SBIR Taiwan — Small Business Innovation Research

SBIR Taiwan is the Ministry of Economic Affairs' flagship grant for small and medium-sized enterprises doing innovation R&D in Taiwan. It sits under MOEA's small-business and industrial innovation system and is operated by SMESA with delivery through the Corporate Synergy Development Center. The programme runs in three phases: Phase I supports preliminary research with awards up to NT$1M over six months; Phase II supports R&D and detailed planning with up to NT$5M per year for as long as two years; and Phase II+ extends added-value applications with up to NT$5M over one year. Alliance projects can combine multiple SMEs, and the public record points to the Innovative Technologies and Innovative Services categories. The strongest fit is a Taiwan-registered SME with a defined innovation project and enough team structure to move through a staged R&D process. The programme rewards applicants that can present a credible technical path, a clear commercial use case, and a project team that matches the alliance rules when a consortium route is used.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.