Senator Warren Rudman [left], an original champion of SBIR, receives special award from Jere Glover, Executive Director of SBTC

Named for Roland Tibbetts, the person acknowledged as the father of the SBIR program, these prestigious, national awards are made annually to those small firms, projects, organizations and individuals judged to exemplify the very best in SBIR achievement.

The emphasis is on recognizing those accomplishments where, in the judgment of those closely involved and often most immediately affected, the stimulus of SBIR funding has made an important and definable difference.

In selection for Tibbetts Awards, the focus is primarily on:

• Economic impact of technological innovation
• Business achievement and effective collaborations
• Demonstrated state and regional impact and proven support

Tibbetts Awards: An initiative of the non-profit Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) with support from NASA, NSF, DoD, Department of the Navy, NIH, DARPA, Boeing, The Association for Manufacturing Technology, Cybernet, Dawnbreaker, Gregg Olson, ATF, Homeland Venture, RMD, PBC, and Physical Sciences, Inc. Additional sponsors are pending and other sponsors are welcome.