Contributions of the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs to Training and Education: FY1999-FY2004
Contributions of the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs to Training and Education: FY1999-FY2004

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Published: 2006

Total Pages: 86

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This task reviewed contributions made by the Department of Defense (DoD) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs to science and technology (S & T) in support of training and education. Included were 80 SBIR and STTR topics initiated during the Fiscal Year (FY) 1999 2004 time period topics that awarded more than $83 million to 282 Phase 1 and Phase 2 projects The review found that these topics could be categorized into four research and development (R & D) areas: Intelligent Tutoring Systems (11 topics and $15 million), Authoring Tools (21 topics and $22 million), Simulation-Based Training (26 topics and $23 million), and Training System Design and Development (22 topics and $23 million). Goals being addressed across all four areas included focusing on military relevance; increasing the accessibility of training and education; incorporating intelligent computer capabilities; increasing the agility, rapidity, and ease of materials development; providing reuse and interoperability; linking training and education strategies to instructional objectives; developing games and simulation for training and education, and tailoring training and education to learner capabilities and needs. Gaps that remain to be filled in meeting S & T goals were identified for all four areas. Final discussion identified issues in managing DoD SBIR/STTR programs. These issues included infrastructure engineering, submission of reports, oversight for commercialization, ensuring innovation, evaluating results, and selecting SBIR/STTR topics for training and education.

STTR: An Assessment of the Small Business Technology Transfer Program
STTR: An Assessment of the Small Business Technology Transfer Program

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2016-01-11

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 0309379644

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Today's knowledge economy is driven in large part by the nation's capacity to innovate. One of the defining features of the U.S. economy is a high level of entrepreneurial activity. Entrepreneurs in the United States see opportunities and are willing and able to assume risk to bring new welfare-enhancing, wealth-generating technologies to the market. Yet, although discoveries in areas such as genomics, bioinformatics, and nanotechnology present new opportunities, converting these discoveries into innovations for the market involves substantial challenges. The American capacity for innovation can be strengthened by addressing the challenges faced by entrepreneurs. Public-private partnerships are one means to help entrepreneurs bring new ideas to market. The Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) and the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program form one of the largest examples of U.S. public-private partnerships. In the SBIR Reauthorization Act of 2000, Congress tasked the National Research Council with undertaking a comprehensive study of how the SBIR program has stimulated technological innovation and used small businesses to meet federal research and development needs and with recommending further improvements to the program. When reauthorizing the SBIR and STTR programs in 2011, Congress expanded the study mandate to include a review of the STTR program. This report builds on the methodology and outcomes from the previous review of SBIR and assesses the STTR program.

SBIR at the Department of Defense
SBIR at the Department of Defense

Author: Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy

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Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780309306560

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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.

SBIR/STTR at the Department of Energy
SBIR/STTR at the Department of Energy

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2017-01-20

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 030943792X

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The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is one of the largest examples of U.S. public-private partnerships, and was established in 1982 to encourage small businesses to develop new processes and products and to provide quality research in support of the U.S. government's many missions. The Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program was created in 1992 by the Small Business Research and Development Enhancement Act to expand joint venture opportunities for small businesses and nonprofit research institutions by requiring small business recipients to collaborate formally with a research institution. The U.S. Congress tasked the National Research Council with undertaking a comprehensive study of how the SBIR and STTR programs have stimulated technological innovation and used small businesses to meet federal research and development needs, and with recommending further improvements to the programs. In the first round of this study, an ad hoc committee prepared a series of reports from 2004 to 2009 on the SBIR and STTR programs at the five agencies responsible for 96 percent of the programs' operations-including the Department of Energy (DoE). Building on the outcomes from the first round, this second round presents the committee's second review of the DoE SBIR program's operations. Public-private partnerships like SBIR and STTR are particularly important since today's knowledge economy is driven in large part by the nation's capacity to innovate. One of the defining features of the U.S. economy is a high level of entrepreneurial activity. Entrepreneurs in the United States see opportunities and are willing and able to assume risk to bring new welfare-enhancing, wealth-generating technologies to the market. Yet, although discoveries in areas such as genomics, bioinformatics, and nanotechnology present new opportunities, converting these discoveries into innovations for the market involves substantial challenges. The American capacity for innovation can be strengthened by addressing the challenges faced by entrepreneurs.

Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program Abstracts of Awards, FY 1995 (Computer Diskette).
Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program Abstracts of Awards, FY 1995 (Computer Diskette).

Author: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON DC.

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Published: 1996

Total Pages: 1

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File Characteristics: Wordprocessing. Physical Description: 1 computer diskette; high density, 1.2MB; 3 1/2 in. System requirements; DOS: WORDPERFECT 5.1. PC Compatible. Objectives of the DoD SBIR STTR Programs include simulating technological innovation, strengthening small business in meeting DoD research and development needs, fostering participation by minority and disadvantaged firms in technological innovation, and increasing commercial application of DoD-supported research and development results. Under Phase I, DoD makes awards to small business responding to advertised solicitation topics. Typically, Phase I is one half man-year effort to determine feasibility of proposed ideas. All DoD topics address specific DoD R & D needs. Proposals selected for award contain an approach to the problem as well as prospects for commercialization of the resulting innovation. Phase I success is a prerequisite for support in Phase II. Abstracts are presented of the proposals selected for SBIR and STTR Phase I and SBIR Phase II award in FY 1995.

Federal Research
Federal Research

Author: DIANE Publishing Company

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1996-07

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780788131103

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Focuses on the implementation of the STTR Pilot Program -- the quality & commercial potential of the STTR Program's research as shown by technical evaluations of the winning proposals in the first year of the STTR program; how agencies addressed potential conflicts of interest resulting from the involvement of federally funded R&D centers in the program; & agencies' views on the effects of the need for the STTR program in view of its close similarity to the Small Business Innovation Research Program. Charts & graphs.

Review of the SBIR and STTR Programs at the Department of Energy
Review of the SBIR and STTR Programs at the Department of Energy

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2020-05-02

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 0309671590

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Since its founding in 1982, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program has become the largest and most comprehensive public research and development funding program of small business research in the United States. An underlying tenet of the SBIR program, and the related Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, is that small and young firms are an important source of new ideas that provide the underlying basis for technological innovation, productivity increases, and subsequent economic growth. By involving qualified small businesses in the nation's research and development efforts, SBIR/STTR grants stimulate the development of innovative technologies and help federal agencies achieve their missions and objectives. At the request of the Department of Energy (DOE), this report examines the SBIR and STTR programs at DOE, focusing on the effectiveness of DOE's SBIR/STTR processes and procedures on topic and awardee selection; DOE outreach efforts to SBIR and STTR applicants; collaborations created between small businesses and research institutions on account of the programs; a range of direct economic and non-economic impacts to awardees; and the role of SBIR/STTR programs in stimulating technological innovation and contributing to DOE's research and development needs, whether directly from awardees or indirectly through spillovers from other firms.

The Small Business Innovation Research Program
The Small Business Innovation Research Program

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2000-10-30

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 0309171482

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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.

An Assessment of the SBIR Program at the Department of Defense
An Assessment of the SBIR Program at the Department of Defense

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2009-09-28

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 0309145694

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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.