Federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants

The federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs provide more than $2 billion annually in R&D grants and contracts to qualified small businesses (U.S. owned, independently operated, for-profit entities of fewer than 500 employees).

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 
• The National Science Foundation 
• The SBIR Resource Center 
• The U.S. Department of Agriculture 
• The U.S. Department of Commerce / NOAA 
• The U.S. Department of Defense 
• The U.S. Department of Education 
• The U.S. Department of Energy 
• The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
• The U.S. Department of Homeland Security 
• The U.S. Department of Transportation 
• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
• The U.S. Small Business Administration