Download or read book An Assessment of the SBIR Program at the Department of Defense written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-10-28 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 book examines the SBIR program at the Department of Defense and makes recommendations for improvements. Separate reports will assess the SBIR program at NSF, NIH, DOE, and NASA, respectively, along with a comprehensive report on the entire program.
Download or read book SBIR at the Department of Defense written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created in 1982 through the Small Business Innovation Development Act, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program remains the nation's single largest innovation program for small business. The SBIR program offers competitive awards to support the development and commercialization of innovative technologies by small private-sector businesses. At the same time, the program provides government agencies with technical and scientific solutions that address their different missions. SBIR at the Department of Defense considers ways that the Department of Defense SBIR program could work better in addressing the congressional objectives for the SBIR program to stimulate technological innovation, use small businesses to meet federal research and development (R & D) needs, foster and encourage the participation of socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses, and increase the private sector commercialization of innovations derived from federal R&D. An earlier report, An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program at the Department of Defense, studied how the SBIR program has stimulated technological innovation and used small businesses to meet federal research and development needs. This report builds on the previous one, with a revised survey of SBIR companies. SBIR at the Department of Defense revisits some case studies from the 2009 study and develops new ones, and interviews agency managers and other stakeholders to provide a second snapshot of the program's progress toward achieving its legislative goals.
Download or read book The Small Business Innovation Research Program written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-10-30 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1992, Congress for the first time explicitly directed the federal agencies making SBIR grants to use commercial potential as a criterion for granting SBIR awards. In response, the Department of Defense developed the SBIR Fast Track initiative, which provides expedited decision-making for SBIR awards to companies that have commitments from outside vendors. To verify the effectiveness of this initiative, the DoD asked the STEP Board to assess the operation of Fast Track. This volume of original field research includes case studies comparing Fast Track and non-Fast Track firms, a large survey of SBIR awardees, and statistical analyses of the impact of regular SBIR and Fast Track awards. Collectively, the commissioned papers and the findings and recommendations represent a significant contribution to our understanding of the SBIR program.
Download or read book Revisiting the Department of Defense SBIR Fast Track Initiative written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-10-25 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 1995, the Department of Defense launched a Fast Track initiative to attract new firms and encourage commercialization of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funded technologies throughout the department. The goal of the Fast Track initiative is to help close the funding gap that can occur between Phase I and II of the SBIR program. The Fast Track initiative seeks to address the gap by providing expedited review and essentially continuous funding from Phase I to Phase II, as long as applying firms can demonstrate that they have obtained third-party financing for their technology. Another program initiative, Phase II Enhancement, was launched in 1999 to concentrate SBIR funds on those R&D projects most likely to result in viable new products that the Department of Defense and others will buy. The current volume evaluates the two SBIR Program initiatives-Fast Track and Phase II Enhancement-and finds that both programs are effective. Ninety percent of Fast Track and 95 percent of Phase II Enhancement reported satisfaction with their decision. This book identifies the successes and remaining shortcomings of the programs, providing recommendations to address these issues.
Download or read book Federal Research DoD s Small Business Innovation Research Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Department of Defense (DOD) and certain other federal agencies are required to set aside a certain percentage of their research and development (R & D) budgets for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. In fiscal year 1997, this will amount to about $1 billion governmentwide, of which about $500 million is expected to be funded by DOD. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 required GAO to review certain aspects of DOD'S SBIR program and report the results to the Congress. To meet these objectives and by agreement with your offices, the General Accounting Office reviewed DOD'S policies and procedures to determine if they establish processes that help ensure that (1) quality research is performed under the funding agreements, (2) competitive procedures are being followed, and (3) technologies developed through the program are likely to be used in military programs or projects.
Download or read book Oversight of the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book DoD Small Business Innovation Research Program written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The DoD IG evaluated whether Military Departments and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) effectively used the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program for research and development projects to meet DoD requirements and whether projects developed for the SBIR program resulted in products for commercial or military markets. The audit team found that Army, Navy, Air Force, and DARPA used different methodologies to track and report SBIR commercialization. Inconsistent approaches to reporting Phase III contracting actions may have led to underreporting of SBIR successes. Underreported SBIR successes may affect future congressional decisions to reauthorize the Federal SBIR program and diminish the role that small businesses play in early-stage research and development with DoD activities.
Download or read book Estimating the Cost of Administering the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research SBIR Program written by Somi Seong and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2008-01-21 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funds cannot be used to administer the SBIR program; SBIR administration must be funded from other sources. As Congress reauthorizes the program, it is considering whether to allow partial use of SBIR set-asides for SBIR program administration costs and, if so, at what levels. In this report, the authors estimate how much it currently costs to administer the DoD SBIR program.
Download or read book Evaluation and Recommendations for Improvement of the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research SBIR Program written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking at transformational technology priorities, innovation, and the small business defense industrial base, the authors of this book provide the Department of Defense (DoD) with insights into the current status of its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. In turn, they recommend policy options for making the DoD SBIR program more responsive to the needs of the department and to the broader defense mission.
Download or read book Federal Research written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Defense Small Business Innovation Research Program SBIR written by United States. Department of Defense. SBIR Program Office and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Small Business Innovation Research Program opening Doors to New Technology written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment, and Government Programs and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Small Business Innovation Research Programopening doors to new technology written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Small Business Innovation Research Program written by United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Exploratory Research. Small Business Innovation Research Program and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1990 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book SBIR and the Phase III Challenge of Commercialization written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-03-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. This report summarizes the presentations at a symposium exploring the effectiveness of Phase III of the SBIR program (the commercialization phase), during which innovations funded by Phase II awards move from the laboratory into the marketplace. No SBIR funds support Phase III; instead, to commercialize their products, small businesses are expected to garner additional funds from private investors, the capital markets, or from the agency that made the initial award.
Download or read book Small Business Innovation Research written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-05 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " To compete in the global economy, the United States relies heavily on innovation through research and development. The Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982 initiated SBIR programs across federal agencies in an effort to stimulate innovation through small businesses. DOD spends over $1 billion annually to support SBIR awards. The Conference Report accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 mandated that GAO assess the transition of technologies developed through the DOD SBIR program. This report examines (1) practices the military department SBIR programs use to facilitate the transition of SBIR technologies, and (2) the extent to which SBIR technologies are transitioning to DOD users, including major weapon system acquisition programs. GAO reviewed SBIR program documentation and data. GAO also interviewed officials from DOD's Office of Small Business Programs and the military departments to determine the practices used to facilitate technology transition and assess SBIR transition outcome data. "
Download or read book Small Business Innovation Research Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
