Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program
Status not published
Annual notice of funding opportunity posted on Grants.gov, historically in the spring.
SBA awards FAST grants of roughly $125,000-$500,000 to state and regional organisations that then provide free SBIR/STTR proposal assistance, mentoring and matching services to local small businesses.
U.S. Small Business Administration
public · national
Deadline: annual_call — Annual notice of funding opportunity posted on Grants.gov, historically in the spring.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: deeptech
- Stage: idea, pre_seed
- Locally registered entity required
Applicants are state agencies, universities and non-profits (one per state per year). Small businesses benefit indirectly through free SBIR/STTR proposal support.
Source. https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/grants/federal-state-technology-partnership-program-fast — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked