
An Assessment of the SBIR Program at the Department of Energy
National Research CouncilPolicy and Global AffairsCommittee for Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation: An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program(Author)
Charles W. Wessner(Editor)
National Academies Press
Published on 26. September 2008
Book
Hardback
254 pages
978-0-309-11412-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is one of the largest examples of U.S. public-private partnerships. Founded in 1982, SBIR was designed to encourage small business to develop new processes and products and to provide quality research in support of the many missions of the U.S. government, including health, energy, the environment, and national defense. In response to a request from the U.S. Congress, the National Research Council assessed SBIR as administered by the five federal agencies that together make up 96 percent of program expenditures. This book, one of six in the series, reports on the SBIR program at the Department of Energy. It finds that, in spite of resource constraints, the DoE has made significant progress in meeting the legislative objectives of SBIR and that the program is effectively addressing the mission of the Department of Energy. The book documents the achievements and challenges of the program and recommends programmatic changes to make the SBIR program even more effective in achieving its legislative goals.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
522 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-309-11412-7 (9780309114127)
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Assessment of the SBIR Program at the Department of Energy
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Persons
Charles W. Wessner, Editor, Committee for Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation: An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program, National Research Council
Content
1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Findings and Recommendations; 5 3 Award Statistics; 6 4 Commercialization; 7 5 Agency Mission; 8 6 Woman- and Minority-Owned Businesses; 9 7 Knowledge Effects; 10 8 Program Management; 11 Appendix A: DoE SBIR Program Data; 12 Appendix B: NRC Phase II Survey; 13 Appendix C: NRC Phase I Survey; 14 Appendix D: Case Studies; 15 Appendix E: Bibliography