The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was created to stimulate technological innovation and business development at early stage companies in the United States. In its 21-year history, the program has channeled over $35 billion of public funds to private businesses in the form of approximately 137,000 grants. However, the question of whether SBIR funding effectively spurs new inn...

The responsibility for the implementation, administration and management of the Navy SBIR program is with the Office of Naval Research (ONR). The Deputy SBIR Program Manager is Mr. John Williams, (703) 696-0342. For technical questions about the topic, contact the Topic Authors listed under each topic on the website before 15 December 2004. For general inquiries or problems with the electronic ...

The Trial Innovation Network, an initiative of the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program, is a national multidisciplinary platform that will enable multicenter clinical trials and studies. A key goal of the Trial Innovation Network is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of clinical trials and studies by focusing on innovation, excellence, and collaboration; leveraging...

• Safeguards against risks include enterprise wide awareness of developments and high-level championing and assessment of ideas Given that innovation and change are inevitable, the challenge confronting leaders is how to structure their organisation’s approach to innovation so that: emerging opportunities within the • operating environment are fully exploited and maximum value for the organisat...

This study examined the relationship between (1) three indicators of climate for innovation (clinician skills, absence of program obstacles, policy-related incentives) and adoption extensiveness of both behavioral treatments for tobacco cessation (TC) and system-level support for TC in substance use disorder treatment programs, (2) a program's 12-step treatment orientation and adoption extensiv...

The OGC Interoperability Program is a source of innovation in the development of open standards. The approach to innovation is based on hands-on; collaborative engineering leading to more mature standards and implementations. The process of the Interoperability Program engages a community of sponsors and participants based on an economic model that benefits all involved. Each initiative begins ...

The Residency Review and Redesign Project (RP), a 4-year study of pediatrics training supported by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) Foundation, concluded with recommendations to develop a process to foster ongoing innovation in education rather than a product such as a curriculum that could quickly become outdated. To that end, the ABP began funding the Initiative for Innovation in Pediat...