Small Business Research Programs: Agencies Need to Take Steps to Assess Progress Toward Commercializing Technologies
GAO (2018) Small Business Research Programs: Agencies Need to Take Steps to Assess Progress Toward Commercializing Technologies, Highlights of Report No. GAO-18-207, Jan 2018
Data challenges have limited the Small Business Administration's (SBA) and the 11 participating federal agencies' efforts to assess businesses against two benchmarks—the Transition Rate Benchmark and the Commercialization Benchmark—of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. This report examines the extent to which SBA and the participating agencies have implemented these benchmarks, including assessing businesses against them and establishing the consequence of not meeting them. GAO analyzed award data and interviewed officials from SBA and the 11 participating agencies.
Publication type:
policy brief
Publication language:
English
Publication date:
2018
Publication URL:
https://www.gao.gov/assets/690/689740.pdf
Institute:
Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics team of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) (STAA)
Country:
United States of America
Project:
Small Business Research Programs: Agencies Need to Take Steps to Assess Progress Toward Commercializing Technologies (STAA)