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6 Findings and Recommendations
6 Findings and Recommendations
Pages 90-102
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. By providing awards to SBCs for cooperative R/R&D efforts with Research Institutions, the STTR Program assists the small business and research communities by commercializing innovative technologies." 1 FINDINGS General conclusions about the STTR program must be viewed with caution.
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A STTR is meeting its congressional objective of fostering cooperation between small business concerns and research institutions, and does so in some respects to an extent that SBIR does not.
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2 2. STTR projects generate wider and deeper linkages between small businesses and research institutions than do SBIR projects, according to data from the Academies 2011-2014 Survey.
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• As a result, NASA and DoD program managers view the STTR program as a significant conduit between their agency and leading research universities. Program managers report that the STTR program provides a mechanism through which these procurement agencies can explore cutting-edge technologies in a research environment.
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12 • Seventy-one percent of STTR respondents indicated that their projects received additional investment after the Phase II STTR award. Nine percent reported receiving $1 million or more (the same percentage as SBIR)
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• The survey also found that 14.1 percent of principal investigators were reported to be from socially or economically disadvantaged groups. These included 0.7 percent Black, 3 percent Hispanic, and 0.7 percent Native American.
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1. In particular, research institutions see the development and widespread dissemination of technical knowledge as part of their core mission.
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• Agreements with research institutions may require multiple levels of approval. • Adjustments and changes -- often necessary for very early stage technology projects -- may require further approvals and permissions, which can cause substantial delays.
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• Small business concerns expressed considerable frustration with the difficulties of holding National Laboratories (as well as other research institutions) accountable for STTR deliverables, something that was less the case for SBIR.
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. RECOMMENDATIONS The committee finds that STTR meets the specific congressional objective of increasing the linkages between small business concerns and research institutions.
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Research institutions with personnel who seek to serve as Principal Investigators on SBIR awards while retaining their full-time positions might be allowed -- under exceptional circumstances -- to seek a waiver of the SBIR 51 percent small business employment requirement.
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26 3. Including Asian Americans has the direct effect of underplaying the low participation for African American, Hispanic American, and Native American entrepreneurs and principal investigators.
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102 STTR developing recommendations related to best practices for this type of research.
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