Keith’s note: The National Academies has issued “Review of the SBIR and STTR Programs at NASA“. In a nutshell the NAS likes NASA’s SBIR and STTR Programs; feels that they add real value; and that the agency should give them a tune-up so as to make them even more useful:
- NASA’s SBIR/STTR programs are an important entry mechanism among the multiple pathways by which small businesses engage with the agency.
- The organizational structure and related processes of NASA’S SBIR/STTR programs facilitate the advancement of NASA’s mission and key priorities.
- NASA’s SBIR/STTR programs have served as an effective and strategic mechanism for developing and advancing technologies that are critical to the agency’s missions and priorities.
- NASA SBIR/STTR awardees tend to attract significant non- SBIR/STTR funding from NASA, at a ratio of more than 3:1.
