Are SBIR's Worth It?
SBIR’s, love ‘em or hate ‘em, they are part of the innovation pipeline that exists in the USG. Stripping emotion out of the decision process completely, we wanted to build a fundamental and systematic way to determine if it is worth submitting to a SBIR topic.
Few things to consider:
The cost that goes into the preparation of them
The reward size
the probability of winning
and the work to complete the contract after award
Enter the SBIR Present Value Calculator Google Sheet
Since it is already built, there is no reason not to share it. Please feel free to comment in the sheet or below on the your assumptions and model tweaks.
Happy hunting.
