hi welcome to the innovation and
opportunity virtual conference resource
library
my name is dr matt means i am the nasa
sbir and sttr programs post phase 2 work
stream lead
in this presentation i'll be providing
an overview of the civilian
commercialization readiness pilot
program or ccrpp mechanism
note that this is being recorded as of
september of 2020
and this is an educational overview on
the mechanism
for official details rules and
regulations of the ccrpp mechanism please
refer to sbr.nasa.gov
and the section on ccrpp there that is
where the
official policy resides for this
mechanism
what is the mission of the sbir and sttr
program we are seeking to create
opportunities through our awards
to leverage small business knowledge and
technology developments
for maximum impact and contribution we
are seeking to empower small businesses
to deliver innovations
that contributes nasa's missions provide
societal benefits and grows the us
economy
we do that via our phased approach phase
one phase two
and then phase three and beyond however
we also run a number of post phase two
opportunities to help this transition
the ccrpp mechanism being one of them
note that in the resource library
there is also an overview on the phase
2e mechanism and we'll be discussing all
of our mechanisms
at the innovation and opportunity
virtual conference again note that this
is being recorded in september of 2020.
in the future these mechanisms may
change or you may have additional
mechanisms
please sign up for our newsletter and
refer to the website for any
evolutions of these mechanisms that
might occur so what are the purpose of
these post phase ii mechanisms
these are intended to serve as a
transitional mechanism to help mature
technologies
so that they can then be infused and
commercialized
to nasa missions programs projects the
industry
some of these mechanisms also serve to
accelerate these developments to a very
clear
near-term need ccrpp is one of them
so as i've mentioned our website is
where the official rules and application
requirements lie for our mechanisms
you go to the about sbir sttr tab and
you can go to the post phase two
initiatives page there for more details
if you are a potential outside investor
and you are seeking
to find information about firms who
might be able to apply to these
mechanisms
in the schedule and awards tab you can
go to the awards search function
and search our past portfolio of phase 2
awardees
in that you will be able to find
abstract information and contact
information for those firms
so what is the objective of the ccrpp
mechanism
this mechanism seeks to accelerate
near-term transition
of sbir and sttr developed technologies
to
infusion or commercialization cases
again
near-term transition accelerated to
those cases we are not
looking for an incremental improvement
in technology maturation alone
we're looking for that near term
transition how this works is this is
based on
completed phase twos the small business
must seek out
non-sbir or sttr investor funds and our
program
will match those funds in a one-to-one
ratio if selected
the firm will have to compile a proposal
in a statement of work
and a budget according to that level of
funding and timeline
and justify how that accelerates
near-term transition of their technology
and to what cases
note that in the broadest sense
commercialization is the process of
developing products or services
for sale to or use by the federal
government or commercial markets
so i will refer to infusion and or
commercialization here separately
from the broader sense of fusion into a
nasa program is a subset of
commercialization
so who can apply for ccrpp as i mentioned
this has to be based on prior completed
phase twos
firms who will be eligible for the
fiscal year 21 application period
which is the upcoming application period
as of the time recording has to fall in
one of these below cases
note that in future cycles this may
change again please refer to the website
for the latest information on the latest
cycle so the first subset is completed
nasa sbir phase 2 awards resulting from
phase 1 awards starting in program year
2010 or later later meaning more recent
and whose base phase 2 period
performance is complete by december 7
2020 note that if your phase 2 contract
has received the phase 2e option enacted
which is extended the period of
performance we will not require
completion
of that extended option period only the
base period
so your typically two year base period
must be complete in order to
apply for ccrpp but your option is not
required to be completed
we are also considering ongoing or
completed
nasa sbir sttr phase two sequential
awards from fiscal year 2019
to present so if you have received a
phase two sequential awardee you are
also eligible to apply for ccrpp
lastly we are also considering other
government agency awards
so again these must be completed phase
twos issued in fiscal year 2011 to
present
but they must have a stated application
pertinent to nasa's objectives
this can't be developed solely for that
external customer this is still a
nasa sbir or sttr program funded award so
it must have a nasa application
but this can be a sourcing from another
government agency originated base to
reward
firms must also have not yet received a
ccrpp or crp award
from any federal agency for the phase ii
note that you can only receive one ccrpp
or crp award
from a specific phase 2 contract if you
have multiple phase 2 contracts you
could have a ccrpp
coming off different phase 2 contracts
but if there is a singular
phase two contractor award that has
already received a ccrpp or crp
as a follow-on from nasa another agency
you are not eligible to reapply for
another one
firms must also secure an investor who
are willing to contribute matching
funding to the maturation of the
technology they must be external to the
sbir and sttr programs
this can include other companies venture
capitalists individual investors
or non-sbir or non-sttr government
programs or any combination of the above
so you can have nasa projects or
programs or other government agency
programs be an investor that is allowed
it just cannot be from an sbir award it
has to be someone else's funds
you also can have any combination of the
involved above you can have multiple
investors to meet the minimum or reach
the maximum note that external investors
cannot include the owner of the small
business
their family members or affiliates of
small business as defined
in the code of federal regulations again
more details are on the sbir.nasa.gov
websites
for the upcoming fiscal year 21 call
again this is being recorded september
of 2020
the application period is from october
26 2020 through december
7th 2020. we anticipate a period of
performance of approximately 24 months
if awarded that's what the schedule
should be based on the minimum non-sbir
sttr funding required is
500 000 dollars and the maximum
contribution that we will match up to in
a one-to-one ratio is up to
three million dollars again you are
welcome to exceed that value but we will
only match up to three million dollars
if accepted
and again you can have multiple
investors
when and how to apply so again october
26 december 7th
of this year 2020. you can see the ccrpp
website on sbir.nasa.gov for full
details
your application will require investor
provided letters of commitment multiple
investors
will need multiple letters you must have
a technical application and the details
website
which includes a commercialization plan
as commercialization is an important
aspect of this
there is also a required budget that
will cover what the total
cumulative investment from us and the
investor will cover
we're also looking for additional
documentation content certifications
information
all detailed on the website we accept
applications through the electronic
handbook
the submissions aspect and you can see
that link to take you there
in the next few slides that will go into
deeper details on some of the
investments the requirements thereof and
some common
questions and answers again there are
many more details on our sbir.nasa.gov
website where the official details lie
so that all investments must be used to
directly extend the work done in the
phase 2 contract
and we are looking for commitments made
prior to the award
however the expenditure of these funds
must be concurrent with the ccrpp
performance
so we are looking for a letter of
commitment to be included with your
application
and you can start the process of getting
the funds from the investor at that time
but upon receipt we will then confirm
that you have received those funds
these cannot be funds that you had
already received prior to ever applying
that might have already been spent
and these must be fully funded at time
of awards you cannot get
incremental funds after we will only
match what we have at time of award
with the expectation that we are
expanding these funds
in parallel to our funding on the ccrpp
award for this cumulative development
for federal agency investors which can
include nasa mission directorates or
projects or programs or other government
agencies
their investments must pay for
activities at further development or
commercialization
of the technology beyond the phase two
work r&d manufacturing etc
non-federal agencies non-federal agency
investors must provide funding in return
for items such as equity
royalties rights and technology
percentage of the profits or
combinations thereof
and again funding much further the
technology that was started under the
original phase two contract
as i already mentioned the investment
must occur between the ccrpp proposal
package submission date
and 45 days after the company's
notification of selection
without constraints so if you are
selected you will be notified by someone
from the
nasa shared services center or
contracting office or contracting
specialist notifying you of your
selection
and at that time you will have 45 days
to provide proof of transfer
of funds that occurred in that period as
i also already mentioned you can have
more than one investor you would need
multiple investment letters multiple
proof of funds
but you are allowed to bundle multiple
investors in your application
if the investment is coming from a
government agency including or external
to nasa
those funds also need to be transferred
to the firm on the similar timetable
they will have to be in a funding
vehicle
separate from the ccrpp contract
this can be done via a separate phase
three contract
or if you have an existing contract with
the us government this can be a mod to
the contract or a new task on that
contract
but it has to be a new thing with the
intent that it is co-spent
with the execution of the ccrpp note
that this bullet says in a funding
vehicle separate from the phase two
contract that should say in funding
vehicles separate from the ccrpp contract
we will not add other government funding
to our ccrpp award
because you've already had a phase two
in order to be able to apply for the
ccrpp that enables you to get a phase
three
we are happy to also explain how the
phase three process works
so that you can get that investors funds
as well
a small business cannot contribute its
own internal funds as part of the ccrpp
investment
these must be external funds matching
contributions cannot be in kind they
must be in funds regardless of source
and a subcontractor will not qualify as
an external
investor an investor cannot say i will
provide you half a million dollars but
if you win this matching amount for a
total of 500 plus 500 equals 1 million
dollars
subcontract me back 500 thousand dollars
we will not allow that
we will only match funds for this
development not to be subcontracted back
to the investor
if you have specific questions on how
you can use specific facilities from
someone while also being an investor
please reach out to the help desk or the
contact information on the website
and we happily provide more details
on any specific case
and note that on our website there are
plenty of details and unique cases
listed which may cover your specific
scenario
note that purchases will also not be
considered investment a purchase may
only represent a procurement need not a
desire to further technology
and this development must continue to
further the technology
for sttr related ccrpp proposals
investments must be in the small
business they cannot be in the
university
the small business can then subcontract
some of those investment funds back to
the university
but it has to go through the small
business again please see section 1.5 of
the ccrpp website on sbir.nasa.gov
for additional information and
restriction on investors and again if
you have any
questions on a particular relationship
if there's a company investor
relationship that you need to know
qualifies
please contact the help desk at the
email or phone number listed here or
other contact information listed on the
website
one other detail we did want to share is
that the nasa flight opportunities
program this program separate from the
sbir sttr program
has an open notice about being
potentially interested
as participating as a post phase 2
investor either in ccrpp
or in the 2e specifically for the use of
suborbital flight testing to help
advance development or commercialization
of your technology
if it is appropriate technology
developments their link
is shown below and there is contact
information at that link note that this
again is external to the sbir program
this is another program please reach out
to them for further details on what
would be applicable
and how those funds would be expected to
be spent
if you have any additional website
questions
please visit our website at
sbir.nasa.gov
you can also contact the help desk and
on our website there are additional
points of contact listed
for information on this and future
mechanisms please sign up for our
newsletter you can also sign up for that
via our website
thank you very much again this has been
an informational overview on the ccrpp
mechanism
please go to the website for the final
unofficial details for this mechanism
have a great day