Overview
The SBIR/STTR program, often referred to as “America’s Seed Fund”, provides over $17B in funding for
emerging technologies addressing our most pressing challenges.
This REPORT and accompanying DATASETS AND DASHBOARD provides deep insights, by technology areas, on which
use cases are being funded, who is investing in them, which companies are winning, and which regions are
emerging as the new hotbeds of innovation.
Who is report/data for:
- SBIR/STTR teams and policy makers, to guide overall program
design and
investment decisions.
- Government innovation managers to understand use cases and
technologies being
funded and to improve collaboration among programs with similar needs.
- Startups and emerging companies to know how government is
investing and
identify program offices.
Key questions covered include:
- Which critical technologies are government programs investing
in?
- What use cases and needs is technology addressing?
- What types of investments are being commercialized and lead
to commercial
capital (in progress)?
- What companies, overall and underserved, make up the portfolio, by tech
category, use cases and geography?
- Where geographic regions/clusters are emerging across the
country and in which
tech areas?