An assessment of the SBIR program at the National Institutes of Health
By: Committee for Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation: An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program, Policy and Global Affairs ; Charles W. Wessner, editor ; National Research Council of the National Academies
Contributors: Wessner, Charles W.
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9780309109512
Subjects: National Institutes of Health (U.S.).; Government policy; Program Evaluation; Evaluation; Public-private sector cooperation; Research; National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Small Business Innovation Research Program; Government Financing; Small business; Government Research and development contracts; Biomedical Research; Research Support as Topic; Technological innovations; Technology transfer; Technology Transfer
Other titles: Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program at the National Institutes of Health
Description: 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 National Institutes of Health and makes recommendations for improvements. Separate reports will assess the SBIR program at DOD, NSF, DOE, and NASA, respectively, along with a comprehensive report on the entire program.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-438).

Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Introduction; title: Findings and recommendations; title: SBIR awards at NIH; title: NIH SBIR program: outcomes; title: Program management at NIH; title: NIH SBIR program data; title: NRC phase II and firm surveys; title: NRC phase I survey; title: Case studies; title: Bibliography.