Federal grants can be a lifeline that allows life sciences startups to refine their technologies before they commercialize, but the nondilutive government funding can be hard to get. Tirupati shared ...

The SBIR and STTR programs provide non-dilutive funding to small businesses and startups to drive technological innovation, particularly in fields like defense, health, energy and space.

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Created in 1982 through the Small Business Innovation Development Act, the Small ...

Many respiratory illnesses affect people in the U.S.: Asthma—25 million Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)—15.7 million Long-hauler Covid-19 patients (about 10% of all cases) ...

With diminishing grant support for traditional funding in immunology, can the small-business program leverage a research program? The small-business grants programs offered by the US National ...

The DoE SBIR/STTR programs are the fourth largest among the federal agencies offering those programs. In fiscal year (FY) 2014, they provided $184 million in funding, an increase of almost $20 million ...