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What We Do
The Office of Technology helps to strengthen and expand the competitiveness of U. S. small high technology research and development businesses in the federal marketplace. We assist in achieving the commercialization of the results of both the federal research and development programs mandated by the Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982, the Small Business Research and Development Enhancement Act of 1992, and the Small Business Innovation Research Program Reauthorization Act of 2000.
We carry out our mission through the following programs and initiatives:
The Office of Technology promotes federal small business high technology programs to improve the competitive capability of small research and development businesses with particular emphasis on emerging and under served small firms. It encourages state-of-the-market technology training, technology information exchange, and outreach on federal technology programs. It also encourages private and public resource support for the commercialization of federal R & D efforts. It promotes outreach activities to introduce women- and minority-owned small businesses to the advantages of competing for federal
R & D projects.
Our Accomplishments - as of 5/06
The Office of Technology has been very successful in meeting its legislative mandate.
- The SBIR program has experienced explosive growth since its inception in 1983. In that first year of awarding activity, the program made 686 Phase I awards for $44.5 million to small high technology firms. In FY 2004, the program produced 4,638 Phase I awards and 2,013 Phase II awards for approximately $1.867 billion dollars.
- The STTR Pilot program began making awards in FY 1994. In that year, 198 awards were issued for approximately $19 million to small high technology businesses that collaborated with nonprofit research institutions to undertake R & D projects. In FY 2004, Federal participating agencies awarded 614 Phase I awards and 195 Phase II awards totaling just over $198 million dollars.
- Our extensive outreach has resulted in an increasing number of SBIR awards to minority-owned high technology businesses. The SBIR program, which makes award solely to the best proposals submitted, has consistently awarded over 12% of its funds to minority-owned firms.
- A major objective of the SBIR program is to produce new high technology products and services from federal research and development. In the early years of the program, it was believed that very little federal R & D would result in spin-off commercialized products and services. The program, however, has produced a stream of innovations far exceeding early expectations. It is now estimated based on a continuing study of commercialization, that over 39% of Phase II projects will result in a commercialized product or service. These innovations cover the entire high technology spectrum.
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