tailieunhanh - An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program Project Methodology

This document provides an initial version of the methodological approaches to be taken in the Congressionallymandated study of the SBIR program at the five agencies accounting for 96 percent of the SBIR program The proposed methodology draws extensively on the methodologies developed for the review of the previous NRC assessment of the SBIR at the Department of Defense, SBIR: An Assessment of the Department of Defense Fast Track Initiative. | SBIR AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM PROJECT METHODOLOGY NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program Project Methodology Committee on Capitalizing on Science Technology and Innovation An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program Division of Policy and Global Affairs THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS Washington . THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street . Washington DC 20001 NOTICE The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This study was supported by Contract Grant No. DASW01-02C-0039 between the National Academy of Sciences and . Department of Defense N01-OD-4-2139 Task Order 99 between the National Academy of Sciences and the . Department of Health Human Services NASA-03003 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration DE-AC02-02ER12259 between the National Academy of Sciences and the . Department of Energy and DMI0221736 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Foundation. Any opinions findings conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author s and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project. Copyright 2004 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of .