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fully 38.9% of these projects were considered to be commercialized. 

 Thus of the 732 projects entering the research and development 

 phase in FY 1987 and FY 1988, 285 are now high technology products 

 or services commercialized in the marketplace. 



It is not only the numbers that are so gratifying, but the 

 range of technological innovations developed. The list of 

 accomplishments is a long one including: environmental projects to 

 improve our water and air; medical projects with a demonstrated 

 ability to improve our wellbeing; educational projects that help 

 the handicapped learn; transportation projects that help us travel 

 efficiently and safely; and many projects to improve our supply and 

 use of energy, to help us communicate, to assure our national 

 safety, and to improve our food supply. 



In summary, the success of the SBIR program is unqualified. 

 This attests to the strength of the small business entrepreneur. 

 Furtherm.ore, a recent GAO report has found no decrease in the 

 quality of research performed by SBIR firms. Thus the program and 

 the small business entrepreneur has been able to successfully 

 balance commercialization needs of our economy with the R&D and 

 mission needs of each agency participating in the program. 



Small Business Technology Transfer Pilot Program 



Title II of P. L. 102-564 established a new program, the Small 



