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DARPA Competes $78 million for Small Businesses (less than 500 employees)
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As reported in the Street.Com ... the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is known for giving birth to the Internet and funding systems like the Northrop Grumman Switchblade and the Boeing X-37...
... DARPA ... also supports entrepreneurs and small businesses through its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. (STTR involves cooperative projects involving both a small business and a research institution, such as a university or a federally funded organization like the Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp...
... For 2009, DARPA set aside $70 million for SBIR and $8 million for STTR programs, and funding for next year is expected to be about the same. DARPA defines an eligible small business as "a business having no more than 500 employees (including all affiliates), which is operated in the United States, and at least 51 percent-owned by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien."...
... There are three SBIR and two STTR opportunities posted annually, each comprising a series of topics for small businesses to tackle, in the form of a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). A BAA differs from requests for proposals (RFPs), which large companies often post. While an RFP usually invites suppliers to submit proposals for a specific product or service, a BAA asks small businesses to present proposals with a general objective...
Read on at: http://www.thestreet.com/story/10607073/1/internet-creator-gives-mi...
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As reported in the Street.Com ... the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is known for giving birth to the Internet and funding systems like the Northrop Grumman Switchblade and the Boeing X-37...
... DARPA ... also supports entrepreneurs and small businesses through its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. (STTR involves cooperative projects involving both a small business and a research institution, such as a university or a federally funded organization like the Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp...
... For 2009, DARPA set aside $70 million for SBIR and $8 million for STTR programs, and funding for next year is expected to be about the same. DARPA defines an eligible small business as "a business having no more than 500 employees (including all affiliates), which is operated in the United States, and at least 51 percent-owned by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien."...
... There are three SBIR and two STTR opportunities posted annually, each comprising a series of topics for small businesses to tackle, in the form of a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). A BAA differs from requests for proposals (RFPs), which large companies often post. While an RFP usually invites suppliers to submit proposals for a specific product or service, a BAA asks small businesses to present proposals with a general objective...
Read on at: http://www.thestreet.com/story/10607073/1/internet-creator-gives-mi...
ENJOY!
CC
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