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Federal Research: Small Business Involvement in Federal Research and Development

RCED-88-90BR Published: Feb 02, 1988. Publicly Released: Feb 02, 1988.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the role of small businesses in the federal government's technology transfer and research and development programs, focusing on: (1) large federal research and development laboratories' implementation of technology transfer plans for small businesses; (2) whether two large federally funded efforts excluded small business participation in their activities; and (3) the effect of the rapid growth of defense and space, as opposed to civilian, research funding on small business participation.

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Aerospace contractsCooperative agreementsFederal facilitiesFederal fundsResearch and development contractsSmall business contractsTechnical assistanceTechnology transferSmall businessEngineering