Gender and innovation at the US National Institutes of Health

Farhat Chowdhury (), Albert Link and Anne Beeson Royalty ()
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Farhat Chowdhury: Department of Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Anne Beeson Royalty: Department of Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Small Business Economics, 2023, vol. 61, issue 4, No 8, 1543-1553

Abstract: Abstract This paper presents a systematic empirical study of covariates associated with the success of NIH Phase I SBIR-funded research projects, where success is defined in terms of the small, entrepreneurial firm conducting the Phase I research subsequently receiving a follow-on Phase II research award. We find that women-owned firms are especially disadvantaged in this regard. Our findings suggest that SBIR program managers consider recommendations to overcome these disadvantages. Our recommendations could enhance the rate at which follow-on Phase II research projects are funded and possibly the rate at which the developed technologies are commercialized.

Keywords: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Program management; Public sector; Phase I and Phase II research; Technology development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 L38 O32 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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