An Assessment of the SBIR Program at the Department of Energy HARDBACK

National Academies Press

An Assessment of the SBIR Program at the Department of EnergyAuthor(s): National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, Committee for Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation: An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program, Charles W. Wessner\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: National Academies Press, United States\nImprint: National Academies Press\nISBN-13: 9780309114127, 978-0309114127\nSynopsis\nThe Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is one of the largest examples of [url] public-private partnerships. Founded in 1982, SBIR was designed to encourage small business to develop new processes and products and to provide quality research in support of the many missions of the [url] government, including health, energy, the environment, and national defense. In response to a request from the [url] Congress, the National Research Council assessed SBIR as administered by the five federal agencies that together make up 96 percent of program e.