Hi Yuri, Harvey came to me to see how the program can be used to increase engagement with the DOE offices. He was explicit that it was not just about selling our technology in the "start up" sense but more about making people better at program development. If you have any ideas, we should try to use this program to pitch them. I am happy to talk to John some more. Salman On 6/28/19 5:00 PM, Alexeev, Yuri wrote: This program looks to me all about how to commercialize ANL's technology. I am sure there is more to it, but it looks like it is the major focus. I attended a few of these talks, which were startup-like presentations. In the end, you need to prepare a business plan and try to convince investors in a "Shark tank" style session to provide funding. Is it correct? Yuri ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> on behalf of Habib, Salman <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 2:57:10 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: Argonne Launchpad program Reminding everyone about the Launchpad program. I sent this email earlier, but likely no one remembers -- Salman -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Argonne Launchpad program Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 03:46:26 +0000 From: Habib, Salman via cps-employees <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> Reply-To: Habib, Salman <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> Hi Everyone, I met recently with John Harvey who manages the Launchpad program at Argonne (http://inside.anl.gov/pages/launchpad-program). This program is meant to support work by highly motivated early/mid-career people in order to help them convert an initial technical idea into a much bigger R&D effort. Typically the Launchpad program lasts for a year and covers 50% of the FTE costs; aside from giving time to develop the idea, it also aims to help in honing a participant's program development skills. Program managers in DOE have seen the value of Launchpad and have paid into it. Access to the program is via open calls (May/June timeframe, if I remember correctly) or Divisional nomination. The technical idea can involve work at a basic R&D level or it can be higher up the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) stack. John was interested in seeing more applicants from the more basic science side of the Lab and we did some brainstorming. One idea is that we can use Launchpad as an internal silo-breaking strategy, for instance by bringing people in as "teams of two" (from two different parts of the Lab, e.g., CPS and HEP, CPS and MSD, etc.). Another is to promote initial work on an Early Career project; yet another is preliminary activity for an SBIR effort. If you have even a small interest in Launchpad, please swing by and talk to me. Also, do feel free to contact John Harvey ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>) if you have questions. Best Salman _______________________________________________ cps-employees mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://lists.anl.gov/mailman/listinfo/cps-employees