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on an urban prairie that is intended to be sumers, farmers and professionals tasked The Air Force SBIR and Small Business provide more than $300 million in funding
pollinator friendly and where bee popula- with maintaining landscape,” Jackson Technology Transfer programs are mis- for research and development activities by
tion would suffer from the use of chemi- said. ”With the award of the SBIR Phase 2 sion-oriented programs that integrate the small businesses annually. With this bud-
cals.” program we quickly developed a prototype needs and requirements of the Air Force get, the Air Force funds research from the
that we were able to then commercialize. through research and development topics early stages of concept development until
According to Jackson, the use of chemi- that have military and commercial poten- it transitions to military or commercial use.
cals or herbicides might also harm people “The company has grown from one con- tial. The SBIR program was established by
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gredients, glyphosate, can result in repro- employee. Additionally, our mechanical or fewer employees. The STTR program Program Office at 800-222-0336; email
ductive damage, as well as damage to the designer, a veteran who served two tours was established in 1992 to fund coopera- info@afsbirsttr.com, or visit their website
kidney and liver. Some studies also show in Iraq, was able to apply his discipline and tive R&D projects with small businesses at www.afsbirsttr.com.
a link between the chemical and cancer.
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