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Are small biz hikes too high?

Since fiscal 2011, the National Science Foundation’s small business set-asides for research have grown by almost 30%, three times as fast as the agency’s overall budget.

That is too fast and should be adjusted to conform to the agency’s overall budget, Dr. Pramod Khargonekar, assistant director for NSF’s Directorate of Engineering, testified at a House subcommittee hearing.

The hearing was on HR 4783, which would raise Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) set-aside funding by another 40% over six years. Small Business Technology Transfer funds would rise by 33%.

“The proposed increases would come at the expense of other NSF research,” Khargoneker said. “We do not see annual increases in the set asides for these programs as justified, especially at the cost of others, when the overall budget of the agency is flat.”

More information:House Committee on Science, Technology & Space agenda https://goo.gl/yE3jey

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