In Response to the Washington Business Journal

Posted on May 9, 2008 by cartier@bio

Venture-backed firms deserve SBIR grants
Washington Business Journal
Your article “House opens SBIR awards to VC-owned firms” (May 5-11) does an excellent job of discussing the technical aspects of the bill to reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research program, but it does not say enough about the real-life opportunities it poses — for companies or for patients. [...]

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And the Grant Goes To … The Importance of the SBIR grants

Posted on April 14, 2008 by cartier@bio

CNN Money has a great piece describing the variety of projects that compete for and receive competitive SBIR funds – from sticky medical devices and anti-virus computer programs to creative recycling of (cow) waste.  The SBA office of Technology oversees this project of the federal government as a way to fund the early, innovative ideas [...]

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