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PAPERBACK price:$31.75 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles An Assessment of the SBIR Program at the National Science Foundation The Small Business Innovation Research Program: An Assessment of the Department of Defense Fast Track Initiative Other Related Titles An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program: Project Methodology (2004) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Annex F Research Matrix." An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program: Project Methodology. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2004. Please select a format: Page 58   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. ANNEX F: Research Matrix SBIR Review Objectives   Assessment of the program Consideration of operational improvements to the program   quality of research commercialization of SBIR funded research/economic and non-economic benefits small business innovation/growth (incl.minority owned) use of small business research to advance agency missions program design service to participants efficiency of SBIR program administration program evaluation Questions * How does the qualityof SBIR funded research compare that of other government funded R&D? * What is the over all economic impact of SBIR funded research? * What fraction of that impact is attributable to SBIR funding? * How to broaden participation and replenishing contractors? * Possibility of link SBIR with state/regional programs? * How to increase agency up take while continuing to support high-risk research? * Time and award limits? * Review process and criteria? * Intra- and inter-agency interface? * New funding model to build collaborative networks? * How can SBIR better serve technology entrepreneurs? * Lessons from angels? Corporate R&D? * How to leverage economies of scale in program administration while allowing each agency full management autonomy? * How to evaluate SBIR success: Appropriate measures? Impact of skew in returns? Measures peer review scores, publication counts, citation analyses sales; follow-up funding (e.g. angel, VC, corporate); drug development progress; IPOs patent counts and other IP/employment or job growth, number of new technology firms agency procurement of products resulting from SBIR work ? ? speed of response to applicants; administrative cost per dollar awarded [all] Page 58 Front Matter (R1-R11) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (1-3) 1. Introduction (4-8) 2. Overview of the Study Process (9-10) 3. Clarifying Study Objectives (11-11) 4. Developing Operational Definitions and Concepts (12-16) 5. Potential Metrics for Addressing Study Objectives (17-22) 6. Existing Data Sources (23-25) 7. Methodology Development: Primary Research (26-33) Annex A SBIR Legislation (34-35) Annex B Sample Proposal (36-41) Annex C Memorandum of Understanding (42-46) Annex D Additional Research Areas of Committee Interest (47-48) Annex E Bibliography (49-57) Annex F Research Matrix (58-60) Annex G Issues Related to Sampling (61-62) Annex H Committee and Research Team Bios (63-77) Annex I Tasks to Further Develop and Implement the Methodology (78-80) Annex J Template for Individual Agency Reports (81-85) 1. DRAFT PHASE I SURVEY (86-90) 2. DRAFT PHASE II SURVEY (91-100) 3. DRAFT PROGRAM MANAGER SURVEY (101-109) 4. CASE STUDY TEMPLATE (110-113)

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Assessment of the program Consideration of operational improvements to the program commercializatio use of small n of SBIR funded small business business efficiency of research / quality of innovation / service to program research to SBIR program program design research economic and growth (incl. participants evaluation administration advance agency non-economic minority owned) missions benefits X X X X Phase I survey X X X X X Phase II survey survey of "program X X X X X managers" X X X X X X case studies agency program X X X X X X studies proposed study of X X X X X X X repeat winners proposed bibliometric analysis comparing X SBIR firms with X X (similar) non-SBIR firms 60

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