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Funding your innovations. (Guest Editorial).(Editorial)

By Arms, Steven W.
Publication: Sensors Magazine
Date: Sunday, September 1 2002

Small businesses can find seed money to fund innovative ideas even in today's challenging economic climate. The National Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program grants thousands of dollars to firms that submit outstanding proposals to federal agencies with research budgets, including the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA, and the Environmental Protection Agency. MicroStrain, Inc., has been extremely fortunate in that we have been able to retain all the equity in our firm as we have develo

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