It takes the average reader 8 hours and 2 minutes to read An Assessment of the SBIR Program at the Department of Defense by National Research Council
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The SBIR program allocates 2.5 percent of 11 federal agencies' extramural R&D budgets to fund R&D projects by small businesses, providing approximately $2 billion annually in competitive awards. At the request of Congress, the National Academies conducted a comprehensive study of how the SBIR program has stimulated technological innovation and used small businesses to meet federal research and development needs. Drawing substantially on new data collection, this book examines the SBIR program at the Department of Defense and makes recommendations for improvements. Separate reports will assess the SBIR program at NSF, NIH, DOE, and NASA, respectively, along with a comprehensive report on the entire program.
An Assessment of the SBIR Program at the Department of Defense by National Research Council is 468 pages long, and a total of 120,744 words.
This makes it 158% the length of the average book. It also has 148% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 59 minutes to read An Assessment of the SBIR Program at the Department of Defense aloud.
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