US taxpayers are funding China’s innovation — we must stop 

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programme is being exploited by overseas entities and firm payment recipients, with the apical 20 SBIR mills consuming $3.4 cardinal successful contracts and producing small much than argumentation achromatic papers, portion genuine American startups conflict to get funding, and Sen. Joni Ernst's INNOVATE Act proposes targeted reforms to code these issues.