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3 Applications and Awards
Pages 44-51

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... A broader review of study data sources, methodological approaches, and potential biases can be found in Appendix A of this report. This chapter reviews Phase I and Phase II STTR awards, in turn, and considers awards from a range of perspectives, including yearly trends, distribution by state, the impact of multiple awards to individual companies, and applications and success rates.
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... In some years, agencies might find that a preponderance of excellent Phase II proposals require funding, which may reduce the funds available for Phase I In addition, shifts in application rates that are largely unrelated to the programs themselves might occur.
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From page 46...
... References in this report to the National Research Council or NRC are used in an historic context identifying programs prior to July 1. 3 In order to maximize comparability, data in Chapter 3 has been drawn primarily from the SBA SBIR/STTR database, which aggregates reports from all agencies.
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... Awards for women and minorities will be discussed separately in Chapter 5. PHASE II STTR Awards The number of Phase II awards made by each agency is to a considerable extent driven by the number of previous Phase I awards made.
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... Collectively, these states accounted for 84 percent of all STTR awards made in FY2005-2014. As would be expected, the top 20 states for Phase II are closely similar (though not identical)
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... 105. Phase II STTR Awards by Company The companies that are most successful at winning Phase I STTR awards are in general slightly more successful in winning Phase II STTR awards (see Table 3-4)
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... TABLE 3-3 Phase II STTR Awards for Top 20 States, FY2005-2014 Share Share Amount of Awards of Awards of Funding State Number of Awards (Millions of Dollars) (Percent)
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... TABLE 3-4 Top 20 Phase II STTR Companies, FY2005-2014 Company Number of Awards Physical Sciences 28 CFD Research 25 Intelligent Automation 20 Luna Innovations 16 Aptima 15 Muons 13 Charles River Analytics 13 Lynntech 12 Creare 12 Agiltron 12 Aurora Flight Sciences 12 TDA Research 11 Toyon Research 11 UES 10 PRAXIS 10 Structured Materials Industries 9 NextGen Aeronautics 9 Infoscitex 9 Impact Technologies 9 Omega Optics 8 Top 20 264 All Phase II STTR 2,234 Top 20 Percentage of Total 11.8 SOURCE: Small Business Administration SBIR/STTR database.
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