Defense Threat Reduction Agency DTRA-University-Industry ...

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Defense Threat Reduction Agency
DTRA-University-Industry
Extramural Research Program
Robert Kehlet
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
Research and Development Enterprise
January 20, 2012
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Purpose
• Introduce Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
• Discuss University-Industry Collaboration Opportunities
Our premise:
Greater University-Industry Collaboration leads to faster,
better warfighting capabilities.

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DTRA safeguards the United States and its Allies from Weapons of
Mass Destruction (WMD) by providing capabilities to reduce,
eliminate, and counter the threat and mitigate its effects.
High-Yield Explosives
... easily available materials
with many ways to deliver
… point targets
Nuclear Weapons
... difficult to acquire,
devastating in use
DTRA Mission
WMD
THREATS
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Chemical Weapons
... cheap and easy to make
... casualties not widespread
Biological Weapons
... use available technology
… attacks not quickly recognized,
propagate with time
Radiological Devices
... dangerous to assemble with
high contamination impact
… low lethality
Providing Solutions Across the Full Spectrum of Combating WMD

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DTRA R&D Mission Space
Technology Readiness Levels (TRL)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Knowledge
and
Invention
Uncertainty
Proof
of
Concept
Technology
Development
and
Risk
Management
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Military Utility
and
Social Benefit
DTRA Efforts Cover Entire Spectrum of Technology Readiness
From Basic Science to Fielded Capabilities
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DTRA R&D
Acquisition Opportunities
• Broad Agency Announcements (BAA)
• Advertised on the Federal Business Opportunities and Grants.gov
web-sites: http://www.fbo.gov and http://www.grants.gov
• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
• Advertised at http://www.dodsbir.net
• Also see: http://www.sbir.gov
• Technology Development RFIs/RFPs
• Advertised on the Federal Business Opportunities web-site:
http://www.fbo.gov
• Keyword: HDTRA
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Basic Research BAA:
Eligible Applicants for Amendment 1
• Primes: Pre-application white papers and proposals submitted will be
considered from the following U.S. and foreign-based equivalents:
Ø Accredited degree-granting colleges and universities
Ø Not-for-profit organizations/basic research centers*
Ø Industrial/commercial basic research centers, including small businesses with a portfolio
predominantly in basic research*
*proposing a project with significant participation (minimum 30% of total effort value on the proposed
project) by one or more accredited degree-granting colleges and universities
• Co-PIs, Collaborators and Subawardees: The following entities may not participate as
prime grantees for proposals, but may act as collaborators, including as Co-PIs, and/or
subawardees:
Ø Federal laboratories, including DoD and Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories, Federal
academic institutions, Federal agencies, and Federal organizations
Ø DoD-and DOE sponsored Federally Funded Research and Development Centers
(FFRDCs)
Ø Foreign government-owned institutions
Ø Industrial/commercial firms other than those described above
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University-Centric Engagement
Global Partners
Two-fold objective for C-WMD Research with Global
Partners:
1. To build capacity for open and ethical research with global
partners to reduce the global threat of WMD
2. To foster exploratory basic and applied research that will
address opportunities to reduce, eliminate, and counter
WMD across the CBRNE spectrum.
Advertised under Fundamental Research BAA on the Federal Business Opportunities web-site:
http://www.fbo.gov
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How You Can Help…
• Foster contacts interested in cooperative research
• Raise our awareness of research venues in your
global region
• Facilitate dialogue and help us develop regional
international/US university partnerships
Our Success is vastly assisted by
your being our forward presence.
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Summary
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• DTRA is dedicated to:
o long-term research and development to Counter WMD
o training of next generation workforce
o supporting University-centric research, nationally and
globally
o promoting Defense technology development and Dual-
Use technology transfer through greater universityindustry
collaborations
Foster and enable farsighted, high-payoff research
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