29. Ben Schrag (NSF) on government's role in deeptech and innovation

from Activation Energy · host Selma Duhovic

Ben Schrag of the National Science Foundation talks about deeptech and how the government helps advance innovation. OUTLINE: (00:00) Introduction (00:56) Ben’s career path (02:39) NSF’s mandate regarding commercialization of scientific invention (04:39) SBIR and STTR programs (06:31) Origin of SBIR/STTR (08:33) Inventions that SBIR/STTR programs funded (09:55) Disruption (11:00) Statistics and criteria (13:25) How decisions about funding are made (15:10) Successful companies that NSF funded (19:29) Successful chemical startups that NSF funded (22:22) Collaboration (23:50) Trends as seen from the front row seat to innovation

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