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to foster and encourage participation by minority and disadvantaged persons in technological innovation; and (4) to increase private sector commercialization innovations derived from Federal research and development."1 As the SBIR program approached its twentieth year of operation, the U.S.
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to use small business to meet federal research and development needs; and (4) to foster and encourage participation by minority and disadvantaged persons in technological innovation.5 Second, can the management of agency SBIR programs be made more effective?
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Scale: The SBIR program at DoD is the largest of all the SBIR programs. At $943 million in 2005, DoD accounts for over half the program's funding.
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o A significant proportion of the SBIR awards achieve commercialization, although other factors naturally also contribute to this process. For example, 46 percent of projects responding to the NRC survey reported some sales or licensing revenues; a further 18 percent anticipated such revenues in the future.8 o Commercial success tends to be concentrated.
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• Meeting the agency Mission. The DoD SBIR program is contributing significant enhancements to the Department's mission capabilities.11 o The innovations developed by SBIR companies are contributing to U.S.
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government.) " See Joshua Lerner "Public Venture Capital: Rationales and Evaluation," in National Research Council, The Small Business Innovation Research Program: Challenges and Opportunities, Charles W
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• Knowledge Generation. The DoD SBIR program is generating significant intellectual capital.
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With regard to additional awards, NRC Survey data indicate that returns are maximized where firms have received 10-25 previous Phase II awards.28 III. SUMMARY OF KEY PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS As noted in the Findings section above, the Department of Defense has an effective SBIR program.
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Encouragement for the growing interest of the prime contractors on the SBIR Program's outputs and opportunities for partnering with SBIR companies. Consideration should be given to performance incentives for further encouraging development of SBIR supported technologies.34 o Expand Commercialization Assistance.
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For the most part, the Departments, Institutes, 41 and Agencies responsible for the SBIR program have not proved willing or able to make additional management funds available. Without direction from Congress, they are unlikely to do so.
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