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The U.S. DOT SBIR FY 2018 Phase I Solicitation Appendix C: Cost & Pricing Proposal Workbook was developed to facilitate small business cost proposal preparation.
Instructions for completing the Cost Proposal Appendix for U.S. DOT's SBIR solicitations.
U.S. DOT's SBIR 14.1 solicitation is now closed.
Fiscal year 2012 annual report for U.S. DOT's SBIR program on Executive Order 13329: Encouraging Innovation in Manufacturing.
Action Plan by Department of Transportation on the Implementation of Executive Order 13329: Encouraging Innovation in Manufacturing
"Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership: A Commercialization Collaborator." Helping companies overcome challenges to successfully commercialize their technologies.
U.S. Department of Commerce, January 2004.
"Manufacturing in America: A Comprehensive Strategy to Address the Challenges to U.S. Manufacturers."
"Manufacturing-related" is defined as "relating to manufacturing processes, equipment and systems, or manufacturing workforce skills and protection."
Executive Order (E.O.) 13329, "Encouraging Innovation in Manufacturing," requires Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) agencies, to the extent permitted by law and in a manner consistent with the mission of that department or agency, to give high priority within the SBIR programs to...
Since 2005, enrollment in engineering programs has increased 30-50 percent. “People are recognizing this is a field I can get into if I want to change the world,” said Dr. Ian Waitz, dean of the School of Engineering at MIT.