SBA SBIR/STTR Annual Report FY 2019 (SBIR / STTR)

Summary

• In Fiscal Year 2019, participating federal agencies obligated $3.29 billion of SBIR funding and $429.3 million of STTR funding across 11 participating agencies.p.2
• Department of Defense agencies and ODAs represented over 43% of all funds obligated by participating agencies in the SBIR and STTR programs.p.2
• Total SBIR obligations reached $3,290,415,975 in FY19, with $2,591,304,341 or 79% attributed to DoD and HHS combined.p.10
• Total STTR obligations reached $429,332,369 in FY19, with 82% or $352,227,184 attributed to DoD and HHS.p.11
• Small businesses submitted 21,299 Phase I SBIR proposals in FY19, resulting in 4,002 new awards and an average selection rate of 19%.p.48
• Small businesses submitted 2,972 STTR Phase I proposals in FY19, resulting in 670 new awards and an average selection rate of 23%.p.49

Key insights

1. Federal agencies with extramural R/R&D budgets exceeding $100 million were required to obligate a minimum of 3.2% for SBIR awards in FY19.p.7
2. Federal agencies with extramural R/R&D budgets exceeding $1 billion were required to obligate a minimum of 0.45% for STTR awards in FY19.p.7
3. SBIR/STTR Phase I awards generally range from $100,000 to $250,000 for a 6 to 12-month period of performance.p.8
4. SBIR/STTR Phase II awards generally range from $750,000 to $1,650,000 for a two-year period of performance.p.8
5. In FY19, total SBIR obligations for civilian agencies amounted to $1,719,234,278, of which $1,020,122,644 or 59% was attributed to HHS.p.14
6. In FY19, DoD Services and Other Defense Agencies obligated $1,572,287,565 in SBIR funding, with Air Force and Navy accounting for approximately 65%.p.20
7. Forty-eight companies representing 1% of Phase II awardees received 1,621 or 17% of all Phase II awards from FY14 to FY18.p.49
8. Approximately 65% of total FY19 SBIR and 57% of FY19 STTR award dollars were concentrated in California, Massachusetts, Virginia, Maryland, Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Texas.p.52