Technology Partnerships with Federal Laboratories in Maryland

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Technology Partnerships with Federal Laboratories
in Maryland

• Steven L. Fritz, Ph. D.
• Director, Technology Transfer

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TEDCOs mission

• To foster the development of a technology economy
  that will create and sustain businesses
  throughout all regions in the State of Maryland.
• Created by the State legislature in 1998, as a
  public instrumentality of the State.

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TEDCO Outreach Initiatives

• Upcoming Federal Laboratory Showcases
• National Security Agency, November 12
• 2004 Showcases (tentative)
• Army Research Laboratory (February)
• Aberdeen Proving Grounds (May)
• Goddard Space Flight Center (July)

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Memoranda of Understanding

• TEDCO has entered into MoUs or other agreements
  with nine Fed Labs and is in discussion with two
  more
• APG, APL, BARC, NAWC Pax River, NSWC Indian Head,
  NSWC Carderock, National Naval Medical Center,
  NSA
• NIST, NIMA

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Tech Transfer Partnering

• TEDCO and Fed Lab partners work jointly on
  outreach, finding company partners, funding
  CRADAs, VC referrals etc.
• Sphere Software Demo 9/11/2003
• Multi-language search and analysis
• Al-Jazeera web site
• TEDCO has security clearance for classified
  projects

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TEDCO Seed Funding Initiatives

• Funding for technology collaborations between
  companies and universities or federal
  laboratories
• Objective of all initiatives is to enable a
  company in the earliest stages of a technology
  partnering project to raise additional funding
  for the project

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Public Laboratory
Company
Product/ Service Development Project
Proof of Concept
Feasibility Testing
Product Development
Maryland Technology Transfer Fund Maryland
Industrial Partnerships (MIPS) DBED Challenge
University Technology Development Fund Federal
Laboratory Partnership Program
Toucan Capital New Markets Venture Fund DBED
Enterprise Fund SBIR ATP
Public Funding
Project Capital Funds
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Technology Transfer Program

• Federal Lab Partnership Program
• Enables companies to reduce the cost of a CRADA
  with a federal lab in Maryland
• Should be first collaboration between lab and
  company
• Provides funds from 50 to 90 of the cost of a
  project with a maximum of 20,000.

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Technology Transfer Program

• Maryland Technology Transfer Fund
• Funds Maryland companies developing
  technology-based products and/or services in
  collaboration with the Universities and/or
  Federal Laboratories in Maryland.
• Maximum award amount is 50,000. A second award
  may be received.
• Reimbursable award

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FLPP/MTTF Awards

• 12 - 20K FLPP awards since May 2001
• NASA Langley, Beltsville Ag Research Center, JHU
  Applied Physics Laboratory, NSWC Carderock, APL,
  APG
• 15 - 50K MTTF awards since March 2002
• NSWC-IH, NAWC-Pax, NSA, NCI, APL, NNMC, APG, NRL

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MD Department of Business and Economic
Development Programs

• Challenge Fund
• Provides investments of up to 50,000 for
  seed-stage companies to cover a portion of the
  initial costs associated with bringing new
  products to market. Follow-on awards may be
  obtained.
• Enterprise Investment Fund
• Makes direct equity investments in emerging
  companies to enable them to move into their next
  stage of development. The amount of investment
  ranges from 150,000 to 500,000. 
• Thomas Bodnar, Director, Investment Financing
  Group, 1-877-821-0099             

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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants

• Large federal funding agencies participate
• Opportunity to propose innovative ideas that meet
  the specific research and research and
  development needs of the Federal Government
• Three phase program
• Feasibility demonstration
• Development of phase I results
• Commercialization with non-federal funds

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Advanced Technology Program

• National Institute of Standards Technology
• Bridges the gap between research lab and market
  place, stimulating prosperity through innovation.
  
• Through partnerships with the private sector,
  ATPs early stage investment is accelerating the
  development of innovative technologies that
  promise significant commercial payoffs and
  widespread benefits for the nation.
• (1-800-ATP-FUND), atp_at_nist.gov
• www.atp.nist.gov

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TEDCO Ventures Toucan Capital

• Toucan Fund II is a 120 million fund that began
  making investments in summer 2001
• Toucan Capital specializes in very early stage
  investment opportunities.
• The fund managers are particularly interested in
  working with inventors, researchers, scientists
  and first-time entrepreneurs at the beginning of
  their efforts to commercialize an invention or
  technology.

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TEDCO VenturesNew Markets Growth Fund

• Dingman Center
• 20 Million private equity fund
• Invests 100,000 - 1Million, may play a lead
  role
• Seed and early stage technology companies
• Later stage growth companies
• Located or willing to locate to designated
  low-income geographic areas- Greater
  Baltimore-Washington and Northern Virginia area
• Contact Mark Grovic 301-405-9499

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For further information contact

• Steven L. Fritz, Ph.D.
• Director, Technology Transfer
• sfritz_at_marylandtedco.org
• 410-715-4166

Maryland TEDCO 5575 Sterrett Place, Suite
240 Columbia, MD 21044 www.marylandtedco.org