A national news article has led many people to this site in search of funding for their small business.   The SBIR program is a highly specialized form of funding for small firms (less than 500 employees) to perform cutting-edge R&D that addresses the nation's most critical scientific and engineering needs.   These needs span the technology spectrum -- from aviation and agriculture to medicine and manufacturing.

SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) is a federal government program administered by 10 federal agencies for the purpose of helping to provide early-stage Research and Development funding to small technology companies (or individual entrepreneurs who form a company).   Solicitations are released periodically from each of the agencies and present technical topics of R&D which the agency is interested in funding.   Companies are invited to compete for funding by submitting proposals answering the technical topic needs of the agency's solicitation.   Each of these 10 agencies have various needs and flavors of the SBIR program and you can learn more about them by visiting their sites.   A list of agency sites is available at: http://www.zyn.com/sbir/#agsites

If the SBIR program does not fit your needs, you may wish to visit the SBA (Small Business Administration) to see what other types of federal government funding may be available to you.   The main SBA website is located at: www.sba.gov but you may be able to locate an SBA regional facility close to you by visiting the Local SBA Resources site at: www.sba.gov/regions/states.html.

Interested in starting a new business?   Visit www.sba.gov/starting/

Interested in financing your business?   Visit www.sba.gov/financing/