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3 Opening Remarks: Defining the Issue
Pages 15-20

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... programs designed to encourage ties between SBIR awardees and underserved schools.1 The content of the discussion and issues and recommendations raised by speakers is summarized below. 1  See presentation by Grace Wang, National Science Foundation, in chapter 6 of this volume.
From page 16...
... SBIR program, Dr. Gansler said the challenge now is to maintain focus on the program's longterm objectives amidst current budgetary pressures that may tempt policymakers into "giving up the future for the present." Indeed, a key finding from the first round of the committee's assessment was the SBIR program's success in supporting the growth of woman- and minority-owned businesses.2 The commitee has been collecting data to monitor such outcomes.
From page 17...
... • A  frican Americans comprise 13 percent of the population and 4 per cent of STEM graduates. Seven percent of businesses are African American-owned.
From page 18...
... Heidi Jacobus, founder of SBIR awardee Cybernet Systems, said that diversity in employment at woman-owned businesses is an under-recognized attribute and questioned whether the statistic that women receive 6 percent of SBIR awards is over reported, if awardees choose more than one demographic category. 3 Robin Gaster of Innovations Competitions, LLC, said he is working with the National Academies to develop a list of potential applicants by state, including 3  Thesurvey administered by the NRC committee studying the SBIR and STTR programs includes separate questions about the woman or minority status of the (1)
From page 19...
... Helping woman- and minority-owned companies to commercialize would improve outcomes, she said. Todd Brethauer asked whether SBIR success rates match submission rates.


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