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The Committee's complete findings and recommendations are listed in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution of SBIR awards by DoD, providing a basis (as drawn out in Chapter 4) for understanding program outcomes. Chapter 5 describes the Phase III challenge of commercialization at DoD. Chapter 6 describes the diversity of management structures as well as current practices and recent reforms found among the different services and agencies that fund SBIR programs at DoD. Together, this report provides the most detailed and comprehensive picture to date of the SBIR program at the Department of Defense.

Contents

• The National Academies
• Committee for Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation: An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program
• Policy and Global Affairs
• Preface
• Summary
  • I INTRODUCTION
  • II SUMMARY OF KEY PROGRAM FINDINGS
  • III SUMMARY OF KEY PROGRAM RECOMMENDATIONS
• 1. Introduction
  • 1.1 SBIR—PROGRAM CREATION AND ASSESSMENT
  • 1.2 SBIR PROGRAM STRUCTURE
  • 1.3 SBIR REAUTHORIZATIONS
  • 1.4 STRUCTURE OF THE NRC STUDY
  • 1.5 SBIR ASSESSMENT CHALLENGES
  • 1.6 SBIR ASSESSMENT RESULTS
• 2. Findings and Recommendations
  • NRC STUDY FINDINGS
  • NRC STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS
• 3. SBIR Awards at DoD
  • 3.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 3.2 NUMBER OF PHASE I AWARDS
  • 3.3 PHASE II AWARDS
  • 3.4 WOMAN- AND MINORITY-OWNED FIRMS
• 4. Outcomes
  • 4.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 4.2 COMMERCIALIZATION
  • 4.3 AGENCY MISSION
  • 4.4 SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND FOR MINORITY- AND WOMAN-OWNED BUSINESSES
  • 4.5 SBIR AND THE EXPANSION OF KNOWLEDGE
  • 4.6 UNDERSTANDING OUTCOMES: EMPIRICAL FINDINGS
• 5. Phase III Challenges and Opportunities
  • 5.1 CHARACTERISTICS OF PHASE III
  • 5.2 PHASE III OUTCOMES
  • 5.3 PHASE III OPPORTUNITIES AND NEEDS
  • 5.4 PHASE III CONCERNS
  • 5.5 PHASE III INITIATIVES
  • 5.6 BEST PRACTICES
  • 5.7 RECOMMENDATIONS
• 6. Program Management
  • 6.1 INTRODUCTION
  • 6.2 TOPIC GENERATION AND PROCEDURES
  • 6.3 PRE-RELEASE
  • 6.4 SELECTION PROCEDURES
  • 6.5 POST-AWARD TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE
  • 6.6 OUTREACH: PROGRAM INFORMATION SOURCES
  • 6.7 FUNDING GAPS AND FUNDING INITIATIVES
  • 6.8 DOD SBIR PROGRAM INITIATIVES
  • 6.9 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
  • 6.10 EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT
  • 6.11 ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDING
• Appendixes
  • A DoD Data Book
  • B NRC Phase II and Firm Surveys
  • C NRC Phase I Survey
  • D Case Studies
  • E Bibliography

This study was supported by Contract/Grant No. DASW01-02-C-0039 between the National Academy of Sciences and U.S. Department of Defense, NASW-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 U.S. Department of Energy, NSFDMI-0221736 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Foundation, and N01-OD-4-2139 (Task Order #99) between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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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.