EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on ACQ-20

Service or Defense Agency SBIR-STTR office and award officer

This preserves the record’s role labels; it is not an additional verified institutional directory node.

Authority holder · recorded legal basis

Participating agency; eligible SBIR/STTR award recipient selects support

Executing office · routing lead

Service or Defense Agency SBIR-STTR office and award officer

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Intake

Use the responsible program or contracting office for this instrument.

The recorded role is not itself a general application endpoint.

What this role does not control

A routing lead does not establish funds, an individual delegation or approval of the proposed action.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedThe record states funding rules and conditions; no program amount is attributed to this action.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementRole recordedRecorded executing role: Service or Defense Agency SBIR-STTR office and award officer. Use the responsible program’s process.

Selected instrument

ACQ-20 · Small-business support

Pay for commercialization, IP, cybersecurity and business assistance

Authorize SBIR/STTR recipients to purchase assistance or use staff/training to improve commercialization and screen foreign involvement; qualifyingI-Corps participation can be supported.

What this is not / limit: Recipient selection/staff-use option does not make program a general consultancy grant for non-awardees.

Executing role: Service or Defense Agency SBIR-STTR office and award officer

Authority holder

Participating agency; eligible SBIR/STTR award recipient selects support

Eligibility gate

  • Current SBIR/STTR award and assistance linked to eligible project/commercialization purposes.

Funding condition

  • May be included in or added to award as agency determines; applicable statutory funding sources and reviews.

All recorded limits

  • Phase I assistance up to $6,500/project; Phase II up to $50,000/project.
  • Recipient selection/staff-use option does not make program a general consultancy grant for non-awardees.
Other statutory tools
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
Actor sources & routing basis

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.