Federal Agencies

That participate in the SBIR/STTR Program

A total of eleven agencies (including the DoD, which includes the Navy) participate in SBIR and five participate in STTR. Each
agency administers its own individual program within guidelines established by Congress. These agencies designate R&D topics in
their solicitations and accept proposals from small businesses. Awards are made on a competitive basis after proposal evaluation.

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USDA, Department of Agriculture

Connect San min

Department of
Commerece

Connect San Diego min

Department of Defense

Diego min

Department of Education

SBIR min

Department of Energy

SBIR Innovation min

Department of Health & Human Services

2021 SBIR Innovation min

Department of Homeland Security

SBIR Innovation Business min

Department of Transportation

Agency min

Environmental Protection Agency

Nasa min

NASA

NSF min

National Science Foundation

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Department of Defense (DoD)

The DoD is charged with supervising all agencies related to national security. The agencies listed below are a few of those agencies, that also participate in SBIR.

Army

Navy

Darpa

Air force

Defense Logistics Agency

Missile Defense Agency

DHA, Defense Health
Agency

Defense Threat reduction
Agency

National Geospatial-
Intelligence Agency

JPEO CBD, Chemical &
Biological Defense

Defense Microelectronic
Activity

U.S. Special Operations
Command

Department of the Navy (DoN)

The Department of the Navy (DoN) has many goals to support the fleet. To better achieve this and provide our warfighters
the best technology available, the Navy is broken down into different System Commands, or SYSCOMS. Each SYSCOM has
their own area of responsibility.

NAVY SYSCOMS: