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I am pleased (a gross understatement) to inform you that SBIR HAS NOW BEEN REAUTHORIZED for a period of 6 years, ending September 30, 2017, and that includes STTR, and what was the Commercialization Pilot Program (CPP), now to be known as the Commercialization Readiness Program (CRP).

This was all done under the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA) HR.1540. All that's left is for the President to sign the bill into law, and he has said he would.

There are many changes and additions to these programs, many you will probably like, some, perhaps "not so much. What you won't read in press releases or the main stream press is that the SBIR program was a stone's throw from being laid to rest.

To read the full, original article click on this link: SBIR Insider 12-15-11 Issue