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From page 326...
... A list of 12 companies designated "stars" by the NSF SBIR Office was compiled at the request of the interviewer. The list showed companies sorted on the basis of whether they had received no Phase IIB grants, only one Phase IIB grant, or multiple Phase IIB grants.
From page 327...
... (3) Without exception, they sought and received grants not only from NSF, but from other agency SBIR programs, and, in multiple cases, from other government funding programs as well -- principally the Advanced Technology Program (ATP)
From page 328...
... Government funding sources at the time of the case study comprised about 40% of company revenues. Language Weaver: This case study shows how an NSF SBIR grant was critical to bootstrapping a technology with national security and economic potential out of a university into use on a fast-track basis.
From page 329...
... The process allows a variety of very complex shapes to be produced without tooling, without waste of materials, with desirable joining features, and at a cost advantage to machining techniques. At the time of the case study, roughly 60% of the company's funding comes from government sources, and the remaining from engineering services and product sales.
From page 330...
... The case illustrates the dual, unique roles played by highly targeted SBIR grants from defense agencies and by less targeted grants from NSF. The company specializes in antennas that rely on an electron-hole plasma grating to provide rapid beam steering and beam forming without the use of bulky mechanically moved reflectors, which are slow, and electronically steered phase shifters, which are fast but expensive.
From page 331...
... Funding Sources: State and Federal government grants & contracts, government sales, commercial sales, licensing fees, reinvestment of retained earnings, and private investment. Number of SBIR grants: 47 From NSF: 10 From other agencies: 37 222 The following informational sources informed the case study: interview at the company with company founder, CTO, and IP Director, Dr.
From page 332...
... Called the FaradayicTM Process, the company's platform technology is an electrically mediated manufacturing process that offers advantages of robust control, enhanced performance, cost effectiveness, and reduced hazards to the environment and
From page 333...
... A Phase I SBIR grant from the Air Force followed, and still later the company received SBIR grants from other agencies including NSF. In total, the company has received 47 SBIR grants, 28 of them Phase I, 16 Phase II, and 3 Phase IIB or Phase II enhancements.
From page 334...
... excludes Phase IIB/Enhancement awards which are listed separately Taking into account all funding sources, the company obtained financial support from state and Federal government grants & contracts, government sales, commercial sales, licensing, retained earnings, and private investment. Historically, SBIR/STTR grants & Federal research contracts have comprised approximately 48% of total revenue.


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