Innovation, diversity, and the SBIR/STTR programs : summary of a workshop / Sujai J. Shivakumar and David E. Dierksheide, rapporteurs ; Committee on Capitalizing on Science, Technology, and Innovation: An Assessment of the Small Business Innovation Research Program--Phase II, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs provide federal research and development funding to small businesses. One of the the goals of these programs is to foster and encourage participation by minority and disadvantaged persons in technolo...

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