Public support for research in artificial intelligence: a descriptive study of U.S. Department of Defense SBIR Projects

The Journal of Technology Transfer - Tập 47 - Trang 762-774 - 2022
Farhat Chowdhury1, Albert N. Link1, Martijn van Hasselt1
1Department of Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, United States

Tóm tắt

We describe public support for AI research in small firms using data from U.S. Department of Defense-funded SBIR projects. Ours is the first collection of firm-level project information on publicly funded R&D investments in AI. We find that the likelihood of an SBIR funded research project being focused on AI is greater the larger the amount of the SBIR award. AI-focused research projects are associated with a 7.6% increase in average award amounts. We also find suggestive evidence that the likelihood of an SBIR project being AI-focused is greater in smaller-sized firms. Finally, we find that SBIR-funded AI research is more likely to occur in states with complementary university research resources.

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