Fairchild Innovation Consulting
Commercialising Research
and Development
Below are key
publications, presentations and white papers that highlight the innovation
process and outline opportunities.
Answers From Space:
How Lessons From NASA Can Help You Make the Most of New Technologies
This was a presentation to the Central Innovation Network, Cranfield University, United
Kingdom, 4 February 2004. It outlines how experience gained from commercialising
space technologies at the NASA Johnson Space Center can be applied to R&D
organisations and commercial firms. It includes the NASA JSC Commercialization
Model, plus recommendations for both R&D organisations and commercial firms.
White
Paper on SBIR
Commercialization (SBIR
Phase III)
The
US government spends one billion dollars annually on research and
development by small businesses. These funds are distributed
competitively, primarily through the Small Business Innovation
Research program. Phase I winners receive up to $70,000. Phase II
winners receive $600,000. Phase III (commercialisation) is unfunded.
Most technologies languish at this point. This white paper outlines an
opportunity for commercially-driven organisations to help
commercialise the most promising of these technologies.