STTR: An Assessment of the Small Business Technology Transfer Program
2016

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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.

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338 pages · 6 x 9 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-37961-X
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-37962-8
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/21826

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Front Matter i-xiv
Summary 1-8
1 Introduction 9-27
2 Program Management 28-43
3 Applications and Awards 44-51
4 Qualitative Assessment: Company and University Perspectives 52-72
5 Quantitative Outcomes 73-89
6 Findings and Recommendations 90-102
APPENDIXES 103-104
Appendix A: Overview of Methodological Approaches, Data Sources, and Survey Tools 105-120
Appendix B: Major Changes to the SBIR and STTR Programs Resulting from the 2011 SBIR Reauthorization Act, P.L. 112-81, December 2011 121-125
Appendix C: National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine 2014 SBIR/STTR Survey 126-147
Appendix D: List of Research Institutions Reported by STTR Survey Respondents 148-152
Appendix E: Case Studies 153-242
Appendix F: Annex to Chapter 3: Agency-level Data 243-270
Appendix G: Annex to Chapter 5: Quantitative Outcomes 271-299
Appendix H: Glossary 300-300
Appendix I: Agenda: Workshop on the Small Business Technology Transfer Program 301-302
Appendix J: Bibliography 303-324

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ARRA	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

CCT	Center Chief Technologist

CRADA	Cooperative Research and Development Agreement

DoD	Department of Defense

DoE	Department of Energy

IC	Institutes or Centers

I/UCRC	Industry and University Cooperative Research Center

NASA	National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NIH	National Institutes of Health

NSF	National Science Foundation

PI	Principal Investigator

RI	Research Institution

SBA	Small Business Administration

TPOC	Technical Point of Contact

TRL	Technology Readiness Level

TTO	Technology Transfer Office

STTR: An Assessment of the Small Business Technology Transfer Program (2016)

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