COMPARISONS OF STTR TO SBIR

STTR = Small Business Technology TRansfer *


VERY SIMILAR TO SBIR PROGRAM

  • Run mostly by same government personnel

  • Same Phase I, II and III structure

  • Similar funding ($100/750K max. Phase I/II) #

  • Same 25 page proposal

  • Same basic requirements to participate

  • Same requirements to win


      * reauthorized in 2001 to 2009
      # legislation authorizes $750K beginning 2004


YET DIFFERENT FROM SBIR

  • Only 0.3% of agency's extramural research budget (if over $1 billion) vs 2.5% for SBIR

  • Only 5 agencies have billion $ budgets; thus only DoD, DoE, PHS, NASA and NSF participate

  • Requires small business to team with an outside, not-for-profit Research Institution (RI):
    -- college/university
    -- federally funded R&D center (FFRDC)
    -- Govt. owned, contractor operated lab (GOCO)

  • Research Institution must agree to license intellectual property to the small business

  • Small for-profit business must be the prime contractor and the commercializing entity

ADVANTAGES FOUND IN STTR

  • Longer Phase I (one year vs. 6 mos for SBIR)

  • Small business must perform 40% to 70% of work (in SBIR prime contractor must do at least 66.67%)

  • RI can perform 30% to 60 % of the research work (in SBIR all subcontracting must be < 33.33%)

  • PI can be from RI at most agencies (not DoE and co-PIs required @ NSF) whereas under SBIR, the PI must be 51% employed by prime contractor

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