Attachment_1_-_DARPA-BAA-16-17_-_Executive_Summary_Slide_Template.pptx

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Follow the general guidance in each of the following slides.

Provide a concise and informative summary of your proposal.

Unclassified information only.

Maximum of three slides.

Please submit in MS PowerPoint (preferred) or equivalent file format.

Guidance for BioCon Proposal Summary Slide(s)

[Executive Summary Slide: Abstract and Proposal] BioCon: Name of the team/proposal title Program Objectives Vision Problem Statement How is it done today, and what are the limits of current practice?

What will the team do? Articulate your objectives using no jargon.

Describe clearly what the team is trying to achieve and the qualitative and quantitative difference the results will make if successful (i.e., key innovations.)

Impact What is the impact of the team’s success? Include both qualitative and quantitative metrics and milestones. Include a list of potential applications enabled by this technology.

Provide an overview of the technical approach for accomplishing the project’s technical goals and deliverables What is new?

What will be developed?

What are the key technical challenges that must be overcome?

What are the major technical risk elements?

What is the plan to address and mitigate these risks up front?

[Executive Summary Slide: Proposal] BioCon: Technical approach(es)

Proposed team organization chart Cost summary by TA/task, phase, and team Technical milestones (intermediate and end-of-phase milestones) Project schedule (Gantt-style) [Executive Summary Slide: Proposal] BioCon: Team organization, cost, milestones and schedule image2.png image4.png