Federal Small Business Research Grant Programs At Risk Of Expiration, AdvaMed Says

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs will shut down on 30 September if Congress doesn’t act to renew them – but some US senators say the programs are wasteful and may funnel research overseas. 

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Government grant programs that help fund R&D activities at medtech start-ups are at risk of vanishing this year, trade group AdvaMed said in an 18 May grassroots training conference call.

The group is nudging its members to lobby Congress to renew the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs before they expire on 30 September....

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