# Presentation: 507543

## Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program

- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

## Mission

- EPA:
- Protect Human Health and the Environment
- 	– Air, Water and Land
- EPA SBIR
- 	– Develop and Commercialize Innovative Environmental Technologies Needed by EPA Regions and State Compliance Programs

## EPA Organization

## SBIR Solicitation Schedule

- Next Phase I Solicitation
- Opens March 23, 2006
- Closes May 24, 2006

## SBIR Awards

- Phase I
- Proof of Concept
- $70,000
- 6 months
- Phase II
- Develop Phase I technology with focus on commercialization
- Up to $345,000 (with options)
- 24 months

## Solicitation Topics for 2005

- Critical EPA Technology Needs
-    (EPA Environmental Technology Council)
- Great Lakes (EPA Region V) Environmental Problems
- Environmental Problems in      America’s Heartland (EPA Region VII)
- Water and Wastewater Needs         (EPA Office of Water)

## Critical EPA Technology Needs (from Environmental Technology Council)

- Homeland Security
- Hazardous Waste Management
- Monitoring and Measurement
- Air Pollution Control
- Pollution Prevention
- Innovation in Manufacturing
- Computational Toxicology

## Great Lakes (EPA Region V) Environmental Problems

- Protecting the Great Lakes
- Urban Environmental Management
- Contaminated Sediments and Clean-up in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
- Mercury Detection and Removal

## Environmental Problems in America’s Heartland (Region VII) 

- Agriculture and Air, Water and Land Use Problems
- Nutrients & Animal Feeding Operations
- Lead Detection and Remediation
- Integrated Pest Management and Ecosystem Protection

## Water and Wastewater Needs          (EPA Office of Water)

- Municipal and Industrial Wastewater
- Water Conservation and Recycling
- Beach Pollution
- Drinking Water
- Water Security

## Proposal Evaluation and Selection

## External Peer Review

- Ratings:
- Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor
- Five Criteria:
- Scientific/Technical Quality and Soundness
- Uniqueness and Originality
- Cost Effectiveness and Environmental Benefit
- Qualifications of Team
- Commercialization Potential

## Internal Relevancy Review

- EPA Internal Programmatic Review
- Review only those proposals rated Excellent and Very Good
- Evaluate Proposals on 3 Criteria:
- EPA Needs and Program Priorities
- Significant Environmental Benefits
- Broad Application and Impact

## Successful Proposals

- Meet agency priority needs
- Quantify environmental benefits
- Demonstrate innovation
- Have a strong technical abstract
- Have a realistic work plan
- Address technical evaluation criteria
- Show relationship to future research
- Address cost

## Commercialization

- Provide Phase I Commercialization TA
- Require Commercialization Plan in Phase II proposal
- Offer two Options at Phase II:
- Commercialization – Additional $70,000 for 3rd party investment
- Verification Testing – Additional $50,000 for participation in EPA Verification Testing program

## SBIR Success Story - NITON

- Lead Paint Analyzer
- Can detect lead in paint, in soil and on filters
- Industry standard for analysis of lead in paint
- Received R&D 100 Award
- Received Lead Tech Product of the Year Award
- Participated in ETV Program

## Contact Information

- Website:
- _[www.epa.gov/ncer/sbir](http://www.epa.gov/ncer/sbir)_
- Hotline:
- 1-800-490-9194