USDA SBIR Phase I
Supports United States small agricultural businesses with feasibility grants for new technologies in food systems and farm operations.
The USDA Small Business Innovation Research Phase I program, administered by USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, awards competitive grants to for-profit small businesses for feasibility-stage research addressing scientific problems and opportunities in agriculture and related fields. Awards are based on the scientific and technical merit of investigator-initiated ideas, not on comme…
Phase I feasibility R&D grants up to $175K for small businesses developing innovative technologies across USDA's ten agricultural and food-systems topic areas.
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