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Grants

Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program

Status

Status not published

Set individually by the six STTR agencies (USDA, Department of War, DOE, HHS, NASA, NSF). Open solicitations listed at https://www.sbir.gov/solicitations.

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Amount
$2,153,927

Same SBA guideline ceilings as SBIR and set per agency: as of April 2026, Phase I up to $323,090 and Phase II up to $2,153,927 without SBA approval; above that requires a waiver. Actual STTR award sizes differ by agency (e.g. Army STTR Phase I up to $204K, Phase II up to $1.36M; NASA STTR Phase II up to $1,275,000).

Funder

U.S. Small Business Administration (coordinating) and 6 participating federal agencies

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — Set individually by the six STTR agencies (USDA, Department of War, DOE, HHS, NASA, NSF). Open solicitations listed at https://www.sbir.gov/solicitations.

Your odds
22.6%

Derived from official counts, FY2022. This rate is measured unstated, so the odds from a standing start are lower.

Source

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

The small business is always the applicant and must be teamed with a single non-profit research institution. sbir.gov FAQ: 'The STTR program requires that the small business performs at least 40% of the R&D and the single partnering research institution to perform at least 30% of the R&D.' Same for-profit / US-owned / under-500-employee tests as SBIR. SAM.gov registration and a UEI are mandatory before any federal award.

How to apply

  1. Identify an eligible non-profit research institution partner (typically a university or federal lab).
  2. Register in SAM.gov to obtain a UEI and CAGE code, then register in the SBA Company Registry. — link
  3. Execute an allocation-of-rights agreement with the research institution and submit the proposal to the agency portal. — link

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · UEI and SAM.gov registration, explained · SBIR vs STTR: what actually differs

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.sbir.gov/faq

"The STTR program requires that the small business performs at least 40% of the R&D and the single partnering research institution to perform at least 30% of the R&D."

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.sbir.gov

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