#NASA PAO Just issued "NASA Provides $45M Boost to US Small Businesses" https://t.co/q1qTKBmlTk But the @NASA Office of Small Business Programs https://t.co/B3s5IncpEj website makes no mention whatsoever of this news – nor does it have links to SBIR or STTR information. pic.twitter.com/JfD2y1twc7 — NASA Watch (@NASAWatch) March 25, 2021 Keith’s note: One would think that the NASA Office of Small Business Programs website would be super happy about this news. […]

NASA has opened registration for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program Industry Day. NASA SBIR/STTR Industry Day Date: June 25-27th, 2017 Location: NASA Ames Research Center Building 152 Moffett Field, CA 94035 “The 3-day event provides in-depth information about the SBIR/STTR processes and allows multiple opportunities to interact directly with SBIR/STTR program experts, NASA technologists, and fellow industry partners. Participants have the option to […]

NAS Report: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) at NASA “The U.S. Congress tasked the National Research Council with undertaking a comprehensive study of how the SBIR program has stimulated technological innovation and used small businesses to meet federal research and development needs, and with recommending further improvements to the program. In the first round of this study, an ad hoc committee prepared a series of reports from 2004 to 2009 […]

NASA’s Management of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Contracts Funded by the Recovery Act “We found NASA’s Recovery Act internal controls were generally effective in ensuring proper oversight, management, and transparency of Recovery Act funded SBIR/STTR contracts. The contracts we reviewed largely met cost, schedule, and performance milestones. … However, we also found that due to resource limitations NASA did not implement three Recovery Act internal […]

NASA OIG Small Business Innovation (SBIR) Program Audit Report “Our review found that while NASA’s initial choice of SBIR award recipients appeared objective and merit-based, its oversight and monitoring of awards was deficient. In addition to the estimated $2.7 million in unallowable and unsupportable costs that included travel and equipment expenses, we found that NASA officials lacked adequate procedures to ensure SBIR applicants’ past performance had been considered when selecting […]