Annually, these programs provide more than $2.5 billion in investment dollars into small businesses across the country, in a wide variety of thematic research areas and scientific disciplines. In total, 11 federal agencies participate in the SBIR program, and 5 of those agencies participate in the STTR program, funding innovations from areas such as health technologies, critical defense and force protection, border and port security, space exploration, food and agriculture, and even environmental monitoring and resource reclamation. No matter what area of scientific discovery you are working in, there is probably an SBIR/STTR opportunity for your business.
Annually, these programs provide more than $2.5 billion in investment dollars into small businesses across the country, in a wide variety of thematic research areas and scientific disciplines. In total, 11 federal agencies participate in the SBIR program, and 5 of those agencies participate in the STTR program, funding innovations from areas such as health technologies, critical defense and force protection, border and port security, space exploration, food and agriculture, and even environmental monitoring and resource reclamation. No matter what area of scientific discovery you are working in, there is probably an SBIR/STTR opportunity for your business.
To participate, at a minimum, businesses must meet the SBA definition for “small”, must be for-profit, and must be majority owned by U.S. citizens or other U.S. based businesses.
