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U.S. Technology - SBIR Grants
We all want to improve our industry. If you have the urge to invent or if you have a breakthrough idea but need some money to prove your idea then you have a partner in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. buyCASTINGS has put together teams of foundries, suppliers, casting experts, equipment experts, tool makers, design experts, and rapid manufacturing experts to build teams that compete for these technology development and demonstration dollars and WIN! |
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SBIR Allocation by State
State Rankings according to Total SBIR Award Dollars
(GFY 2000-20002)
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| State |
Millions $ |
Number of
Awards |
| California |
773.1 |
3,013 |
| Massachusetts |
546.8 |
2,084 |
| Virginia |
221.1 |
835 |
| Maryland |
184.8 |
715 |
| Colorado |
183.5 |
744 |
| Ohio |
154.9 |
576 |
| New York |
143.3 |
572 |
| Texas |
135.0 |
577 |
| Pennsylvania |
129.7 |
523 |
| New Jersey |
110.7 |
428 |
Source: Innovation Development Institute
Swampscott, MA, ©2003, all rights reserved. |
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Where Does This Money Come From? The SBIR law mandates that each federal agency with a budget for extramural research or R&D that exceeds $100 million must establish an SBIR program. What this means is that there are government agencies that must set aside 2.5% of their total R&D budgets to fund SBIR projects. And, here are the amounts that were set aside for FY2004 by various agencies:
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DoD - $999 Million |
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HHS/NIH - $574 Million |
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NASA - $108 Million |
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Energy - $102 Million |
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NSF - $94 Million |
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Homeland Security - $33 Million |
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Agriculture - $18 Million |
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Education - $9 Million |
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EPA - $8 Million |
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Commerce(NOAA/NIST) - $7 Million |
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Transportation - $4 Million |
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| That's about $2 Billion set aside for small businesses, defined as less than 500 people, as in almost EVERY foundry left standing in this great land. |
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Here are some areas of interest if you would like to work with buyCASTINGS teams, to participate in project teams and to submit your breakthrough idea after signing a Non-Disclosure Agreement. |
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SBIR is just one of the many government programs designed to help our innovation, productivity, and technology deployment efforts in order to keep our defense, energy, and commercial sectors competitive and at the leading edge. BuyCASTINGS personnel, with expertise in collaborative team projects, technology transfer, and commercialization, are able to use their large network of resource providers to tap into these great grant programs that every metal casting foundry should utilize. |
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Please contact Mr. Neil Chaudhry at nchaudhry@buyCASTINGS.com or Mr. Bob Dzugan at rdzugan@buyCASTINGS.com
or call 1-866-buyCASTINGS to learn more about the various opportunities to get new business, cut costs, and help the
casting industry through team projects and technology funding dollars. |
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