Because the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a Consortium Collaborator, all Icahn Mount Sinai staff and The Mount Sinai Hospital employees are already considered private partners and are able to utilize the resources and opportunities in the Consortium.

The Consortium’s Cooperative Agreement (or the "CA") is eligible for use at any federal agency in the U.S. government. There is no fee for members to use the Cooperative Agreement.

Please note that our Cooperative Agreement does not include Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs), which do not allow the transfer of money from the government to the university.

It is important to add your name and capabilities to both the Consortium database and the Icahn Mount Sinai Consortium database.

After submission of capabilities, you should receive a follow-up in two weeks. If you have not received a follow-up in two weeks, reach out to Anthony Smalls, who will schedule a meeting with the Consortium’s Assistant Directors of Research Development.

There is no database of potential projects. Rather, projects are developed based on the capabilities of the members and collaborative partners. As a member, you have the unique ability to create directly negotiated awards based on relationships with Program Managers at federal agencies. The Consortium is always in conversations with several agencies. The mailing list will broadcast updates for Consortium members and private partners.

If you have an existing relationship with a Project Manager who wants to fund a project, then the Project Manager initiates the funding process through Consortium. Consortium members can initiate the funding process themselves with white papers and quad charts. If a Project Manager has already been identified, this can expedite the funding process.

The process should go as follows:

• Step 1: Contact the Consortium to discuss your ideas and how to get support
• Step 2: Create a relationship with the federal Program Manager
• Step 3: Identify the problem(s) that need to be addressed
• Step 4: Build a strong collaborative team between Icahn Mount Sinai and an MSI(s) to address the problem
• Step 5: The federal Program Manager writes a Statement of Work
• Step 6: Government issues a Request for Proposal
• Step 7: Submit an innovative technical solution in the proposal format
• Step 8: The government issues a Delivery Order
• Step 9: The collaborative team begins the research project

The steps below are designed to maximize the marketability and exposure of your project:

• Step 1: Produce a capability profile that assesses the Member’s technical capabilities, past performance, infrastructure and unique research assets to include tables, graphs, and other data visualization tools to help create a baseline of the Member’s readiness for the pursuit of federally funded programs and projects.
• Step 2: Produce a market analysis report that maps the relevance and alignment between the Member’s technical capabilities with the technical priorities, requirements, and/or needs of government departments, offices, and programs. The market analysis report may serve as a preliminary business development pipeline.
• Step 3: Develop a general business development plan using the previously gathered data from work products listed above to include an initial, broad-based strategy that guides the Member’s pursuit and capture of research awards using the MSI STEM Research and Development Consortium Cooperative Agreement No. W911SR-14-2-0001 and/or other procurement vehicles, including federal and/or commercial.
• Step 4: Match the Member with the technical needs of federal agencies ahead of federal award announcements.
• Step 5: Identify professional networks, industry events, opportunity briefings, conferences, and other venues/mediums as necessary in which the Member can engage to understand technical priorities and requirements.
• Step 6: Engage in relationship building as necessary to cultivate an active recipient of the marketed/proposed technical innovation/idea.
• Step 7: Build strategically aligned prospectus pamphlets and/or other collateral such as quad charts, white papers, etc. that outline the Member’s capabilities and the capabilities of any proposed collaborative partners, as necessary, that will be marketed to matched government program managers leading to direct award opportunities.
• Step 8: Arrange meetings with government program manager(s) and coach designated Member representatives throughout the marketing process to develop technical objectives that are responsive to research priorities and requirements.
• Step 9: Provide technical guidance and review of materials, including white papers and/or similar documents, leading up to the submission of research proposal to select funding source.
• Step 10: Provide technical guidance and review to the response to the Request for Proposal aimed at increasing the probability of final award.

No, Icahn Mount Sinai bills the MSI university or college for services rendered, and the university or college invoices the Consortium for all services performed. The funding comes from the government agencies to the Consortium.

Accordion Title: Would the Consortium’s administrative fee be in addition to the university’s indirect rate?

Yes, the university’s indirect rate is included in the total proposed research project budget. The Consortium administrative fee is an additional percentage of the total proposed budget.

Accordion Title: Who can I contact at the Consortium with questions?

For questions about working with MSI STEM Research and Development Consortium member institutions and/or partners:
busdev@msrdconsortium.org

For questions about an existing research award: awards@msrdconsortium.org

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