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96 National Science Foundation, Office of Industrial Innovation, "SBIR/STTR Phase II Grantee Conference, Book of Abstracts," May 18-20, 2006, Louisville, Kentucky.
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a survey of Phase I projects to find out why some projects did not continue into Phase II, (4) case studies of 10 companies that received NSF SBIR grants, and (5)
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Twenty three percent had received only one Phase II grant; 44% had received from two to five grants; 7% received more than 50 Phase II grants. Company Growth: A large proportion of the firms surveyed attributed a considerable part of their companies' post-SBIR grant growth to the SBIR program.
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Company Growth Attributed to the SBIR Program Percentage Growth Percentage of Companies Attributing Growth to the SBIR Program < 25% 27 25% to 50% 28 51% to 75% 24 >75% 22 Source: NRC Firm Survey.
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The range for the firms in the survey identified as recipients of NSF SBIR awards was from 0 to 66 patents per firm, with 26% reporting no patents from SBIR/STTR, and 28% reporting more than six patents each. This result is distinct from later patent results (from the Phase I and Phase II project Surveys)
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Figure 5.2-3 summarizes the commercialization status of 162 Phase II NSF SBIR projects. Projects Achieving Commercialization and Continuing Progress: Twenty-two percent of 162 respondents indicated that the referenced projects had resulted in products, processes, or services that were in use and still active.
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As has been observed in other technology programs, a few projects often account for the majority of sales revenue.100 This tendency was also observed in the SBIR survey results, where just eight of the projects -- each of which had $2.3 million or more in sales -- accounted for over 99 The source of these data is the NRC Firm Survey. 100 Venture capitalists report that typically a very few projects account for the bulk of their investment return.
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