ITECS News – March 8, 2012

Last week the DOE Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E) issued a $150M funding opportunity open to all transformational energy technologies. This is the first “Open” FOA issued by ARPA-E since 2009 and has attracted a lot of interest among our newsletter subscriber base. I have summarized the two opportunities currently available from the agency below. Concept papers and letters of intent are due at the end of the month. Please let me know if you are interested in the opportunity and ITECS will conduct a preliminary assessment of your project at no cost to you.

Best,

Susan Ward Read more

ITECS News – March 1, 2012

Today marks the last day of the APRA-e Energy Innovation Summit, a 3-day conference of industry leaders, entrepreneurs, thought leaders, movers, shakers and policy makers of all things clean-energy.  We had several ITECS reps attend the conference, which is in its 3^rd year.

Here are some particularly relevant highlights that I thought I would share: Read more

ITECS News – February 23, 2012

This week we are featuring an article written by ITECS Program Manager, Phil Smith- Leveraging Government Resources to Support Corporate Research and Development. Please let us know if you need support in your funding endeavors.

Best,

Susan Ward

President, ITECS Read more

Federal Solicitations- $120M Battery & Energy Storage FOA

I want to alert everyone to a fantastic opportunity that came out a couple of weeks ago. The DOE launched a new Innovation Hub FOA earlier this February.  With total program allocations up to $120M for 5 years, companies and Universities conducting basic research in batteries and energy storage should strongly consider applying. ITECS is currently helping companies and Universities form regional teams to apply for the Hub funding. Read more

DOE SunsShot Incubator Program

This week, the DOE announced that over $12 million is being made available to help speed solar energy innovation from the lab to the marketplace. The SunShot Incubator Program, part of the larger DOE SunShot Initiative that aims to reduce the installed costs of solar energy systems, will facilitate American small business transitions from a proof of concept or business plan to domestic commercialization or deployment of solar technology. Read more

Proactive Positioning: How Access to Government Agencies Can Sharpen Your Projects, Increase Success

Access is something companies don’t think about as a benefit of working with the government. If you have a well-developed technology and are trying to secure funding, it is absolutely crucial that you meet with agency project managers. What can occur from this meeting? If the agencies see value, they can help guide you to an established or upcoming program that is in alignment with your technology.  Also, we have seen programs built around fantastic technology that do not neatly fit into existing initiatives. Read more

ITECS News – January 19, 2012

Our friends at ESTCP contacted us to make sure that everyone knew about the BAA that was released last week. The Department of Defense (DoD), through the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), supports the demonstration of technologies that address priority DoD environmental requirements.  The goal of ESTCP is to promote the transfer of innovative environmental technologies through demonstrations that collect the data needed for regulatory and DoD end-user acceptance. Read more

ITECS News – January 12, 2012

Dan Coughlin, ITECS program manager, will be attending PDMA CoDev in La Jolla, CA, on February 13-15^th. We’ve attended CoDev for the last two years and recommend it to any Open Innovation practitioner. CoDev 2012’s focus is on building the capability and capacity to:

• Evolve open business models to leverage emerging opportunities more quickly Read more

ITECS News – January 5, 2012

Hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday and happy New Year. It was great having some time to reflect on this past year at ITECS. I also spent some time analyzing what the climate for federal R&D spending will be in 2012. While there are mixed messages, one thing that is clear is that while the R&D budget may be constrained, it will be less so than the overall Federal budget. Read more

ITECS News – December 29, 2011

I want to wish you a happy, healthy and successful New Year.

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow”

-        Albert Einstein

Best,

Susan Ward

President, ITECS

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