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SBIR / STTR
Coordinated by the Small Business Administration, the SBIR and STTR programs award non-dilutive funding to U.S. small businesses and startups for early-stage technology R&D. The programs fund proof-of-concept and technology development efforts to help entrepreneurs chart a path toward commercialization without taking equity or intellectual property.
StagesPre-seed · Seed · Grants
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Reports and papers
- SBA SBIR/STTR Annual Report FY 2022Published by this funder · January 2022 · 94 pages
- SBA SBIR/STTR Annual Report FY 2021Published by this funder · January 2021 · 95 pages
- SBA SBIR/STTR Annual Report FY 2020Published by this funder · January 2020 · 99 pages
- SBA SBIR/STTR Annual Report FY 2019Published by this funder · January 2019 · 103 pages
- National Cancer Institute SBIR-STTR Economic Impact Study 2018Published by this funder · January 2018 · 4 pages
- SBA SBIR/STTR Annual Report FY 2018Published by this funder · January 2018 · 96 pages
- 2017 NASA SBIR/STTR Economic Impact ReportPublished by this funder · January 2017 · 16 pages
- SBIR/STTR Annual Report FY 2017Published by this funder · January 2017 · 104 pages
- Navy SBIR-STTR National Economic Impact Study: 2000 - 2013Published by this funder · September 2016 · 23 pages
- SBA SBIR/STTR Annual Report FY 2016Published by this funder · January 2016 · 96 pages
- USAF SBIR-STTR National Economic Impact Study: 2000 - 2013Published by this funder · January 2015 · 36 pages
- SBA SBIR/STTR Annual Report FY 2015Published by this funder · January 2015 · 65 pages
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