Fund small-business research and commercialization through SBIR
- Objective
- Develop a technology
- Family / instrument
- Research, innovation and experimentation · Small-business innovation
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Participating federal agency; DoD and component SBIR program/award officials
- Executor · routing lead
- Service or Defense Agency SBIR-STTR office and award officer
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Eligible small business; competitive scientific/technical and commercialization evaluation.
Research-security diligence and disclosure checks; beginning FY2027, the nondelegable agency program director must set a proposal cap, with the statutory topic-waiver process.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Required SBIR share generally at least 3.2% of eligible extramural R&D; actual appropriation, exclusions and balances still require validation.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Direct-to-Phase II requires qualifying feasibility showing and agency implementation; do not confuse stale 2025 expiry with current extension.
- Neither a general small-business loan nor automatic entitlement to an award.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Express statutory pathway; award-specific appropriations, available balances, delegations, implementation and approvals not independently verified.
Actor sources
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Original research target October 2, 2026; published October 3, 2026. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.