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6 Woman- and Minority-Owned Businesses
Pages 80-84

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... Woman-owned businesses accounted for 7.8 percent of Phase II applications in 1995-2003 and 6.4 percent of actual Phase II awards 1992-2005. Although, the average value of a Phase II award for woman-owned businesses declined from 1996 to 2000, it has since rebounded upward.
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... 14 12 Number of Phase II Awards 6-1 10 8 6 4 2 0 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 FIGURE 6-2  Phase II awards received by woman-owned businesses in 1992-2005 as a percentage of all DoE Phase II awards.
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... The average value for these awards varied, but over the entire period, the average value of the awards to minority-owned was higher than for all awardees combined. 6.3 Success Rates for the Different Groups For both woman-owned businesses and minority-owned businesses, and for both Phase I and Phase II awards, the success rates (percentage of grant applica
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... . During the period 1995-2003, woman- and minority-owned businesses lagged behind all other business in their relative success at winning Phase II awards.
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... 6-5 70 60 50 Percent 40 30 20 10 0 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Woman-owned Minority-owned All others FIGURE 6-6  DoE Phase II success rates by ownership status (number of awards/number of applications)
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