"Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs. There has to be this pioneer......who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different."
 

Alfred P. Sloan Jr., 1941

    In 1996, the first year in which Tibbetts Awards were made, 73 individuals, projects and organization representing almost every U.S. state were in receipt of award.

    In 1997, an additional 69 awardees were added to the ranks of recognized national winners - this time with every state involved.
The stories submitted in support of all these nominations were as varied as the parts of the country from which they came, the stage of development of the project and the areas of technology development involved. What all had in common was that the the availability of SBIR resources had been a key factor in enabling
new firms and new jobs to be created
small companies to become viable and strong
important technologies to be brought to use-condition
technological break-throughs to have been achieved in many fields
collaborations to be possible which might otherwise not have happened
important niche markets to be well served
international trade to grow substantially.
  Who are these awardees?
  What are their stories?

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