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.
Primary Sources. ( 1 1) After the war, Captain G. H. Impey, 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, wrote about his experiences of trench life. ( 2 2) Sergeant Harry Roberts, Lancashire Fusiliers, interviewed after the war. ( 3 3) At the age of 92, Arthur Savage was asked about his memories of life on the Western Front.