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This is the second column in a two-part series on the federal government's Small Business Innovation Research program. Part one, published in the November/December issue of BT Catalyst, introduced the program. Part two looks at North Carolina's competitiveness in receiving SBIR funding and how our state's biotechnology companies can tap into the program more effectively. The author is a SBIR program specialist at the North Carolina Small Business and Technology Development Center. For further information, please contact him at sbir@sbtdc.org, 919-962-8297 or visit www.sbtdc.org/t

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