SBIR program diversity and assessment challenges : report of a symposium / Charles W. Wessner, editor ; Committee on Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation--an assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program, Policy and Global Affairs Division, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wessner, Charles W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Small Business Innovation Research Program.

Small business--Research--United States.

Small business.

Small business--Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In response to a Congressional mandate, the National Research Council conducted a review of the Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) at the five federal agencies with SBIR programs with budgets in excess of $100 million (DOD, NIH, NASA, DOE, and NSF). The project was designed to answer questions of program operation and effectiveness, including the quality of the research projects being conducted under the SBIR program, the commercialization of the research, and the program's contribution to accomplishing agency missions. The first in a series to be published in response to the Congressional request, this report summarizes the presentations at a symposium convened at the beginning of the project. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the SBIR program's operations at the five agencies responsible for 96 percent of the program's operations.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Contents

Preface

Executive Summary

I INTRODUCTION

Introduction

II PROCEEDINGS

Opening Remarks

Panel I - SBIR at the Department of Defense

Panel II - SBIR at the National Institutes of Health

Panel III - SBIR at NASA

Panel IV - SBIR at the Department of Energy

Panel V - SBIR at the National Science Foundation

Panel VI - Roundtable Discussion

III APPENDIXES

Appendix A: Biographies of Speakers

Appendix B: Participants List 24 October 2002 Symposium

Appendix C: Bibliography.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-181).

ISBN:

0-309-16573-3

1-280-20914-3

9786610209149

0-309-52944-1

OCLC:

57732396