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History
- Advanced to third reading cal.809
- Reported
- Referred to economic development
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BILL NUMBER:A10084
Title of bill
An act to amend the public authorities law, in relation to creating the small business innovation research/small business tech- nology transfer technical assistance program
Purpose of the bill
To provide technical assistance to small New York state businesses as they compete for phase 1 federal SBIR and STIR grants so as to increase the number of phase 1 SBIR and STTR award winners within the state.
Summary of specific provisions
The legislation would provide funds for outreach to small businesses to promote awareness of SBIR/STTR program solicitations; counseling to determine the ability of business to pursue SBIR/STIR phase 1 funding, the technology match with the federal agency solicitation to be pursued, the qualifications of personnel involved in the proposed project, the level of support needed from the technical assistance program to produce a competitive application; and proposal preparation assistance including grand writing, technology evaluation, and general proposal evaluation. Entities eligible to receive funds for these purposes . are Centers of Advanced Technology; Regional Develop- ment Technology Centers; State University of New York engineering schools that administer the strategic partnership for industrial resur- gence program; and the Centers of Excellence. Preference would be given to those entities that partner with other eligible entities to provide these services.
Justification
The federal government sets aside a share of its research and development dollars for small businesses through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STIR) programs. Over $2 billion annually for competitive grants and contracts is made available to small businesses to develop promising new technolo- gies. These programs are an attractive source of risk capital for the small technology companies necessary to facilitate the growth of New York's Innovation Economy.
New York State, however, lags behind competitor states such as. Cali- fornia and Massachusetts in the number of SBIR and STTR. Phase 1 grants awarded. In fact, between 2000 and 2009 New York ranked only 6th in the nation, also behind Virginia, Colorado, Maryland and Texas.
Many other states intent on boosting the number of SBIR/SR winners have established technical assistance programs to market federal program opportunities to small technology businesses, assist them in selecting appropriate solicitations, and providing crucial support in navigating the application process. A few university technology programs and regional technology development organizations within New York are strug- gling to make the services available, but are constrained by severely limited resources.
New York needs to invest a small, but crucial amount of funds that can leverage substantial federal dollars to assist small technology compa-
nies develop innovations that can be commercialized in New York State, creating well-paying jobs for 'our residents.
Prior legislative history
None
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
Immediately
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