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Dept of Education Announces 1999 SBIR Winners
The U.S. Department of Education's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program has announced approximately $3.2 million has been awarded through the 1999 SBIR solicitation. The agency funded 40 Phase I projects, totaling nearly $2 million, from 208 proposals received from companies across 40 states. An additional $1.2 million was awarded to ten Phase II projects selected from a pool of 34 proposals. The accompanying table presents the distribution of proposals and awards by state. No proposals were received from firms in those ten states omitted from the table.
More information on Education's 1999 SBIR awards, including research topics and specific information for each awardee, may be found at http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/SBIR/