Joni Ernst: “This vote brings residents of Urbandale and communities across the country one step closer to ending years of delayed…”

Now governors should back it up by stopping fraud before the money goes out the door, instead of chasing it after it's gone.

Rural Iowans are ready to roll up their sleeves and build the factories and processing facilities we need to secure our supply chains.

The new commercialization standard rewards companies that convert research into customers and follow-on contracts that meet the mission, while limiting new seed awards to firms that have made SBIR grants their revenue model.

For too long, a select number of repeat winners have treated the SBIR and STTR programs as a steady income stream rather than a path to commercialize technology.