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National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research Program (sbir)
Phase I: Up to $30,000 may be awarded for six months of applied research to prove or disprove the feasibility of the proposed project. Phase II: Awa... Read more
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How Two R&D Programs Can Work For Small Companies
The National Science Foundation's Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR) and the Defense Department's Small Business Advanced Technology progra... Read more
Congress Hears -- And Forwards -- A Message
Eighty-one United States senators have joined to sponsor (not just vote for) a "Small Business Innovation Research Act of 1981." We have previously report... Read more
How Two R&D Programs Can Work For Small Companies
The National Science Foundation's Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR) and the Defense Department's Small Business Advanced Technology progra... Read more
Stanley Mason Is Growing Oil On Trees
Entrepreneurs like Mason are solving our "insolvable" problems. Read more
Stanley Mason Is Growing Oil On Trees
Entrepreneurs like Mason are solving our "insolvable" problems. Read more
Small business innovation research bills have been introduced in both houses of Congress. They would require all federal agencies whose research and deve... Read more
Small Business Innovation: The Need Is Critical, The Time Is Now
"In the past 15 years of economic turbulence small business has proved more flexible and adaptable than the giant corporations. Small companies have provided... Read more
How Our Nation Can Compete Again
Technology entrepreneurs will lead the way. Read more
Grants for Rural Biz
States with lots of farms and fields are making more grants available to businesses. Read more
New! Improved! Manufacturing
Suddenly, the shop floor is where the action is. Read more
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
The Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) is the federal government's most important research and development funding program for small busine... Read more
Future Computing
The ultimate business software is here, but you'll have to wait about 10 years to run it. Read more
Corporate R&D Spending Down
A survey released by the National Science Foundation last month revealed that overall industrial R&D spending dipped to $198.5 billion in 2001, the most r... Read more
Reengineering the Human Body
Today’s biotech entrepreneurs are confronting medical conditions head-on with innovative technologies -- some changing the way new procedures are marketed,... View slideshow
Give Government Research Back To Entrepreneurs
Federal research laboratories have no business working on gas heaters, solar power, or other programs that compete directly with the private sector. Read more
Small Business -- And The Nation -- Win A Very Big One
What is the most important piece of small business legislation yet enacted in our life-time? My vote goes to the Small Business Innovation Development Ac... Read more
Why Bureaucrats Avoid Small Business R & D
As a rule, the federal government doesn't like to do business with small companies, for reasons that are not hard to understand if you're the government e... Read more
Fed Innovation Agency Proposed
Trade and policy groups are urging the government to take a bigger role in boosting U.S. innovation. Read more
Q
1. Why do its supporters call the Small Business Innovation Act "an urgent national need?" Sen. Warren Rudman (R-N.H.) led a brilliantly successful... Read more
Small Companies Spend More on R&D
New government report confirms widely held belief that small companies spend proportionally more of their revenues on research and development than large ones. Read more
Business Leaders to Measure Innovation
A federal and private-sector partnership seeks to gauge the impact of innovation on the U.S. economy. Read more
Global Market Tough on Clothing Firms
A study finds smaller U.S. apparel makers struggle to compete with imports. Read more
Research Not Being Applied to Innovations
August 24, 2005 --Universities are not applying their research on industrial innovations to their full potential, claims a study from the ... Read more
START-UP NATION: Who's Looking At Start-Ups?
The birthing of companies is the process by which an economy reinvents and re-creates itself. Read more
How to Be a Local, Anywhere
If you're a leader, lead. When my company explores a new market, I'm the first one off the plane. Read more
Will SBA Be Kinder to VC Industry?
New SBA chief counsel for advocacy may open up grants to companies with VC investors, if confirmed. Read more
The Small Business Innovation Research Program
What is the Small Business Innovation Research program.? It is a federal program that requires federal agencies and departments to allocate part of their ... Read more
The Small Business Innovation Research Program
What is the Small Business Innovation Research program.? It is a federal program that requires federal agencies and departments to allocate part of their ... Read more
Inc.'s Guide to 'Smart' Government Money
A guide to helping small companies profit from new economic-development programs. Read more
Nobel Prizes Aren't Enough
Better support of small company R D will help us lead the world in innovative products as well as basic research. Read more
Government Falls Short of Small Business Contracting Goals
Small firms won a record amount in government contracts last year, but it wasn't enough to reach a target set by Congress. Read more
Why We Need More Funding for Big Science
Research and development done under the auspices of agencies such as the NIH, NASA, and DARPA has seeded America's entrepreneurial economy for decades. It wo... Read more
Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program
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There's Gold In Them Thar Hills
For those small companies engaged in technological innovation, the Small Business Innovation Research program can be a rich source of funding. Read more
Bringing It All Back Home
When was the last time you took a member of your state legislature to lunch? If you haven't yet, you probably should. Increasingly, if slowly, stat... Read more
Reinventing the Way We Teach Engineers
In creating a start-up school of engineering, Olin's Richard Miller first asked, "Can entrepreneurial thinking be taught?" Read more
Video Births the Internet Star
New technologies stand to make Internet video as useful and ubiquitous as the telephone. How will it work for your company? Read more
Video Births the Internet Star
New technologies stand to make Internet video as useful and ubiquitous as the telephone. How will it work for your company? Read more
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