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Approach to Studying the Small Business Innovation Research ( SBIR ) / Small Business Technology Transfer ( STTR ) Program : A New Tool for Policy Researchers
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Allard, Grant |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | The goal of this conference paper is to share preliminary findings addressing the research question, “What is the effect of agency budget changes on the implementation of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program?” This question is significant because scholars have argued that one of the chief limitations of the SBIR/STTR program’s effectiveness is budgetary limitations. I investigate how budget changes affect the implementation of the program in terms of the number of awards, number of proposals, award size, and geographic distribution of the awards. One of the challenges in studying the SBIR/STTR program is data availability. The raw data available through sbir.gov is fragmented, unstructured, and requires extensive cleaning and structuring to be useful. Through this study, I make two contributions to the field of science and technology policy, and specifically the study of the SBIR/STTR program. First, I introduce a new data set that combines budget and agency data in order to promote the study of this program. Second, I provide an exploratory analysis of SBIR/STTR program budget variance and its effects on program implementation. My results do not provide statistically significant insights and further work is needed to continue to explore this relationship. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://appam.confex.com/data/extendedabstract/appam/2018/Paper_27087_extendedabstract_1692_0.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
