The OFRN Round 7 Solicitation does not contain a general topic area of interest (AOI)
The only requirement for the industrial partner is that the company has to have a physical presence in the State of Ohio. As long as the organization has an office of some type – it doesn’t have to be headquarters for the company, but you do have to have some kind of a physical presence in the state of Ohio to participate in the program. This organization must be incorporated in the U.S. and be at least 51% owned and controlled by U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens. There is no limit on number of employees.
All questions regarding the Round 7 Solicitation should be submitted via email to ofrn-question@parallaxresearch.org.
A minimum of one proposal team member has to attend. An administrative manager would be perfectly fine.
Each OFRN-funded R&D project is aligned with federal requirements, has a clear path to job creation, and capitalizes on Ohio’s investment involving multiple Ohio research universities and firms that provide cost-share to further leverage the Ohio investment and attract other Department of Defense and industry funding in Ohio. Therefore, each OFRN-funded R&D project inherently contributes to workforce development and has resulted in spinouts, the creation of high-quality jobs in Ohio, and commercialized technologies.
The achieve these workforce development objectives, the OFRN offers the following services:
1) Funding for R&D projects that lead to high-quality job creation and spinouts
2) Student Experiential Engagement (SEE) program, which recruits and hires student interns to work and learn throughout an OFRN-funded R&D project
The OFRN offers Education, Training & Proposal Navigation for SBIR & STTR proposal teams.
The OFRN education and training service offers in-person mentoring, training programs, and educational content that is focused on increasing academic and industry engagement and partnerships with federal and state agencies for science and technology research and development. The curriculum covers:
(1) How to apply for a current OFRN solicitation round SBIR/STTR Proposal Process Navigation
(2) Workforce development for meeting federal and state priorities reflected in a current solicitation