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Grants

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs

Status

Status not published

No single deadline. Each of the 11 participating agencies runs its own solicitation calendar.

Open now
Amount
Not published

Award sizes are set by each participating agency. SBA guideline hard caps for FY2026 are roughly $0.3m for Phase I and $2.0m for Phase II, adjusted annually for inflation; agencies may exceed with SBA approval.

Funder

U.S. Small Business Administration (programme-wide coordination)

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — No single deadline. Each of the 11 participating agencies runs its own solicitation calendar.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

For-profit, US-based, more than 50% owned and controlled by US citizens/permanent residents or by other eligible small businesses; 500 or fewer employees including affiliates.

How to apply

  1. Register on SAM.gov and SBIR.gov
  2. Search open topics across agencies on SBIR.gov
  3. Apply through the individual agency's portal

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361) · SBIR vs STTR: what actually differs

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.sbir.gov/apply

"Apply through the agency's SBIR or STTR program before the submission closing date."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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