Estimating the cost of administering the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SIBR) Program [electronic resource] / Somi Seong, Kenneth Horn, Bruce Held.

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ISBN:

9780833044402

Title:

Estimating the cost of administering the Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SIBR) Program [electronic resource] / Somi Seong, Kenneth Horn, Bruce Held.

Author:

Sŏng, So-mi.

Personal Author:

Sŏng, So-mi.

Publication Information:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2008.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 18 pages) : illustrations.

Series:

Occasional paper ; OP-208-OSD

General Note:

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

"OP-208-OSD."

Contents:

Introduction -- Administering the U.S. Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research Program -- Estimating the Cost of Administering the U.S. Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research Program -- Administrative Costs in Comparable R & D Programs -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix: Small Business Innovation Research Program.

Local Note:

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Corporate Subject:

United States. Department of Defense. SBIR Program Office.

Subject Term:

Small business -- Research -- United States -- Finance.

Research and development contracts, Government -- United States.

Added Author:

Horn, Kenneth P., 1937-

Held, Bruce, 1958-

Added Corporate Author:

Rand Corporation.

Format:

Electronic Resources

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Publication Date:

2008

Publication Information:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2008.

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Summary

Congress is in the process of reauthorizing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which expires in 2008. One issue being considered in the reauthorization is whether to allow partial use of SBIR set-asides for SBIR program administration costs and, if so, at what levels. Currently, the use of SBIR funds to administer the SBIR program is prohibited, and SBIR administration must be funded from other sources. The authors estimate that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) spends, on average, an additional 6 percent on top of the SBIR set-asides to administer its SBIR program. That percentage is higher than that for government programs that predominantly award grants (rather than contracts), at or lower than levels for other government R&D programs, and lower than the total compensation levels for venture-capital organizations. Further analysis is required to understand the benefits of alternative levels of administrative investments for the DoD SBIR program.