Tutorial 6: CONTRACTS VS GRANTS. The eleven agencies that participate in the SBIR and STTR programs make their awards either as grants or contracts. In 2015 the combined SBIR and STTR budget across all of the participating agencies was $2.5 billion dollars. Of that a little over half was provided to small businesses in the form of contracts; while the other half was provided as grants.
Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches, in which troops are significantly protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. The most famous use of trench warfare is the Western Front in World War I.
The Battle of the Somme was fought by the British and their allies, including New Zealand, against the Germans by the Somme river in France. It was fought from July 1st to November 18th. 1916. Led by British Commander-in-Chief Sir Douglas Haig, the Battle of the Somme was one of the largest in World War One, and has become known as one of the bloodiest battles in history. In December 1915, the Allied war strategy was decided at the Chantilly Conference.