Joni Ernst: ““It has been the honor of a lifetime to fight for our pork producers, and I’m grateful to be earning this award for my…”

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.

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.

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.