The Small Business Innovation Research Program:

Challenges and Opportunities

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Publication Year:1999

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Charles W. Wessner, Editor; Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy, National Research Council
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Small businesses have increasingly been recognized as a source of innovation, and one way in which the Federal government encourages such innovation is through the Small Business Innovation Research program. SBIR sets aside 2.5 percent of federal agencies' R&D budgets ...
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Front Matter	i-x
I. Preface	1-12	(skim)
II. Introduction	13-28	(skim)
III. Proceedings	29-40	(skim)
Panel I: History and Current Legislative Perspective on the SBIR Program	41-51	(skim)
Panel II: Research Perspectives on the SBIR	52-61	(skim)
Panel III: Case Studies	62-75	(skim)
Luncheon Address	76-79	(skim)
Panel IV: Program ChallengesOperational Views	80-92	(skim)
Panel V: Improving Assessment and Selection	93-102	(skim)
Panel VI: Observations and Policy Issues: Agency Perspectives	103-110	(skim)
Conclusion	111-112	(skim)
A. Public Venture Capital: Rationales and Evaluation	113-128	(skim)
B. The Small Business Innovation Research Program and NSF SBIR Commercialization Results	129-167	(skim)
C. Participants List	168-172	(skim)
D. Bibliography	173-176	(skim)

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Small businesses have increasingly been recognized as a source of innovation, and one way in which the Federal government encourages such innovation is through the Small Business Innovation Research program. SBIR sets aside 2.5 percent of federal agencies' R&D budgets for R&D grants to small business. Although the program's budget was nearly $1.2 billion in 1998, SBIR has been subject to relatively little outside review. As part of the STEP's ongoing project on Government-Industry Partnerships, the Board convened policymakers, academic researchers, and representatives from small business to discuss the program's history and rationale, review existing research, and identify areas for further research and program improvements.

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