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SDSURF -- San Diego State University Research Foundation is a 501(c)3 auxiliary of San Diego State University (SDSU), which administers approximately $125 million in grants and contracts annually from federal, state, and non-profit organizations. The Research Foundation is a founding member of CCAT and serves as Program Manager and Fiscal Administrator for the CAT Program. In addition, SDSURF provides commercialization and transition services to competitively selected CAT Program clients including product development awards and commercialization services such as client management, commercialization planning, business consulting, and marketing support. SDSURF, as CAT Program manager, provides contract management for the program.

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SDSU -- San Diego State University, College of Business Administration, Entrepreneurial Management Center (EMC) is ranked among the top 25 business schools for entrepreneurship. The EMC is a CCAT program founder and performs the required preliminary and more advanced market analyses and feasibility studies for candidate technologies. In addition, the EMC works with CONNECT and other affiliates to provide new business consulting services for commercially viable products. Marketing and business faculty and students from the MBA programs participate in market research, internships, and other CAT Program activities.

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CONNECT is a globally recognized non-profit organization fostering entrepreneurship in the San Diego region by catalyzing, accelerating, and supporting growth of the most promising technology and life science businesses. CONNECT provides linkages to the investment community and delivers targeted, high-level expertise to facilitate business growth and development through the sponsorship of SpringBoards, Show Case events, and other consulting/networking services for CAT Program clients.

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UCSD -- The William J. von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology Advancement assists in promoting the commercialization of new technologies and facilitates start-up of new business ventures. It is part of the University of California, San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering, a top ten engineering school with extensive technical resources. The Center solicits and promotes advanced technology projects, performs technical feasibility evaluations, and provides scientific and technological support for CCAT sponsored projects.

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Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) San Diego is a premier naval laboratory and is the link between CCAT and DoD sources of advanced technologies. SSC has the lead role of identifying technologies having DoD value and alternative-use potential. In addition, they participate in the test and evaluation of new technologies, identify transition paths for candidate technologies with the services and acquisition commands, and identify cost reduction benefits and insertion points within the acquisition cycle. SSC performs grant oversight and provide tested support for CCAT generated technology products for military applications.

Affiliates

CCAT San Diego has established several memoranda with various organizations nation-wide to extend its outreach and capabilities for providing quality services to clients regardless of their geographic location. Some of the key supporting organizations include:
 

- Foresight Science and Technology, New Bedford, MA

- Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) Enterprise Innovation Institute

- National Safe Skies Alliance (NSSA), Alcoa, TN

- Office of Law Enforcement Technology Commercialization (OLETC)

- Tech Coast Angels, San Diego, CA Chapter

- TechLink, Montana State University

- University of North Carolina Wilmington Cameron School of Business (UNCW)

In addition, CCAT San Diego has a database of over 150 subject matter experts from industry, academia, government, and the investment community. These highly experienced professionals serve as evaluators, panelists, mentors, and technical and business consultants.