In the December 11, 1998 Issue:
- Education 1998 SBIR Awards/Proposal Figures Available
- Kansas Commercialization Centers to Help Companies with Equipment Needs
- NIH 1998 STTR Awards Announced
- NASA Announces STTR Phase II Awards
- Entrepreneurship and Technology Management Professor Sought
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Education 1998 SBIR Awards/ Proposal Figures Available
The U.S. Department of Education has released a report of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I and Phase II award and proposal data for 1998 by program office, topic title and state. For the third year in a row, the percentage of proposals funded by Education has declined, falling from 21.7 percent in 1996 to 17.8 percent in 1998. Summary 1998 SBIR award and proposal figures for the U.S. Department of Education are provided in the following table for the 36 states in which at least one firm responded to the solicitation.
Copies of the report are free and may be requested from Lee Eiden, Education SBIR Coordinator, by calling 202/219-2004 or by email at: lee_eiden@ed.gov. Information regarding the Department of Education's 1999 SBIR solicitation cycle may be obtained at their website: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/SBIR/.
STATE
AWARDS
PROPOSALS
PERCENT ACCEPTED
AL
0
6
0.0
AK
0
1
0.0
AZ
0
1
0.0
CA
6
34
17.6
CO
2
9
22.2
CT
0
3
0.0
DE
0
1
0.0
DC
0
3
0.0
FL
3
16
18.8
HI
0
3
0.0
ID
1
2
50.0
IL
2
8
25.0
IN
0
4
0.0
KY
0
1
0.0
ME
0
1
0.0
MD
3
16
18.8
MA
4
9
44.4
MI
0
3
0.0
MN
2
11
18.2
MS
0
1
0.0
MO
0
3
0.0
NH
0
1
0.0
NJ
2
7
28.6
NM
1
2
50.0
NY
1
7
14.3
NC
0
3
0.0
OH
2
8
25.0
OR
1
3
33.3
PA
1
7
14.3
RI
1
1
100.0
TN
0
4
0.0
TX
1
6
16.7
UT
1
7
14.3
VT
1
1
100.0
VA
5
29
17.2
WI
1
8
12.5
WY
0
1
0.0
Total
41
231
17.8
Kansas Commercialization Centers to Help Companies with Equipment Needs
The Kansas Technology Enterprise Corporation (KTEC) has initiated a program to help technology-based start-up companies locate and obtain equipment needed for their operations.
KTEC's three Innovation and Commercialization Corporations (ICCs) may now purchase equipment used for scientific, analytical, manufacturing or other business purposes and lease it to client companies. Each of the three corporations received $55,000 for the program. Lease payments from the client companies will be used to purchase additional equipment.
The ICCs provide business development and pre-seed financing to start-up, technology-based businesses. They offer a variety of business incubation services at no cost or reduced cost. These services include management services, office space, administrative support, and business plan writing.
For additional information on the program, contact Ron Sampson of the Mid-America Commercialization Corporation in Manhattan, Kansas at 785/537-0110. More information on the ICCs is available on the SSTI website at http://www.ssti.org
NIH 1998 STTR Awards Announced
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) released a list of its 1998 Phase I and Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) awards last week. The summary table below provides the number of awards by state. NIH awarded $17.2 million through the STTR program in 1998. The complete list of awards, combined with the 1998 NIH SBIR results, and information regarding the 1999 NIH STTR program, may be found at http://www.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm/.
STATE
PHASE I AWARDS
PHASE II AWARDS
AL
1
0
CA
17
3
CO
2
1
CT
1
0
FL
1
2
GA
1
0
IL
3
0
IN
2
0
KY
1
0
LA
1
0
MD
2
2
MA
10
8
MI
1
2
MS
1
0
MO
0
1
NV
1
0
NH
0
1
NJ
6
2
NM
1
0
NY
6
1
NC
1
0
OH
2
0
OR
4
0
PA
3
1
RI
1
0
TN
3
0
TX
6
2
UT
4
0
VT
1
0
VA
4
1
WA
2
0
WV
0
1
WI
0
2
WY
1
0
Total
90
29
NASA Announces STTR Phase II Awards
NASA released its Phase II selections for the 1997 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program last week. Twelve Phase II awards worth an estimated total of $6 million were selected from 45 proposals. Firms in the following seven states received awards (award numbers are in parentheses): Alabama (3), California (2), Maryland (1), Mississippi (1), Tennessee (1), Virginia (2), and Washington (2). The complete list of awards, including the name, address and topic title for each winner, and information regarding the 1999 NASA STTR program may be found at http://sbir.nasa.gov/.
Entrepreneurship and Technology Management Professor Sought
The Wheeling Jesuit University is seeking candidates for a combined faculty/administrative position in Entre-preneurship and Technology Management and Chair of the Department of Business and Technology. Duties include teaching, advising student, seeking grants, coordinating a new undergraduate major in Entre-preneurship and Technology Management, and arranging for student internships and faculty consulting opportunities in the entrepreneurship and technology management areas. Applications will be accepted March 15, 1999. The complete job posting is available on the SSTI website at http://www.ssti.org.
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