to increased NAWCAD collaborations with external partners, including universities, industry consortia, economic development entities, and State and local s. These proposals should lead to improved utilization of federal technologies developed at NAWCAD and/or perform services that increase the likelihood of success in the conduct of cooperative or joint activities with small business firms, institutions of higher education, and industry.
The desired goal is to make the most of the R&D budget and the expertise of both and non scientists and engineers, increase the return on investment of the federal R&D budget, and help NAWCAD meet mission requirements while enhancing U.S. competitiveness in the world economy.
2. BACKGROUND
Innovation fuels economic growth, the creation of new industries, companies, jobs, products and services, and the global competitiveness of U.S. industries. One driver of successful innovation is technology transfer, in which the private sector adapts Federal research for use in the marketplace.
Over the past several decades, presidents, Congress, and federal agencies have worked together to ********* a policy framework that enables the federal to transfer its technology to the nonfederal sector, which includes industry, state and local s, and academic institutions. The intent of these laws and related Executive Orders is to encourage the pooling of resources when developing commercial technologies.
The bidirectional sharing between federal laboratories and private industry includes not only technologies, but personnel, facilities, methods, expertise, and technical information in general. Through this technology transfer process, federal laboratories share the benefits of the national investment in research and development (R&D) with all segments of society. These types of interactions create high growth entrepreneurship, foster innovation by increasing the rate of technology transfer and the economic and societal impact from Federal research and development (R&D) investments.
3. SPECIFIC AREAS OF INTEREST
The work to be performed shall be in direct support of the Department of Defense (DoD), other federal departments and agencies as well as national laboratories and shall include engaging in efforts such as, but not limited to the following:
•· Identify promising technologies that are in the developmental phase at NAWCAD and other federal labs, university labs, and the private sector that could be efficiently and cost effectively transitioned to the US warfighter.
· Provide manufacturing, design, and business assistance to NAWCAD or other federal lab patent licensees for the purpose of successfully transitioning the technology to commercialization. This could include efforts such as assisting in developing marketing plans and connecting companies to venture capital or other resources.
· Assist in the execution of technology transfer mechanisms such as, patents, patent licenses, cooperative research and development agreements, educational partnerships, and work with private party agreements.
· Publicize and promote NAWCAD technologies and partnership opportunities to the commercial sector.
· Perform technical studies associated with research & development occurring in the federal and private sectors.
· Create, develop and execute training modules on innovation and entrepreneurship.
· Assist federal lab personnel in writing invention disclosures.
· Organize technology showcases.
· Connect NAWCAD researchers with universities (e.g., students and researchers) and staff of local and national businesses.
· Develop and maintain a cadre of active research scientists who can distill and extend results from worldwide research and apply them to Naval problems.
· Develop and maintain collaborations with universities, private industry, and Naval Research Enterprise laboratories that promotes hiring and development of new scientists and engineers, and the transitioning of "Wounded Warriors" into STEM careers.
· ********* a long-term program to create the next generation of Technologists at Naval R&D centers; generate and sustain the interest and excitement of adolescents in careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), invigorate science and math curricula, and enhance science and math training for teachers.
4. CONTRACT/AGREEMENT TYPE
...
