Larta Institute Wins National Science Foundation (NSF...(ave notched up over 1000 deals and 3500 ...),Health

Date:8/27/2009

ave notched up over 1,000 deals, and 3,500 strategic and other partnerships. Larta manages national programs on a multi-year basis for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and has developed similar programs for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Larta's customers include government and state agencies, universities, large companies, and regional partners around the world. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Larta's practice areas and capabilities are described further at http://www.larta.org.

About NSF
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" With an annual budget of about $6.06 billion, they are the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing. NSF's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs reside under NSF's division of Industrial Innovation and Partnerships (IIP).

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