Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) at
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Authority
- (SBIR) Public Law (U.S.C. 106-554); (STTR) Small Business Research and Development Enhancement Act of 1992, P.L.102-564 re-authorized until 2009.
Description
- The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) programs allow small, high-tech U.S. businesses (less than 500 employees) and academia the opportunity to provide innovative research and development solutions in response to critical Army needs. By capturing the tremendous and agile talents of the U.S. small business community, the SBIR and STTR Programs benefit the Department of Defense (DoD), the private sector, and our national economy. Both are a three-phase competitive award process geared to U.S. owned small businesses that work through a solicitation topic process. While STTR has the same objectives as the SBIR, the STTR program requires participation by a non-profit research institution.
Features/Characteristics
- >SBIR and STTR are three-phase award processes:
Phase I (SBIR): The company must prove the feasibility of concept within a six- month, worth $70,000. Funding option can be extended up to $50,000 if invited to participate in Phase II.
Phase II (SBIR): Is a substantial R&D effort, up to $730,000 over two years, and is intended to result in a dual-use prototype product or service.
Phase III (SBIR): Is a commercialization segment where non-SBIR funds can be used. STTR consists of two Army-funded phases and a commercialization phase and small business must team with a non-profit research institution.
Phase I STTR contracts are limited to a maximum of $100,000 over a period not to exceed six months.
Phase II STTR projects are two year efforts for up to $750,000.
I.P. and Resource Commitment
- I.P. rights in technical data, including software, developed under the terms of any contract resulting from proposals submitted generally remain with the small business, except that the government obtains a royalty-free license to use such technical data only for government purposes during the period commencing with contract award and ending five years after completion of the project under which the data were generated. Upon expiration of the five-year restrictive license, the government has unlimited rights in the data.
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