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Re: [ontolog-forum] Goverment funding for private research?

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From: "Len Yabloko" <lenya@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:25:57 +0000
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>On Apr 21, 2009, at 3:42 PM, Adrian Walker wrote:
>> Hi Len --
>>
>> Our experience has been that we spend a person-week preparing an  
>> SBIR and submitting it -- and it drops into a black hole.
>>
>> Wish I could be more encouraging.
>
>I can be.  A company I worked with regularly for 10 years was  
>extremely successful at winning ontology/KR/KE-oriented SBIRs,  
>including Phase II and III.  Sources included DARPA, DOE, USAF, and  
>NASA.
>
>-chris
>    (01)

Thank you for replying. I guess it is expected that experiences differ. 
In my experience very little can be accomplished in one person-week. Even if 
you have very well developed project - it needs to be applied to a specific 
topic, which takes a bit of research. But what if topic looks like a good match 
to some private project? Don't you need a business plan or at least a case? Is 
success of SBIR application simply a coincidence of commercial success and good 
topic match?     (02)




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