The National Science Foundation is seeking qualified candidates for an Interdisciplinary (SBIR/STTR Program Director) position within the Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP), Division Translational Impacts (TI) in Alexandria, VA. For more information on TIP please click here. This announcement will stop accepting applications on the close date, or once 50 applications have been recieved, which ever occurs first.

Duties

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)programs, America's Seed Fund, provide the opportunity for startups and small businesses to undertake cutting edge, high-quality science and engineering research and development to determine the scientific and technical feasibility of new concepts or innovations that could be developed into new products, processes, or services for profound societal and/or economic impacts. In the future, other TI investments will support additional avenues for translational impact, including pathways to (i) nonprofits supporting open-source ecosystems, (ii) adoption by state and local governments, and (iii) deployment in support of the missions of other federal agencies. TI collaborates with all of NSF's other directorates and offices, inspiring additional translation activity across the Foundation, leading to significant acceleration of the societal and/or economic impacts of NSF-funded research in a range of locales and sectors throughout the U.S. MAJOR DUTIES The incumbent serves as a Program Manager for the SBIR/STTR programs and is assigned responsibility for planning, support, management, and implementation of the Foundation's small business research activities. The SBIR/STTR programs offer an opportunity and incentive for small, creative engineering, science, education, and technology-related firms, wherein they may conduct innovative high-risk research on important scientific and technical problems -work that could have significant public benefit if the research is successful. The major objective of the Program is to increase the nation's economic competitiveness through the support of high technology small business innovative research. The Program Manager is responsible for encouraging and supporting small high technology firms in the conduct of basic research in cooperation with the cognizant NSF discipline research divisions. The Program Manager works closely with the disciplinary experts in the Directorates, stimulates and coordinates basic and applied research programs relevant to industrial problems, builds university/small business linkages that improve the capability of the research community to focus on key issues, and develops opportunities to improve the Nation's technological innovation that can be initiated through NSF-wide research efforts. This is a three-phase program that offers incentives for converting research done in phases I and II to commercial applications in phase ID, with the last effort funded by private capital. The program meets the requirements of the Small Business Innovation Development Act Of 1992 (Public Law 102-564). Additional Duties include:

Requirements

Qualifications

Candidates must have a Ph.D. in a science or engineering field related to the SBIR/STTR Programs plus six or more years of successful research, research administration, and/or managerial experience pertinent to the position after the award of the Ph.D. OR a Master's degree in a science or engineering field related to the SBIR/STTR Programs plus eight or more years of successful research, research administration, and/or managerial experience pertinent to the position after award of the degree. Successful candidate's experience will include mentoring startups and small business entrepreneurs, as well as in proposal review and award management. Candidates with experience in medical devices are highly desired.

Education

Please refer to the Qualifications section.

Contacts

• Address NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, DIVISION OF TRANSLATIONAL IMPACT 2415 Eisenhower Ave Alexandria, VA 22314 US
• Name: Staffing and Classification Branch
• Email: [email protected]