FEDERAL RESEARCH: Small Business Involvement in Federal Research and Development.

Abstract

This report obtained information on the role of small business in the federal government's technology transfer and research and development (R&D) programs. In particular, you asked whether (1) large federal laboratories have developed and implemented plans to transfer technology to small businesses, as required by the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986 and Executive Order 12591, Facilitating Access to Science and Technology; (2) two large R&D efforts funded in part by the federal government--Sematech and the National Science Foundation's Engineering Research Centers--are detrimental to small business' potential share of federal R&D funding be excluding them from participating in these efforts; and (3) the more rapid growth of federal R&D funding for defense/space, as opposed to civilian, research since 1982 has been detrimental to small business.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA190755

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • California
  • Commerce
  • Contracts
  • Data Centers
  • Economic Development
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Industrial Equipment
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Local Governments
  • Manufacturing
  • Procurement
  • Small Business
  • Standards
  • Technology Transfer
  • United States

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) EDI Research and Innovation.

Technology Areas

  • Space