NASA SBIR/STTR CCRPP Notice

NASA is providing notice of an opportunity to participate in the Civilian Commercialization Readiness Pilot Program (CCRPP) for NASA’s FY 17 award cycle of its SBIR/STTR program. The purpose for this notice is to provide interested contractors with time to locate investors for applications. The CCRPP was created as part of the SBIR and STTR Reauthorization Act of 2012 (P. L. 112-81, Section 5001) with the purpose of accelerating the transition of SBIR and STTR funded technologies to commercialization. The CCRPP accomplishes this acceleration through a combination of additional SBIR/STTR program investment and NASA or non-NASA entity sponsor investment. NASA’s CCRPP is available to small business concerns that: 1. Have a completed SBIR/STTR Phase II award (from any federal Agency) selected from solicitations issued from fiscal year 2010 through 2014. However, NASA will not require completed performance of NASA SBIR/STTR Phase II awards from the 2014 solicitation, and NASA will not require completed performance of Phase II E or Phase II X options associated with a NASA SBIR/STTR Phase II award; 2. Have not yet received a CCRPP award (or its equivalent) or a sequential Phase II award from any federal Agency for the Phase II technology associated with the Phase II award in item 1; 3. Have secured an investor(s) willing to contribute matching funding to the maturation of the technology detailed in the application of research related to NASA interests. Investor(s) must be external to the NASA SBIR/STTR Program, which may include such entities as another company, a venture capital firm, an individual investor, a non-SBIR/non-STTR government program, or any combination of the above. An external investor cannot include the owners of the small business, their family members, and/or "affiliates" of the small business, as defined in Title 13 of the Code of Federal Regulations (C.F.R.), Section 121.103. To be eligible, applicants must demonstrate maturation of the Phase II technology that aligns with NASA interests. The technology proposed for advancement toward commercialization should have a strong relevance to NASA’s missions as well as a strong potential use by NASA and/or markets outside of NASA beyond the CCRPP investment. Eligible small business firms may submit a CCRPP application for the 2017 award cycle in response to this notice. NASA will match the investments with SBIR/STTR program funds between $100,000 and $2 Million for each CCRPP award. Eligible firms must identify and obtain commitment from an investor to provide matching funds prior to submission of the CCRPP application. Applications must be submitted via the NASA SBIR/STTR Proposal Submission Electronic Handbook (EHB). The CCRPP application requirements and associated investor guidelines will be available February 1st, 2017 at the NASA SBIR/STTR website: http://sbir.nasa.gov/content/post-phase-ii-initiatives#CRP. The EHB will accept CCRPP applications between March 1st, and March 31st, 2017 at https://sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov/submissions/public/login . NASA will select those applications which are most meritorious and within the budget parameters stated above. Additional information is available at the NASA SBIR/STTR website: http://sbir.nasa.gov/content/post-phase-ii-initiatives#CRP