Joni Ernst: “Holstein Manufacturing has grilled the competition with its craftsmanship and always meats the community where they are…”

Abe Sandquist is a grow getter when it comes to operating a small business.

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

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.

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.