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Action brief · ACQ-19

Match outside capital with strategic breakthrough Phase II awards

Objective
Develop a technology; Bring a prototype into use
Family / instrument
Research, innovation and experimentation · Small-business scale-up
Statute
Authority holder
Eligible federal agency; DoD acquisition and SBIR officials
Executor · routing lead
Service or Defense Agency SBIR-STTR office and award officer

Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)

Prior Phase II SBIR/STTR award; at least 100% matching from new private capital and/or qualifying non-Phase I/II government funding.
DoD: readiness, high-priority need, POM inclusion commitment by acquisition executive or higher; at least 20% of required match from new qualifying DoD funds.
All requirements & limits

Recorded funding condition (excerpt)

Up to 0.50% of extramural R&D from agency SBIR allocation if required SBIR expenditure exceeds $100m; match and statutory ceilings are not available funds.
All funding conditions

What this does not authorize / limits

No federal equity acquisition created; this is a funding agreement.

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.