In Hearing to Reauthorize SBIR/STTR Programs, Shaheen Invites New Hampshire Small Business to Testify

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U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), the lead Democrat of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, invited Dr. Robert Kline-Schoder, President of Hanover-based Creare, to discuss the importance of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBTR) programs at a committee hearing to consider their reauthorization. This year, Shaheen will be drafting legislation to permanently reauthorize the programs, which are currently scheduled to expire on September 30, 2017.

"The Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer programs help entrepreneurs across the country engage in the research and development that keeps America at the forefront of innovation," said Shaheen. "There is strong bipartisan support to reauthorize the programs and I was glad we had the opportunity to hear directly from Dr. Kline-Schoder, who leads a small business that has been working with the programs since their creation."

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"SBIR and STTR have grown to be critical programs that enable the Federal Government to access the enormous technical talent employed by the nation's small businesses and infuse new technology into critical systems," said Dr. Kline-Schoder. "SBIR/STTR is a proven program, and frequent reauthorization with many changes proves tremendously disruptive to vulnerable small businesses and to the Federal agencies that count on these small firms to meet critical program needs. The program should be reauthorized for at least ten years, or, even better, made permanent."

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