CRS Releases Two Reports on Efforts to Reauthorize SBIR, STTR Programs

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) June 1 released two reports that summarize the legislative history of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs and the issues that are before the 112th Congress as it attempts to pass a long-term reauthorization for them.

Biotechnology companies have used the programs extensively for start-up funding.

The two reports—“The Small Business Innovation Research Program” and “The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program: Reauthorization Efforts”—both were authored by Wendy H. Schacht, CRS specialist in science and technology policy.

The first describes how the programs were set ...