May 9,
2006 Entrepreneurial Community Endorses Easley Budget
Recommendations–
North Carolina’s entrepreneurial community today expressed strong
support for proposals by Governor Mike Easley to increase funding
for North Carolina’s new SBIR/STTR Matching Grants Program and to
reduce sales taxes on R&D equipment purchases by research
companies. Easley’s budget would increase funding for the SBIR/STTR
grant program to $5 million annually, a substantial increase from
the $1 million allocated in FY 2005-06.