Public support for research in artificial intelligence: a descriptive study of U.S. Department of Defense SBIR Projects

Farhat Chowdhury (), Albert Link and Martijn van Hasselt
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Farhat Chowdhury: University of North Carolina at Greensboro

The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2022, vol. 47, issue 3, No 8, 762-774

Abstract: Abstract We describe public support for AI research in small firms using data from U.S. Department of Defense-funded SBIR projects. Ours is the first collection of firm-level project information on publicly funded R&D investments in AI. We find that the likelihood of an SBIR funded research project being focused on AI is greater the larger the amount of the SBIR award. AI-focused research projects are associated with a 7.6% increase in average award amounts. We also find suggestive evidence that the likelihood of an SBIR project being AI-focused is greater in smaller-sized firms. Finally, we find that SBIR-funded AI research is more likely to occur in states with complementary university research resources.

Keywords: Artificial intelligence; Machine learning; Department of Defense; Small Business Innovation Research program; Agglomeration; O31; O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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