An assessment of the SBIR program / Committee for Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation: An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies ; Charles W. Wessner, editor.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Wessner, Charles W., editor.

Series:

• Capitalizing on science, technology, and innovation: an assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program An assessment of the SBIR program

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• United States. Small Business Administration. Small Business Innovation Research Program--Evaluation.
• Small business--Research--Government policy--United States--Evaluation.
• Small business--Technological innovations--United States--Evaluation.
• Public-private sector cooperation--United States--Evaluation.
• Technology transfer--United States--Evaluation.
• Research and development contracts, Government--United States--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The SBIR program allocates 2.5 percent of 11 federal agencies' extramural R&D budgets to fund R&D projects by small businesses, providing approximately $2 billion annually in competitive awards. At the request of Congress, the National Academies conducted a comprehensive study of how the SBIR program has stimulated technological innovation and used small businesses to meet federal research and development needs. Drawing substantially on new data collection, this report provides a comprehensive overview of the SBIR program at the five agencies representing 96 percent of program expenditure-DOD, NIH, NSF, DOE, and NASA-and makes recommendations on improvements to the program. Separate books on each agency will also be issued.

Contents:

""FrontMatter""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Findings and Recommendations""; ""3 Statistics of SBIR Awards""; ""4 SBIR Program Outputs""; ""5 Program Management""; ""Appendix A: NRC Phase II Survey and NRC Firm Survey""; ""Appendix B: NRC Phase I Survey""; ""Appendix C: Case Studies""; ""Appendix D: Bibliography""

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

• 9780309177665
• 0309177669
• 9780309110877
• 0309110874