Comments on: ARRA Business Funding Opps at NIH http://writedit.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/arra-business-funding-opps-at-nih/ Customized Customer Support for Biomedical Researchers Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:05:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: SBIR Woes « Medical Writing, Editing & Grantsmanship http://writedit.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/arra-business-funding-opps-at-nih/#comment-5402 SBIR Woes « Medical Writing, Editing & Grantsmanship Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:16:59 +0000 http://writedit.wordpress.com/?p=2202#comment-5402 [...] regard to ARRA small-business funding, apparently the recent RFAs — Biomedical Research, Development, and Growth to Spur the [...] [...] regard to ARRA small-business funding, apparently the recent RFAs — Biomedical Research, Development, and Growth to Spur the [...]

]]> By: ama http://writedit.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/arra-business-funding-opps-at-nih/#comment-5263 ama Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:43:46 +0000 http://writedit.wordpress.com/?p=2202#comment-5263 like all good wackaloons, there's at least a shred of truth in that the standard SBIR/STTR set-aside (2.5%) was explicitly and specifically eliminated from ARRA spending, the upshot being that businesses could apply for ARRA funding just like anyone else, but that there was no separate grant mechanism. So these RFAs are, in effect, a partial restoration of the set aside (though by my calcs, at about a fifth the usual percentage). One can certainly argue about the wisdom or efficacy of SBIR spending (or ARRA spending, for that matter), but judged strictly by comparison to the usual SBIR set-aside, NIH ARRA spending is not great for small businesses. like all good wackaloons, there’s at least a shred of truth in that the standard SBIR/STTR set-aside (2.5%) was explicitly and specifically eliminated from ARRA spending, the upshot being that businesses could apply for ARRA funding just like anyone else, but that there was no separate grant mechanism. So these RFAs are, in effect, a partial restoration of the set aside (though by my calcs, at about a fifth the usual percentage).

One can certainly argue about the wisdom or efficacy of SBIR spending (or ARRA spending, for that matter), but judged strictly by comparison to the usual SBIR set-aside, NIH ARRA spending is not great for small businesses.

]]> By: Comrade PhysioProf http://writedit.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/arra-business-funding-opps-at-nih/#comment-5259 Comrade PhysioProf Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:38:18 +0000 http://writedit.wordpress.com/?p=2202#comment-5259 Haven't there been some wackaloon SBIR dumbfucks ranting and raving all over the blogosphere since the ARRA was passed that it is "anti-business"? Haven’t there been some wackaloon SBIR dumbfucks ranting and raving all over the blogosphere since the ARRA was passed that it is “anti-business”?

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