United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-06-21 monographic deposited born digital 6 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-867T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-867T P0b002ee180377d3c f:d01867t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-867T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-867T GAO-01-867T Research and development Small business Technology transfer Nonprofit organizations Interagency relations Small Business Innovation Research Program Testimony A01224 Research and Development (R&D) is vital to the long-term health of industry and the national economy. In an effort to join the ideas and resources of the research institutions--universities and colleges, federal laboratories, and nonprofit research centers--with the commercialization experience of small businesses, Congress authorized the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Pilot Program on 1992 and reauthorized it in fiscal year 1997. The STTR program is closely modeled on the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. In preparation for the review and potential reauthorization of the STTR program, GAO obtained information from companies participating in the program. The companies reported that both they and the research institutions made considerable contributions to the R&D, such as knowledge or expertise essential to the project. They also created new partnerships that were effective in achieving technical objectives. However, the companies reported that they played a substantially greater role than the research institutions in originating the key ideas for the R&D. The companies further reported a variety of results from the R&D, including the sales of products, processes, or services; the receipt of additional developmental funding beyond the original STTR funding; and patents granted. Finally, when asked for their view of the STTR program in relation to the SBIR program, about half of the companies expressed a preference for maintaining the current separation of the STTR and SBIR programs. This testimony summarized the June report, GAO-01-766R. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-867T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-867T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-867T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-867T.pdf GAO-01-867T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-867T Testimony GAO-01-867T; Federal Research and Development: Contributions to and Results of the Small Business Technology Transfer Program; Research and development Small business Technology transfer Nonprofit organizations Interagency relations Small Business Innovation Research Program