Figure 5.
The line chart shows average S T T R award amounts by fiscal year on the horizontal axis and average award value on the vertical axis measured in thousands of constant 2024 dollars. The fiscal year range extends from 1995 to 2023. One line represents Phase one awards and the other represents Phase two awards. Phase one award amounts begin at about 200 thousand dollars in 1997, drop to near zero around 1998 and 2002, then recover and fluctuate mostly between approximately 140 and 180 thousand dollars from 2003 to 2023. Phase two award amounts begin at zero in 1997 and 1998, rise sharply to around 950 thousand dollars by 1999, fluctuate between approximately 820 and 900 thousand dollars through the early and mid 2000s, increase to values around 1,000 to 1,080 thousand dollars between 2012 and 2016, and then vary between approximately 800 and 1,080 thousand dollars from 2017 to 2023.The average size of NASA STTR awards from 1997 to 2022, shown separately for Phase I (purple dashed line with triangular data) and Phase II (orange dotted line with starred data)