Strategic Partnerships 

Business Models with Oth

Organizations
 

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October 28-2

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Strategic Partnerships 

Business Models with Other Organizations
 

The purpose of this session is to provide detailed exampl

one of NIST’s tools to accomplish its mission, name

external relationships, and to solicit advice on its us

Key questions for the VCAT: • Are these types of organizational relationships a useful 

to fulfill the NIST mission? 

• If NIST has the opportunity, should it expand the use of 

tool or focus on internal research competencies? 

• Are there other or better means for achieving these goa
Types of Partnerships
 

• University Centered 

– JILA (1962), JQI (2006), UMBI (1989) 

• Shared people, facilities/institutes • Coordinated management, projects and goals 

•	 Other Agency Centered 

– HML (2000) Thi

• Shared people, facilities/institutes, mission Resea• Coordinated management, projects and goals 

• Industry-Regional Centered 

– RIC (2007) 

• Shared management, projects and goals 

• Shared NIST-Industry funding to University Centers 

• NIST-State 

– MEP 

• Shared funding 

• NIST-Industry-University Already Discussed – TIP 

• Shared funding 

•	 NIST-Business 

– Baldrige 
Types of Partnerships
 

• University Centered 

– JILA (1962), JQI (2006), UMBI (1989) 

• Shared people, facilities/institutes • Coordinated management, projects and goals 

• Other Agency Centered This 

– HML (2000) Organiza

•	 Shared people, facilities/institutes, mission Resea• Coordinated management, projects and goals 

• Industry-Regional Centered 

– RIC (2007) 

• Shared management, projects and goals 

• Shared NIST-Industry funding to University Centers 

• Individual-to-individual 

– Guest researchers 

• Facility users 

– NCNR and CNST Many types of smaller scale 

• Consortia • State Weights & Measures • Standards Developing Orgs. •... 
Types of Partnerships
 

• University Centered 

– JILA (1962), JQI (2006), UMBI (1989) 

• Shared people, facilities/institutes • Coordinated management, projects and go

• Other Agency Centered 

– HML (2000) 

• Shared people, facilities/institutes, mission • Coordinated management, projects and goals 

• Industry-Regional Centered 

– RIC (2007) 

• Shared management, projects and goals • Shared NIST-Industry funding to University Centers 
Relationships with Univers

• NIST has 3 joint facilities with universities 

– JILA with University of Colorado – Joint Quantum Institute with University of Ma– Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnol

University of Maryland Biological Institute (UM

• JILA and JQI are based on the same mod• UMBI is an evolving model 
Benefits of University Partnerships 

University partnerships contribute to NIST’s core mission by: •	 Integrating research and education 

–	 encourage multiple collaborations and flexible interactions a

postdocs, and students 

–	 e.g. JILA leverages10–15 NIST scientists by participating as 

partner in an institute with ~200 University scientists, postdostudents 

•	 Enhancing person-to-person communication thru co-locat

enabling novel collaborations and informal discussions by university researchers (tacit tech transfer) 

–	 Students change routinely, further enhancing interactions 

•	 Providing a means of bringing in outstanding individuals w

be hired under Civil Service procedures and salary limitat

•	 Producing fresh generations of scientists dedicated to pre

measurement (e.g. 60 percent of JILA)
 

•	 Establishing a larger concentration of talent in synergistic 

than either institution could afford on its own 
What is JILA? 

•	 A joint research institute between NIST and the University of Co

•	 $33M FY07 budget; 28 “JILA Fellows”
 

- Approximately 250 total personnel 

•	 Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics 

- focus on measurements and analysis to 

support the space program
 

•	 In 1995, name change to ‘JILA’ reflects its breadth 

of research programs and new mission 

- astrophysics
 

Spon

- atomic & molecular physics DOD - biophysics 

NSF 

DOE 

NASA 

- chemical physics Fellowships &
 - nanoscience Sabbaticals
 - optical physics NSF Group - precision measurement 

NSF OSEP 

• JILA’s has received funding by NSF for 30+ years - 2006 NSF Physics Frontier Center for AMO Physics
 

Oth
What is JQI?
 

•	 A new institute between UMd, NIST, and NSA 

- designed to merge talent and experience in controlling 

and exploiting quantum phenomena
 

•	 $6M annual budget; 23 voting fellows 

– ~1⁄2 UMd; ~1⁄2 NIST 

•	 Single institute combines AMO, condensed matter, and q

information science 

- builds on the strengths of NIST, UMd, and NSA’s Laboratory 

Science 

•	 Goal to create world class research institute for controllin

phenomena and to enhance the nation’s role in exploiting revolutionary new technology 

• 2008 NSF Physics Frontier Center for quantum informatio
What is CARB/UMBI?
 

•	 In 1985, NIST’s CSTL, the University of Maryland Biotechn

Institute (UMBI), and Montgomery County, MD established for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB) 

•	 Combines NIST’s expertise in metrology with UMD’s expe

biology – joint institute devoted to life sciences research 

•	 Initial research focus 

- Work on the relationship between structure and function 

biomolecules
 

- Development of new technologies for the 

measurement, analysis and design of
 biomolecules
 
An evolving model.....
 

While reasonably productive, it became apparent that the collamodel initiated in 1985 has not fully leveraged the strengths of organizations: 

• CARB talent and capabilities have been somewhat isolated an

benefited fully from NIST capabilities and strengths 

• NIST has not fully tapped into and benefited from the excellent 

rapidly expanding capabilities at UMBI 

A new model was needed 
Actions to Strengthen and Leverage this Partne

New MOU signed in August 2007 New MOU signed in August 2007• Partnership expanded to include: 

3⁄4 all four UMBI Centers, not CARB only 

– Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology – Center for Biosystems Research – Center of Marine Biotechnology – Medical Biotechnology Center 

• Partnership will complement NIST expertise and 

facilities in areas of strategic program expansion 

– bioenergy – bioimaging – bioinformatics – protein measurement science 
Types of Partnerships
 

• University Centered 

– JILA (1962), JQI (2006), UMBI (1989) 

• Shared people, facilities/institutes • Coordinated management, projects and goals 

• Other Agency Centered 

– HML (2000) 

• Shared people, facilities/institutes, mission • Coordinated management, projects and goals 

• Industry-Regional Centered 

– RIC (2007) 

• Shared management, projects and goals • Shared NIST-Industry funding to University Centers 
What is Hollings Marine Laborato

•	 Partners
 

- Academic: MUSC and CofC provide access to faculty 

undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctorate students

- Federal Agencies: NIST and NOAA
 - South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
 

•	 Est. in 1995 in Charleston, SC as the Marine En

Health Research Laboratory (MEHRL) 

- 78,000 square foot state-of-the-art research facility co

Feb 2002 

•	 Overarching Joint Project Agreement clearly def

- Partnership and roles 

- Process for strategic alignment of goals
 - Executive and Science Boards collaboratively define s

research directions 
Hollings Marine Laboratory 

By having part of its staff located at the HML and working 

collaboratively with scientists from partner institutions:
 

•	 NIST is better able to develop programs within its mis

respond to the needs of the marine research commun

•	 NIST is able to leverage its expertise in measuremen

to address biological problems of national and global importance. 

•	 Through its association with two institutions of higher 

NIST is able to influence and contribute to the training development of the nation’s future scientists. 
Types of Partnerships
 

• University Centered 

– JILA (1962), JQI (2006), UMBI (1989) 

• Shared people, facilities/institutes • Coordinated management, projects and goals 

• Other Agency Centered 

– HML (2000) 

• Shared people, facilities/institutes, mission • Coordinated management, projects and goals 

• Industry-Regional Centered 

– RIC (2007) 

• Shared management, projects and goals • Shared NIST-Industry funding to University Centers 
RIC Rapid Innovation & 

Competitiveness initiati

•	 A business model that atte

put the whole technology p

together 

– From basic research, use ins– To commercialization 
Types of Partnerships 

• University Centered 

– JILA (1962), JQI (2006), UMBI (1989) 

• Shared people, facilities/institutes • Coordinated management, projects and goals 

•	 Other Agency Centered 

– HML (2000) Thi

• Shared people, facilities/institutes, mission Resea• Coordinated management, projects and goals 

• Industry-Regional Centered 

– RIC (2007) 

• Shared management, projects and goals 

• Shared NIST-Industry funding to University Centers 

• NIST-State 

– MEP 

• Shared funding 

• NIST-Industry-University Already Discussed – TIP 

• Shared funding 

•	 NIST-Business 

– Baldrige 
SRC- NRI and 

University of Colorad

Guests
 
Issues with Partnerships? 

•	 Need for flexibility/reinvent partnership every ~10-20 

•	 Need for co-location? 

•	 Does new communication technology take the pla

location 

•	 Communication is hard 

•	 IP Issues? 

•	 Tension among federal, industry, and university r

•	 Other University Partnerships? 

•	 More Other Agency Partnerships? •	 Other RICs?
 

- Bio
 

- Personalized health care or toxicology
 

- Robotics
 - ?
 

- International Partnerships 
Key questions for the VCAT:
 

• Are these types of organizational relationships 

useful way to fulfill the NIST mission? 

• If NIST has the opportunity, should it expand t

use of this tool or focus on internal research competencies? 

• Are there other or better means for achieving 

these goals?