Small Business Innovation Research ("SBIR") and Small Business Technology Transfer ("STTR") are two types of federal award mechanisms that allow start-up and small companies to compete for federal ...

A PI who anticipates participating as a subrecipient in an SBIR or STTR proposal must submit a Notification of Intent to Submit an SBIR/STTR Grant Application with a Small Business Concern (SBC) form ...

The major difference between the SBIR and STTR is that the STTR requires the small business to partner/collaborate with a U.S. non-profit research institution, while the SBIR allows you ...

for your product or service Retaining rights to your intellectual property Opportunities for additional funding to supplement the areas not covered by the SBIR/STTR or to bridge the tech development ...