SBIR and STTR grants
SBIR and STTR are the United States' seed fund for small companies with a technical idea a federal agency wants to see built. Each agency runs its own calls under the same rules, so the openings are scattered across a dozen sites. This page gathers every one the catalogue tracks, open calls first, from the health, science, space, energy and defence agencies down to the state programmes that top up a federal award.
Showing 25-48 of 160 grants
AFOSR STTR
🇺🇸AFRL · United States
Funds collaborative basic research pathways for technology transfer from concept through scalable prototypes.
AFWERX Open Topic SBIR/STTR
🇺🇸AFWERX · United States
Offers AFWERX open topic support for United States small businesses with dual use ideas through an always open route.
Defense Health Agency SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸DHA · United States
Funds United States defense medical innovators at feasibility stage for life-changing military health technologies.
Defense Health Agency SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸DHA · United States
Supports United States defense health teams maturing validated medical technologies toward practical military use.
DHS SBIR Phase II (invite-only)
🇺🇸DHS S&T · United States
Supports small businesses in the United States advancing proven homeland security prototypes in a second-stage federal programme.
DoD SBIR/STTR
🇺🇸DoD · United States
Supports small business and non-traditional teams across defense components in a shared topic flow.
DOE SBIR/STTR ASCR Topics
🇺🇸DOE ASCR · United States
Offers innovation teams support in advanced computing and hardware-oriented technologies.
ED/IES SBIR Phase II (Standard — Phase I Graduates)
🇺🇸IES · United States
Supports United States education small businesses turning early feasibility into commercially viable offerings.
Innovation Partnership (IPart) SBIR/STTR Proposal Support
🇺🇸PA DCED · United States
Offers Pennsylvania small businesses free proposal reviews, training seminars, and travel support for federal innovation applications.
Kentucky SBIR/STTR Match — Phase I
🇺🇸KY Innovation · United States
Funds Kentucky companies with state matching support for early federally aligned innovation projects.
Kentucky SBIR/STTR Match — Phase II
🇺🇸KY Innovation · United States
Funds Kentucky companies with larger state matching support as innovation projects move toward commercialization.
Kentucky SBIR/STTR Matching Funds
🇺🇸KEDFA · United States
Supports Kentucky high-technology companies with existing federal innovation awards to strengthen commercialization momentum.
KSEF SBIR/STTR microAwards
🇺🇸KY Innovation · United States
Funds Kentucky small companies preparing SBIR/STTR proposals through microAwards.
Montana SBIR/STTR Matching Funds
🇺🇸MT Commerce · United States
Funds matching support for Montana small businesses advancing federal innovation projects into additional commercialization stages.
MS-FAST SBIR/STTR Phase 0 — Proposal Prep Grant
🇺🇸Innovate MS · United States
Supports Mississippi small businesses by funding proposal preparation for national commercialization and research pathways.
NASA SBIR/STTR Phase III — Sole-Source
🇺🇸NASA · United States
Offers direct follow-on commercialization agreements for United States space firms after successful early-space awards.
Navy SBIR/STTR — Seed (ONR-administered)
🇺🇸ONR · United States
Supports small-business naval technology projects through multiple annual DoD research milestones.
NCATS SBIR Phase I
🇺🇸NCATS · United States
Supports small businesses testing translational science tools and technologies through early feasibility and commercialization groundwork.
NCATS SBIR Phase II
🇺🇸NCATS · United States
Backs small businesses scaling proven translational findings into applied solutions and early market readiness.
NCI SBIR/STTR Omnibus (Next Receipt 5)
🇺🇸NCI · United States
Supports small businesses developing cancer technologies through national NIH collaboration pathways.
Nebraska SBIR/STTR Match
🇺🇸NE DED · United States
Funds Nebraska small businesses to extend federal innovation milestones with state matching support.
NEI SBIR Phase I — Feasibility
🇺🇸NEI · United States
Supports United States. small businesses testing vision concepts through feasibility-focused grants.
NEI SBIR Phase II — R&D
🇺🇸NEI · United States
Supports United States. small businesses scaling vision concepts into full development pathways.
NEI STTR Phase I — Feasibility
🇺🇸NEI · United States
Funds small business and research-partner teams on feasibility vision tools for future commercialization.