NC
SBIR/STTR Awards Up Significantly
It is a pleasure to share this encouraging data with you. Below is a comparison of official 2003 to 2004 SBIR and STTR award data for North Carolina that was recently released by the Small Business Administration.
As the tables below demonstrate, NC achieved substantial increased across the board an all metrics. Most notably:
| NC SBIR & STTR Comparison for 2003 to 2004 | |||||||
| SBIR | |||||||
|
Year
|
Number
of Phase 1 Awards
|
Phase
1 Dollars
|
Number
of Phase 2 Awards
|
Phase
2 Dollars
|
Total
Awards
|
Total
Dollars
|
National
Rank
|
|
2003
|
62
|
$6,740,558
|
19
|
$15,417,029
|
81
|
$22,157,587
|
19
|
|
2004
|
83
|
$9,876,752
|
25
|
$16,672,490
|
108
|
$26,549,242
|
19
|
|
Change
|
21
|
$3,136,194
|
6
|
$1,255,461
|
27
|
$4,391,655
|
|
|
%
Change
|
34
|
47%
|
32%
|
8%
|
33%
|
20%
|
|
| STTR | |||||||
|
Year
|
Number
of Phase 1 Awards
|
Phase
1 Dollars
|
Number
of Phase 2 Awards
|
Phase
2 Dollars
|
Total
Awards
|
Total
Dollars
|
National
Rank
|
|
2003
|
9
|
$1,279,160
|
3
|
$1,498,632
|
12
|
$2,777,792
|
11
|
|
2004
|
12
|
$1,602,364
|
5
|
$3,443,852
|
17
|
$5,046,216
|
13
|
|
Change
|
3
|
$323,204
|
2
|
$1,945,220
|
5
|
$2,268,424
|
|
|
%
Change
|
33%
|
25%
|
67%
|
130%
|
42%
|
82%
|
|