Joni Ernst: “I recommend Congress acts immediately to increase investigators' capacity to recover taxpayer funds quickly.”

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.

Today, we rely 100 percent on foreign sources for 12 critical minerals essential to our military and our economy.

This Veterans Day, we must reaffirm our commitment to those who have worn our nation’s uniform by ensuring they receive the benefits they have earned and access to high-quality care.

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.