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In the case of STTR, the partner research institution must also meet certain requirements: Operate within the United States; Be a nonprofit organization or university/national nonprofit organization/federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) Differences between STTR and SBIR The differences between STTR and SBIR are as follows: The STTR award winner and its partner institution are obliged to conclude an agreement regarding intellectual property.
It must detail the allocation of intellectual property rights and rights to conduct further research and development or commercialization activities; STTR requires the enterprise to perform at least % of the R&D work and a single partner research unit to perform at least % of the R&D work; The STTR program photo retouching may employ a principal investigator through a partner research institution. Amount of subsidy From October agencies may award a Phase I award up to and a award up to. Any reward above these levels requires special approvals. Each year, federal agencies with external R&D budgets that exceed million are required to allocate of that external budget to small business R&D through SBIR.

Federal agencies that have external R&D budgets that exceed $ billion are required to contribute . % of that budget to the STTR small business program. Eleven federal agencies currently participate in the SBIR program, and five of these agencies also participate in the STTR program. Each agency administers its own individual program within guidelines established by Congress. These agencies set research and development topics in their tenders and also often accept proposals from small companies. Prizes are awarded on a competitive basis after assessing the applications.In the first quarter of , a new recruitment for the competition.
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