Research Catalog

Title

An assessment of the SBIR program at the National Science Foundation / Committee for Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation: An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program ; Policy and Global Affairs, Charles W. Wessner, editor ; National Research Council of the National Academies.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Wessner, Charles W.
• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation: An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program.

Description

xix, 346 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

The study sought to understand operational challenges and to measure program effectiveness, including the quality of the research projects being conducted under the SBIR program, the challenges and achievements in commercialization of the research, and the program's contribution to accomplishing agency missions.

Alternative Title

Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research program at the National Science Foundation

Subjects

• Commerce
• Small business > Technological innovations > Research > United States > Congresses
• National Science Foundation (U.S.) > Small Business Innovation Research Program > Evaluation > Congresses
• Program Evaluation
• Electronic books
• Research
• United States
• Technology

Genre/Form

Electronic books.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-346).

Contents

Introduction -- Findings and recommendations -- Scope and methodology -- Overview of the NSF SBIR program -- Commercialization -- Support to agency mission and the small business -- Contributions to knowledge -- Program management.

ISBN

• 9780309104876
• 0309104874

LCCN

2008298335

OCLC

• ocn170922463
• 170922463
• SCSB-5417781

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries