SBA Accepting Nominations for Small Business Innovation Research Awards
Dec 18, 2012
2013 SBIR Tibbetts Awards and SBIR Hall of Fame Awards to be presented in May
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WASHINGTON,
DC - December 18, 2012 - The U.S. Small Business Administration is
seeking nominations for awards honoring the critical economic role small
businesses play in federally funded research and development through
SBA?s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business
Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
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Two awards will be given:
the ?Hall of Fame? award recognizing companies that have an extended
period of extraordinary success of research, innovation, and product
commercialization; and another, the ?Tibbetts Award? with two
categories, one for companies that have participated in the SBIR/STTR
programs, and another for individuals who advocate on behalf of the
programs.
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This past May, Sensor Electronic Company, Inc. of
Columbia, a manufacturer of UV light emitting diodes (LED), was selected
as a 2012 Tibbetts Award winner.
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The Tibbetts Awards are named
after Roland Tibbetts, who was instrumental in developing SBIR, a highly
competitive program to ensure small businesses get a chance to compete
for federal research and development funding, along with the
opportunities it provides to profit from commercialization of the
technologies they develop.?
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The SBIR and STTR programs
currently account for more than $2.5 billion per year in federal R&D
funds and are coordinated by the SBA in cooperation with 11 other
federal agencies with large external research and development budgets.
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The awards are presented to companies and individuals that are beacons of promise and models of excellence in high technology.
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Typical of past Tibbetts Award winners are:
- An Arizona bio strategies company whose genetic engineering accomplishments help combat Gaucher's disease, a rare genetic disease usually fatal in childhood, and
- A three-time award winner from
California that developed a state of the art manufacturing facility for
the production of aerospace quality composite products for missile
defense and commercial space.
Selections for Tibbetts Awards are based on several factors, including the economic impact of the technological innovation, overall business achievement and demonstration of effective collaborations.?
Hall of Fame
winners have typically included Fortune 500 and 1000 companies like
Qualcomm and Genzyme. Genzyme, a 2012 Hall of Fame award winner, evolved
from a tiny start-up with just a handful of employees to one of the
world's leading biotech companies. This Massachusetts-based company
focuses on developing innovative products and services for major unmet
medical needs such as rare genetic disorders, organ transplant,
osteoarthritis, and renal disease.
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Nominations for these awards
opened December 17, 2012 and will close 5 PM EST on January 31, 2013.? Awards will be presented in Washington, DC, in May 2013. To submit a
nomination, please visit http://tibbetts2013.challenge.gov/ (Tibbetts Awards ? companies and individuals) and http://sbirhof2013.challenge.gov/ (Hall of Fame Awards).
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Source: http://www.midlandsbiz.com/articles/12881/
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