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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

Research and development contracts, Government -- United States. --- Small business -- Research -- United States -- Finance. --- United States. Dept. of Defense. SBIR Program Office. --- Military Science - General --- Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Small business --- Finance. --- United States. --- Defense Small Business Innovation Research Program (U.S.) --- SBIR