United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1999-06-04 monographic deposited born digital 94 p. GA 1.13:RCED-99-114 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-114 P0b002ee180388a30 f:rc99114 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-114 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-114 RCED-99-114 Technology transfer Research program management Small business assistance Authorization Evaluation criteria Performance measures Research and development contracts Small Business Innovation Research Program NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Dept. of Commerce Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Technology SBA Tech-Net Chapter Report RCED

The United States depends heavily on innovation through research and development. The Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982, which authorized the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, emphasizes the benefits of technological innovation and the ability of small businesses to transform the results of research into new products. As the program has matured in the 1990s, congressional concern has focused on the companies' ability to commercialize the results of their research and on the concentration of awards in certain states and companies--commonly known as "frequent winners." This report discusses the (1) distribution of awards by company and geographic area, (2) extent to which federal agencies are considering commercial potential and the program's other goals in making their awards, and (3) previous evaluations of the SBIR program to identify opportunities to improve measurements of the program's outcomes. GAO summarized this report in testimony before Congress; see: Federal Research: Evaluation of Small Business Innovation Research Can Be Strengthened, by Susan D. Kladiva, Associate Director for Energy, Resources, and Science Issues, before the Subcommittee on Technology, House Committee on Science. GAO/T-RCED-99-198, June 17 (11 pages). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-114/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-114.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-114/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-114.pdf GAO/RCED-99-114 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-99-114 Chapter Report GAO/RCED-99-114; Federal Research: Evaluation of Small Business Innovation; Technology transfer Research program management Small business assistance Authorization Evaluation criteria Performance measures Research and development contracts Small Business Innovation Research Program NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Dept. of Commerce Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Technology SBA Tech-Net Title 15 Section 638(e)(4)(B) Title 15 Section 638(j)(2)(H) Title 15 Section 638(l)(2) Title 15 Section 638(t) 15 U.S.C. 638(e)(4)(B) 15 U.S.C. 638(j)(2)(H) 15 U.S.C. 638(l)(2) 15 U.S.C. 638(t)