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SBIR Program Diversity and Assessment Challenges

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As the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program approached its twentieth year of operation, the U.S. Congress asked the National Research Coun- cil (NRC) to carry out a “comprehensive study of how the SBIR program has stimulated technological innovation and used small businesses to meet federal research and development needs” and make recommendations on improvements to the program.1 The NRC’s charge is to examine SBIR’s contributions and how it can be improved; not to debate its rationale.2 An initial conference to launch this assessment was convened in Washing- ton, D.C. on 24 October 2002. It provided an opportunity for agency officials from each of the five departments and agencies accounting for 96 percent of SBIR program funds to provide an overview of their goals, operations, and challenges while including input from smaller agencies. As the first compre- hensive perspective on the SBIR program, the conference captured new infor- mation and understanding of its operation and potential. It also reviewed the key challenges involved in measuring and assessing the impact of this varied and complex program.

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: ., 2004

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1-199

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English

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0-309-52944-1

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SBIR Program Diversity and Assessment Challenges

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